Actress
Bhumi
Pednekar,
whose
latest
film
Toilet:
Ek
Prem
Katha
has
raked
in
over
Rs
100
crore
at
the
Indian
box
office,
is
happy
about
the
feat,
but
says
the
film
had
a
larger
purpose
than
just
the
economics.
Bhumi,
whose
debut
film
Dum
Laga
Ke
Haisha
had
won
a
National
Award
for
Best
Feature
Film
in
Hindi,
is
overwhelmed
that
her
second
film
has
done
well
at
the
box
office.
"I
am
so
overwhelmed...
After
the
success
of
Toilet:
Ek
Prem
Katha,
I
am
just
very
grateful
to
God.
Toilet...
had
a
larger
purpose.
It
was
not
just
about
the
economics
and
how
well
it
does
commercially," Bhumi
told
IANS
over
phone
from
Mumbai.
Bhumi
says
for
her,
Toilet:
Ek
Prem
Katha
meant
something
special.
"For
the
past
few
weeks,
there
is
news
that
a
girl
has
left
or
divorced
her
husband
because
there
is
no
toilet.
The
rate
has
already
gone
down
from
64
per
cent
to
34
per
cent.
These
things
give
me
such
immense
pleasure
because
I
always
wished
that
Toilet:
Ek
Prem
Katha
becomes
a
revolution
or
movement," she
added.
The
film's
lead
actor
and
producer
Akshay
Kumar
had
also
last
week
shared
the
same
figures
out
of
a
research
report.
Bhumi,
27,
said
it
makes
her
feel
proud
for
having
done
a
movie
which
could
bring
about
a
positive
difference
in
the
country.
"Few
years
from
now,
when
I
look
back
and
see
my
country
open
defecation-free,
I
know
and
I
can
proudly
say
that
I
was
a
part
of
this
process.
No
words
can
explain
how
grateful
I
am
to
the
filmmakers,
everybody
associated
to
the
film
and
of
course
Akshay
sir,"
she
added.
Toilet:
Ek
Prem
Katha,
which
attempts
to
spread
the
message
of
eradicating
open
defecation
in
an
entertaining
vein,
surpassed
the
Rs
100
crore
mark
on
the
eighth
day
since
its
August
11
release
in
India.