- It 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 because it had no toilet.
- Filmmaker Praveen Vyas sent a legal notice to the makers, claiming that Toilet- Ek Prem Katha plagiarised scenes and dialogues from his documentary Manini, based on the same subject.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi called it a good effort to further the message of cleanliness, as per Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
- In December 2017, Bill Gates listed Toilet: Ek Prem Katha as one of the six positive things that happened in 2017.
- Akshay Kumar dug a toilet in Madhya Pradesh to promote the film.
- The movie trailer was released on 11 June 2013.
- Toilet: Ek Prem Katha was released on 11 August 2017. It received mostly positive reviews from critics for the scripting and performances of the lead actors. It was a commercial success domestically as well as overseas too, particularly in China. It became Kumar’s highest-grossing film of all time and the fourth highest-grossing Indian film of the year grossing ₹311.02 crore worldwide.
- The film received three nominations at the 63rd Filmfare Awards, including Best Film, Best Director for Narayan Singh, and Best Actor for Akshay Kumar.
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