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The first-ever WAVES Summit 2025 is being held in Mumbai at the Jio World Convention Centre in Bandra Kurla Complex from May 1 to May 4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is one of the dignitaries that will grace the event.
From Bollywood, Deepika Padukone will be making an appearance too along with names like Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar, Karan Johar, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Ekta Kapoor, Bhushan Kumar, Namit Malhotra, SS Rajamouli, AR Rahman, Anil Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal, Allu Arjun.
Chaitanya Prasad Former Civil Servant and the man who lead IFFI as a festival director in 2019-2020, highlights what WAVES Summit can do for the indian entertainment industry.
At the Rising Bharat Summit, PM Modi was quoted saying, “We have a vibrant film, podcast, and gaming industry. We have decided to take it to the next level by the mantra of Create in India through the WAVES platform," he said. “Films, podcasts, AR, and VR are a critical industry, and Create in India will invite artists from around the world."
WAVES 2025 brings a bold new phase of soft power diplomacy, focusing on transformative and technology-driven partnerships. Innovation in this segment is bound to create a new buzz for foreign policy tie-ups, carried forward on the wings of emerging tools such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Virtual Reality (VR), and immersive content ecosystems.
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