Mumbai, May 1 -- Filmmaker Boney Kapoor praised the Indian and Maharashtra governments for their united support at the inaugural World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025, held at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai on Thursday.

"It is a fantastic initiative," Kapoor said at the summit, adding, "We had PM Narendra Modi's encouragement. The entire government and the Maharashtra government are backing it. It is a great move to boost the entertainment industry."

Kapoor also commended the event for acknowledging the victims of the recent Pahalgam terror attack.

"It was a good platform to talk about it because we had people from all across the world. They should know how strongly we feel against what happened there," he...