Akshay
Kumar-Bhumi
Pednekar-starrer
Toilet:
Ek
Prem
Katha
is
all
set
to
release
in
China
this
Friday.
Retitled
as
Toilet
Hero
in
Mandarin
for
Chinese
audiences,
Reliance
Entertainment
will
release
the
film
in
the
neighbouring
country,
according
to
a
press
release.
The
film,
based
on
Swachh
Bharat
Abhiyan,
is
produced
through
Reliance
Entertainment
and
Friday
Filmworks'
collaborative
banner,
Plan
C
Studios
withNeeraj
Pandey
and
Shital
Bhatia.
"Toilet
Hero" will
release
in
over
4,300
screens
across
China,
which
has
turned
out
to
be
a
potential
market
for
Indian
films
after
the
blockbuster
success
of
"Dangal"
and
"Hindi
Medium",
among
others.
Akshay
says,
"I
am
delighted
our
film
is
continuing
to
break
new
grounds.
Our
issues
and
cultures
bear
a
lot
of
similarity
and
I
hope
'Toilet
Hero'
gets
the
same
appreciation
and
love
in
China."
Neeraj
adds,
"I
am
very
excited
about
'Toilet
Hero'
releasing
in
China,
and
hope
that
it
entertains
and
is
received
well
by
the
domestic
audiences
in
China."
Shibasish
Sarkar
of
Reliance
Entertainment
said
his
team
expects
the
film
"to
strike
an
emotional
chord" with
audiences
there,
just
as
it
did
with
the
home
audience.
Tang
Media
Partners,
a
Reliance
Entertainment
affiliate,
are
the
licensee
of
the
distribution
rights
in
China.
The
film
will
be
released
by
Lianrui
Picture,
executive
distributor,
with
China
Film
Group.
In
India,
the
film
"Toilet
Ek
Prem
Katha"
was
presented
by
Viacom18
Motion
Pictures
and
KriArj
Entertainment,
and
produced
by
Cape
of
Good
Films,
Friday
Filmworks
and
Abundantia
Entertainment.
The
Shree
Narayan
Singh-directed
film
marks
Reliance
Entertainment's
return
to
the
Chinese
market
after
its
first
release,
"3
Idiots".