Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar is gearing up for the release of his upcoming film Toilet: Ek Prem Katha . The film has managed to turn eyeballs with its quirky title and fun promotional outings. The posters being a talking point, the makers have also released a few chartbuster songs which are well accepted by the audience. In a recent media interaction, the actor opened up about the upcoming film exclusively. He spoke about tax-exemption, the special screening for PM Narendra Modi which everyone is talking about, also, he added why he chooses social and women oriented subjects.

Talking about the special screening for PM, Akshay said, “I’d love to but he looks after the whole country which is more important than watching a film.” The actor further informed that they have already applied for tax exemption for the film.

He also spoke about choosing important subjects for his films, he said, “I have a wife, a mother, a sister, a mother-in-law and a daughter. We stay together. So, I am surrounded by women. Padman speaks about sanitary pads which is a huge tabooed subject. It’s a very sad thing that 91 percent of Indian women are unable to use sanitary pads as they can’t afford it.”

The actor also discussed the quirky title of the movie. He quipped, “The credit for this goes to the writers Siddharth and Garima. They were waiting with the script for four and half years and approaching people. But nobody selected this film. I requested Neeraj Pandey saying that I want to do this film. The film was initially titled Sandas Ek Prem Katha and then it was changed to toilet. I would like to say that this is a love story between Keshav and Jaya. Toilet plays the backdrop. It’s based on a true story.”

Toilet: Ek Prem Katha talks about the hygiene and sanitation issue of the country. The film is scheduled to release on August 11, 2017.