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Anita Narre
Anita Narre is a woman from a Jeetudhana village in Madhya Pradesh who is married to Shivram Narre. She deserted her husband immediately after marriage because her in-laws did not have a toilet at home. Anita's case was the first case in the country when any woman gathered courage to raise a voice against her husband and in-laws for the age old practice of open defecation in rural areas and she demanded for a toilet. This went to a great extent that Anita deserted her husband until she would get a toilet. A movie is also made which depicts this story of Anita named Toilet: Ek Prem katha. In this movie, Bhumi Pednekar played the role of Anita Narre and Akshay Kumar played the role of her husband Shivram Narre. This movie was made in the context of Swachch Bharat Abhiyan.

Story
Anita Narre is the women who inspired the movie "Toilet-ek Prem katha". She came into light when she lived her marital hone within days because of lack of toilet. Anita Narre left the household of Shivram, a laborer. Anita become popular when she fought with her husband after her marriage in May 2011, because her in-laws weren’t allowing for constructing toilet in their house in village Jeetydhana.[1] She had to spend her time 15kms away from her husband at her father’s house as it had toilet till her husband do so. She returned only once he had built one with help from district officials, sparking a "toilet revolution" in her village in central Madhya Pradesh, according to the district magistrate. She is considered strong and courageous women because she raised her voice for the facility of toilet against her husband and her in-laws. . Other women followed her lead and demanded toilets in their homes. Without someone else setting an example, the women say they could never have put their foot down, despite the inconvenience of having no choice but to relieve themselves in the semi-darkness just before dawn and in the early evening. In her in laws village only the wealthy own toilet and because of her drive to build toilet the community in the village showed no support. The caste system and the superstition prevails in the Indian society, but Anita stood firmly on her decision with support from her father and later support from other women in the village she achieved her dream... She was considered as a role model for other women’s from neighboring villages as she raised her voice without any single support. When the film “Toilet- Ek Prem Katha” was decided to be rolled, star caste of the film met anitaji and discussed their story with her. They also offered her rs. 5 lakhs as royalty but she refused the agreement and took more time saying due to language problem. She assured that she will only sign the agreement when she gets the earning from the film.[2]

Her story changed people’s mindset and brought sanitation back on track. Many problems came in between like Madhya Pradesh’s government stopped the campaign and critised by humiliation behavior.

Anitaji strongly says ‘I did not do that to become famous. I did what I strongly felt about’. She returned after eight days when her husband made toilet. Her unusual determination ended up with tremendous change in region for sanitation which government could not do she did. The changes are literally seen in her village as evidences. People living there started passing jokes on their habits. At that moment they said ‘Now, everyone wants toilet’ and Anita is head of gram panchayat in village. She was rewarded and honored a lot. She was given a good amount of money with pride and prejudice. She was handed $10,000 by Sulabh International, a non-profit group, for refusing to defecate in the open. Village people also awarded her with small cash prices and also voted for her panchayat election because she raised awareness for important mater. She literally have to do melodramas for the people to let them meet for the issues of sanitation for the first time. After that she was considered as ambassador for sanitation campaigns at district level.[3]

1.    Jump up ^ ''"Woman who inspired Toilet: Ek Prem Katha not happy with Rs 5 lakh, wants film royalties". https://www.hindustantimes.com/. 2017-07-19. Retrieved 2018-04-20.'' External link in |work= (help)

2.    Jump up ^ ''"Anita Narre | Sanitation Updates". sanitationupdates.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2018-04-20.''

3.    Jump up ^ ''"Madhya Pradesh woman awarded for leading 'toilet revolution'". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2018-04-20.''

Award and Rewards

 * She was rewarded by cheque of RS. 500000 ($10000) by sulabh Internationa l, for refusing to defecate in the open and sparking a "toilet revolution" in her village.
 * Anita Narre received the award from Union Minister of Rural Development from Jairam Ramesh, on behalf of Sulabh Internationa l.
 * Shree Narayan Singh handed cheque of RS. 500000 for agreement of taking her story as movie story " Toilet - ek prem katha"
 * She was honoured by president of India pratibha patil with union minister for rural development award.