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The film was released on August 11 2017. The film is a satirical comedy in support of governmental campaigns to improve the sanitation conditions, with an emphasis on the eradication of open defecation, especially in rural areas. The film was financially successful in India. The film is written by Siddharth Singh and Garima Wahal, the writers of the 2013 Hindi film Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela, and shares some similarities with a true event in which 19-year old Priyanka Bharti fled her husband's home in 2012, when there was no toilet. In the film, before the end credits, Toilet mentions that it is based on the story of Anita Narre from Madhya Pradesh who
refused to go back to her husband Shivram's home due to lack of toilet.A filmmaker named Praveen Vyas has sent a legal notice to the makers, claiming that ‘ToiletEk Prem Katha’ has plagiarised scenes and dialogues from his documentary ‘Manini', also based on the same subject. The film released all over on August 11th and it has been declared as a blockbuster. The film crossed Rs 100 crores mark in its first week and gave a huge relief for Bollywood which has been suffering with debacles. The movie had a strong message which has been related to Modi's Swachch Bharat campaign.The film has grossed ₹198.44 crore (US$31 million) worldwide, in its fourteen days of release and is still counting.
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