'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha' Has Big Ambitions but Can't Mask the Smell of Propaganda
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press article Aug 2017 ; 5 pages
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Tanul Thakur
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Abstract:The most interesting – and the most heartening – bit about Akshay Kumar’s latest, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, is that it’s devoid of a villain. We don’t need one, the film suggests at one point, for we’ve been letdown by our people’s insistence on “sabhyata (civility)” and “sanskriti (culture)”. It’s an argument that merits some attention, more so because it comes in a Kumar film, which is usually known for its nationalist fervour. It’s also a rare instance of a Hindi film looking inwards, telling us that instead of holding someone else responsible for the quandary we find ourselves in, maybe we ought to look in the mirror more often. It’s a pity, however, that this line of inquiry, or introspection, pops up in a film that doesn’t have a lot going for it otherwise.
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gender (CI) (DT) (ET) , latrine, toilet (CI) (DT) (ET) , rites and cultures (CI) (DT) (ET) |
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