Here's how Akshay Kumar made PM Narendra Modi smile

This is how Akshay Kumar made PM Narendra Modi smile

Akshay Kumar meets PM Narendra Modi. Picture courtesy: Akshay Kumar's Twitter account

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss his upcoming film 'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha' which is said to be based on Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

Akshay Kumar took to Twitter to share his experience of meeting PM Modi. He shared a picture along with the Prime Minister and wrote, "Met PM Narendra Modi and got the opportunity to tell him about my upcoming 'Toilet-Ek Prem Katha'. His smile at just the title made my day."

The film revolves around the need for toilets for sanitation in India and this message is conveyed through a love story in the film 'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha' which also stars Bhumi Pednekar.

Bhumi Pednekar and Akshay Kumar

Akshay Kumar's 'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha' will take on Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma's untitled next with Imtiaz Ali on Independence Day weekend this year.

As Akshay Kumar gears up for the release of 'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha' themed around PM Narendra Modi's pet project, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, we hear another film on the sanitation campaign is in the works.

'Good Morning Sunshine', helmed by Sanjay Nag, stars Revathy, Rituparna Sengupta, Tejaswani Kolhapure and Shweta Tripathi, with a cameo by Shabana Azmi. What's more, the film also features Priyanka Bharti, who set off a social revolution by fleeing her marital home since it didn't have a toilet.

In the last few years, Akshay Kumar's image has undergone a transformation from that of an action star to one who chooses films which are socially relevant and delivers a message. 'Special 26', 'Airlift', 'Baby' and the upcoming 'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha' are cases in point.

There's also 'Pad Man' that Akshay Kumar is doing. The film is a biopic on a man who introduced affordable sanitary napkins for the benefit of women.