We all know plastic bottles harm the environment, yet many of us still grab one on a hot day. On film sets, heaps of plastic water bottles are often stacked up for the crew and left behind after wrap. Pragya Kapoor, who co-produced Kedarnath (2018), Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui (2021), and Azaad with her director-husband Abhishek Kapoor, has made it her mission to create an eco-system that ensures her sets leave behind no waste.

Abhishek Kapoor

“I don’t allow plastic bottles on set. That’s a non-negotiable,” says Pragya. She has already implemented this on her film sets and now wants sustainability to be integrated into the creative process. “We hire a separate team just to handle waste,” she explains. “Their job is to ensure nothing is left behind, everything is properly segregated, and to flag any food or material wastage. Then we course-correct.”