Mumbai: The set of "Coolie No 1" has gone plastic-free, and its lead actor Varun Dhawan has urged his peers to follow suit.

Varun tweeted on Sunday: ''Being a plastic-free nation is the need of the hour and great intiative taken by our prime minister and we can all do this by making small changes. The sets of #CoolieNo1 will now only use steel bottles.
@PMOIndia.''


The 'Street Dancer 3D' star also tweeted, "Thank u @honeybhagnani and @jackkybhagnani for making the sets of #CoolieNo1 plastic-free. I urge all my peers to do this."


The cast, which also consists of Sara Ali Khan, and crew of the film have been given plastic-free sippers.

Directed by David Dhawan, "Coolie No 1" is produced by Vashu Bhagnani, Jackky Bhagnani and Deepshikha Deshmukh.

Bhagnani quotes "Cinema that has mass appeal is a huge driver of societal change, and it stokes me to know that we are able to drive across the message in a cool manner with the Coolie No 1 sippers and we have the coolest team to took up to the plastic free initiative enthusiastically."

Deshmukh tweeted: "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."

It is set to release on May 1, 2020.