Bhumi Pednekar meets real-life Jaya from Akshay Kumar’s Toilet: Ek Prem Katha on World Toilet Day. Watch video

Sharing part 1 of the video, Bhumi wrote, “The problem of open defection is a lot more than bad hygiene.It’s a threat to a woman’s security,dignity and health.#AnitaNarre showed courage,took a bold step and truly started a movement #OpenDefecationFreeIndia #ToiletEkPremKatha #RealJaya.”

She also shares a conversation with Anita where Anita tells her how she and her husband collected money for the toilet. “#Anitanarre her husband collected money to build her a toilet.She knew her rights and fought for them 🙏🏻 #WorldToiletDay #ToiletEkPremKatha #OpenDefecationFreeIndia”

It’s #WorldToiletDay & our efforts to provide a toilet & end open defection should not stop.Educate people to say No to open defecation.Thats contribution enough.Access to a Toilet is your right not a luxury.Building a clean and strong India. :)🇮🇳🙏🏻

— bhumi pednekar (@psbhumi) November 19, 2017

On #WorldToiletDay sharing a snippet of my chat with the real life Jaya #AnitaNarre.She left her newly married husband cause he didn’t have a toilet & didnt return till he built one.Her courage inspired many. #OpenDefecationFreeIndia 🇮🇳 part 1 pic.twitter.com/JGoaTghbiX

— bhumi pednekar (@psbhumi) November 19, 2017

#Anitanarre her husband collected money to build her a toilet.She knew her rights and fought for them 🙏🏻 #WorldToiletDay #ToiletEkPremKatha #OpenDefecationFreeIndia pic.twitter.com/A88HFZL2mQ

— bhumi pednekar (@psbhumi) November 19, 2017

The problem of open defection is a lot more than bad hygiene.It’s a threat to a woman’s security,dignity and health.#AnitaNarre showed courage,took a bold step and truly started a movement #OpenDefecationFreeIndia #ToiletEkPremKatha #RealJaya pic.twitter.com/nzNO0Cy0Pc

— bhumi pednekar (@psbhumi) November 19, 2017

And talking about how open defecation is not just a hygiene problem, but also a problem of women’s safety, she writes, “The problem of open defection is a lot more than bad hygiene.It’s a threat to a woman’s security,dignity and health.#AnitaNarre showed courage,took a bold step and truly started a movement #OpenDefecationFreeIndia #ToiletEkPremKatha #RealJaya.”

Watching the clips, we would like to take a moment to appreciate the change-maker that Anita proved to be with her struggle and how she inspired a film like Toilet: Ek Prem Katha. In the wake of true-life stories like this, India’s constant struggle towards becoming a country where sanitation is not a luxury become all the more important.