Akshay Kumar On ‘Toilet’ T...

Akshay Kumar has responded together with his trademark calm—and a touch of sarcasm—to veteran actor Jaya Bachchan’s latest criticism of his 2017 hit Rest room: Ek Prem Katha. At a press convention for his upcoming movie Kesari Chapter 2, Akshay was requested whether or not such social and politically themed movies ever make him really feel susceptible to criticism, particularly when the flak comes from throughout the movie fraternity.

With out naming Jaya instantly at first, Akshay replied, “Mujhe nahi lagta kisi ne criticise kiya hai un filmon ko. Koi bewakoof hello hoga jo aise movies ko criticise karega.” Itemizing movies like Pad Man, Airlift, Kesari, and Rest room: Ek Prem Katha, he mentioned he made them “bahut dil se”—with real intent to tell and encourage.

However when a journalist identified that Jaya Bachchan had not too long ago slammed Rest room’s title and dismissed the movie as a flop, Akshay had a surprisingly gracious—if cheeky—response. “Agar unhone kaha hai, toh sahi hoga,” he mentioned with a smile. “Mujhe nahi pata agar Rest room Ek Prem Katha jaise movie banakar maine koi galat kaam kiya hai, toh wah keh rahi hain, toh sahi hoga.”

Jaya Bachchan had made the remark throughout a conclave, the place she brazenly ridiculed the movie’s title. “Is that this even a reputation? Rest room: Ek Prem Katha? I might by no means go to look at such motion pictures,” she mentioned, asking the viewers in the event that they’d seen the movie. When just a few fingers went up, she declared, “The movie is a flop.”

That, after all, clashes with the numbers. The movie grossed over ₹316 crore worldwide and was praised for its message on sanitation and the difficulty of open defecation in rural India. Directed by Shree Narayan Singh and co-starring Bhumi Pednekar, Rest room grew to become a rallying cry for the Swachh Bharat mission and was largely celebrated for mixing leisure with consciousness.

Whereas Akshay’s response could have sounded diplomatic, followers have been fast to learn the subtext: the numbers communicate louder than the titles—and apparently, louder than business disapproval too.