After Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the team of Coolie No. 1 for opting for a plastic-free environment on the sets, actor Varun Dhawan thanked him for his words and said that India needs to be number one in cleanliness.
Varun replied to Modi in Hindi: Thank you Prime Minister. The education on cleanliness starts from home and I believe that the way you started the Swachta Abhiyaan in that every Indian should contribute. It is our resolve to make India number 1 according to cleanliness.
Being a plastic-free nation is the need of the hour and great initiative 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, Varun had tweeted on September 1.
Replying to his tweet on Thursday, Modi said: Superb gesture by the team of #CoolieNo1! Happy to see the film world contributing towards freeing India from single use plastic.
Modi on September 10, called for a global boycott of single-use plastic at a United Nations event in Greater Noida.
I think the time has come for the world to say Good Bye to single use plastic, said Modi to loud cheers from members of the world body.
Coolie No. 1 is produced by Vashu Bhagnani, Jackky Bhagnani and Deepshikha Deshmukh, who said: 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.
Coolie No. 1 is the remake of the popular 1995 film of the same name, which starred Govinda and Karisma Kapoor in the lead. It was directed by Varun's father and filmmaker David Dhawan.