Varun Dhawan's 'Coolie No.1' first Hindi film set to go plastic-free

Varun Dhawan's upcoming movie 'Coolie No. 1' has become the first Bollywood film to go plastic-free, producer of the movie Deepshikha DDeshmukh announced on Sunday. Deepshika took to Twitter to share the team's initiative.

"Going #Plasticfree on #CoolieNo1  One sip at a time - hope we inspire many #BeatPlasticPollution #StayHydrated Thank you to the Coolie-est team for making this happen," she tweeted.

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Varun Dhawan thanked the producer for the decision and urged his colleagues to do the same.

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"Thank you Honey Bhagnani and Jackky Bhagnani for making the sets of #CoolieNo1 plastic free. I urge all my peers to do this," he tweeted.

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Their decision comes days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Independence Day speech, urged people to shun single-use plastic and encouraged usage of jute and cloth bags to protect the environment.

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