Suresh Prabhu praises Akshay Kumar for 'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha'

Mumbai: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu met the Bollywood actors Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar and appreciated the efforts made by them to spread awareness about Swachh Bharat through their forthcoming film "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha".

Prabhu, on Tuesday, took to Twitter and shared a series of photographs of the meeting with the two actors. He also praised Akshay and called him a fine actor and wonderful human being.

"Pleasure meeting Akshay Kumar, fine actor, wonderful human being. Appreciate his efforts to spread awareness about Swachh Bharat through cinema," Prabhu captioned the image.

Pleasure meeting @akshaykumar , fine actor,wonderful human being.Appreciate his efforts to spread awareness abt #SwachhBharat through cinema pic.twitter.com/3Jc9UGcDP9

— Suresh Prabhu (@sureshpprabhu) 16 May 2017

The National Award winning actor also shared few photograph from Prabhu's office and said that he is looking forward to associating and making a difference.

"Thank you so much for your kind words and time Sir. Looking forward to associating and making a difference. Swachch Azaadi," Akshay tweeted.

Thank you so much for your kind words and time Sir. Looking forward to associating and making a difference ?? #SwachchAzaadi https://t.co/y8tDmCa0eM

— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) 16 May 2017

The movie is based on the need for toilets for sanitation in the country, and this message is conveyed via a love story.

Produced by Aruna Bhatia, Plan C Studios and Abundantia, the flick will be presented by Viacom18 Motion Pictures and KariA rj Entertainment. It will be the first time that Akshay will be in the same frame with the "Dum Laga Ke Haisha" famed star Bhumi for a movie.

Toilet -Ek Prem Katha, a love story with a satirical flavour is directed by Shree Narayan Singh and is slated to release on June 2, 2017.