<p>Mumbai: The world’s biggest cinema screen would come up in Nagpur, which is the geographical centre of India. </p><p>As the inaugural 2025 edition of World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES), which is aimed at boosting the Media & Entertainment (M&E) sector in India, came to an end, the biggest cinema screen project was one of the key takeaways from the four-day session. </p><p>“India will host the world’s biggest cinema screen in Nagpur,” Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said, noting that the iconic initiative echoes Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to take Indian entertainment global.</p><p>Fadnavis, who hails from Nagpur, thanked Abhishek Agarwal and Vikram Reddy who will take the project ahead. </p>.Classic films are more than entertainment: Prakash Magdum at WAVES summit.<p>“We are excited to announce the world’s biggest cinema screen project at Nagpur for film lovers of our country,” they said. </p><p>Agarwal, known for backing films like Goodachari, The Kashmir Files and The Delhi Files attended the four-day WAVES Summit along with Reddy of UV Creations.</p><p>The Maharashtra government has also added business value to the summit by signing MoUs worth Rs 8,000 crore at the WAVES. </p><p>While MoUs worth Rs 1,500 crore were signed each with the University of York and the University of Western Australia, the state’s Industries Department signed MoUs worth Rs 3,000 crore and Rs 2,000 crore with Prime Focus and Godrej, respectively.</p><p>The inaugural edition of WAVES Bazaar, organized under the umbrella of WAVES, was a resounding success as it has established itself as a premier platform for international business collaboration in the creative industries. The marketplace recorded business deals or transactions worth Rs 1328 crores across the film, music, radio, VFX, and animation sectors. </p><p>Out of the total estimated outcome, Rs. 971 crore has been from B2B meetings alone. </p><p>A key highlight of the Bazaar was the Buyer-Seller Market which witnessed over 3,000 B2B meetings. In a major achievement under international collaboration, Film India Screen Collective and Screen Canterbury NZ from New Zealand announced a collaborative proposal to launch the first-ever Indian Film Festival in New Zealand. </p><p>Only Much Louder CEO Tushar Kumar and Alexander Zharov, CEO of Russian firm Gazprom Media CEO announcing early talks on a MoU to collaborate on cross-cultural festivals and co-produce comedy and music shows in Russia and India was another achievement. </p><p>The announcement of the Prime Video & CJ ENM Multi-Year Collaboration was another highlight of the Bazaar as the strategic partnership was unveiled to distribute premium Korean content globally. The other milestones include the announcement of the film ‘Devi Chowdhurani,’ which became India's first official Indo-UK co-production, and the film ‘Violated’ which will be a co-production of Fusion Flicks from the UK and JVD Films.</p><p>The plenary Sessions featured over 50 keynote addresses by eminent personalities such as Mukesh Ambani, Ted Sarandos, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Neal Mohan, Shantanu Narayen, Mark Read, Adam Mosseri, and Nita Ambani. </p><p>Their insights offered compelling perspectives on the evolving entertainment industry, advertising landscape, and digital transformation. Film icons including Chiranjeevi, Mohanlal, Hema Malini, Akshay Kumar, Nagarjuna, Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Allu Arjun, and Shekhar Kapur, many of whom were also members of the WAVES Advisory Board, engaged in thought-provoking conversations on the future of cinema and content creation in the age of virtual production and artificial intelligence.</p><p>WAVES also featured 55 breakout sessions, which provided a platform for in-depth discussions on specialised themes such as broadcasting, digital media, OTT, AI, Music, News, Live events, Animation, Gaming, Virtual production, Comics, and Filmmaking. These interactive sessions brought together senior professionals from leading companies including Meta, Google, Amazon, X, Snap, Spotify, DNEG, Netflix, and NVIDIA, along with representatives from industry bodies such as FICCI, CII, and IMI. Designed to encourage sector-specific insights and collaboration, the discussions addressed critical challenges and charted new directions for growth and innovation.</p>
<p>Mumbai: The world’s biggest cinema screen would come up in Nagpur, which is the geographical centre of India. </p><p>As the inaugural 2025 edition of World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES), which is aimed at boosting the Media & Entertainment (M&E) sector in India, came to an end, the biggest cinema screen project was one of the key takeaways from the four-day session. </p><p>“India will host the world’s biggest cinema screen in Nagpur,” Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said, noting that the iconic initiative echoes Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to take Indian entertainment global.</p><p>Fadnavis, who hails from Nagpur, thanked Abhishek Agarwal and Vikram Reddy who will take the project ahead. </p>.Classic films are more than entertainment: Prakash Magdum at WAVES summit.<p>“We are excited to announce the world’s biggest cinema screen project at Nagpur for film lovers of our country,” they said. </p><p>Agarwal, known for backing films like Goodachari, The Kashmir Files and The Delhi Files attended the four-day WAVES Summit along with Reddy of UV Creations.</p><p>The Maharashtra government has also added business value to the summit by signing MoUs worth Rs 8,000 crore at the WAVES. </p><p>While MoUs worth Rs 1,500 crore were signed each with the University of York and the University of Western Australia, the state’s Industries Department signed MoUs worth Rs 3,000 crore and Rs 2,000 crore with Prime Focus and Godrej, respectively.</p><p>The inaugural edition of WAVES Bazaar, organized under the umbrella of WAVES, was a resounding success as it has established itself as a premier platform for international business collaboration in the creative industries. The marketplace recorded business deals or transactions worth Rs 1328 crores across the film, music, radio, VFX, and animation sectors. </p><p>Out of the total estimated outcome, Rs. 971 crore has been from B2B meetings alone. </p><p>A key highlight of the Bazaar was the Buyer-Seller Market which witnessed over 3,000 B2B meetings. In a major achievement under international collaboration, Film India Screen Collective and Screen Canterbury NZ from New Zealand announced a collaborative proposal to launch the first-ever Indian Film Festival in New Zealand. </p><p>Only Much Louder CEO Tushar Kumar and Alexander Zharov, CEO of Russian firm Gazprom Media CEO announcing early talks on a MoU to collaborate on cross-cultural festivals and co-produce comedy and music shows in Russia and India was another achievement. </p><p>The announcement of the Prime Video & CJ ENM Multi-Year Collaboration was another highlight of the Bazaar as the strategic partnership was unveiled to distribute premium Korean content globally. The other milestones include the announcement of the film ‘Devi Chowdhurani,’ which became India's first official Indo-UK co-production, and the film ‘Violated’ which will be a co-production of Fusion Flicks from the UK and JVD Films.</p><p>The plenary Sessions featured over 50 keynote addresses by eminent personalities such as Mukesh Ambani, Ted Sarandos, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Neal Mohan, Shantanu Narayen, Mark Read, Adam Mosseri, and Nita Ambani. </p><p>Their insights offered compelling perspectives on the evolving entertainment industry, advertising landscape, and digital transformation. Film icons including Chiranjeevi, Mohanlal, Hema Malini, Akshay Kumar, Nagarjuna, Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Allu Arjun, and Shekhar Kapur, many of whom were also members of the WAVES Advisory Board, engaged in thought-provoking conversations on the future of cinema and content creation in the age of virtual production and artificial intelligence.</p><p>WAVES also featured 55 breakout sessions, which provided a platform for in-depth discussions on specialised themes such as broadcasting, digital media, OTT, AI, Music, News, Live events, Animation, Gaming, Virtual production, Comics, and Filmmaking. These interactive sessions brought together senior professionals from leading companies including Meta, Google, Amazon, X, Snap, Spotify, DNEG, Netflix, and NVIDIA, along with representatives from industry bodies such as FICCI, CII, and IMI. Designed to encourage sector-specific insights and collaboration, the discussions addressed critical challenges and charted new directions for growth and innovation.</p>