MUMBAI, May 5 -- The WAVES Bazaar, a key component of the World Audio-Visual Entertainment Summit (WAVES), concluded at Jio World Convention Centre on Sunday with business deals worth Rs.1,328 crore across creative sectors including film, music, radio, VFX, animation, gaming, and web series. Over 3,000 B2B meetings contributed to approximately Rs.971 crore of this total, reinforcing the Bazaar's role as a premier marketplace for international creative industry collaborations. Among key international partnerships, the Film India Screen Collective and Screen Canterbury NZ announced plans to launch the first-ever Indian Film Festival in New Zealand. In another significant development, Only Much Louder CEO Tushar Kumar and Gazprom Media CEO Alexander Zharov revealed early talks on co-producing comedy and music shows, and hosting cross-cultural festivals in India and Russia. A major announcement included a multi-year strategic collaboration between Prime Video and Korea's CJ ENM, aimed at globally distributing premium Korean content. Noteworthy co-productions unveiled were Devi Chowdhurani, India's first official Indo-UK film, and Violated, a collaboration between UK-based Fusion Flicks and India's JVD Films. I&B secretary Sanjay Jaju said WAVES had received an overwhelming response from industry leaders, startups, policymakers, and the public, calling it "a people's movement for business, culture, and creative exchange." Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis also met top industry executives including Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos, Universal Music Group's Devraj Sanyal, and Motion Picture Association CEO Charles Rivkin, discussing content partnerships, skilling, and storytelling centred on rural Maharashtra. Fadnavis praised PM Modi's vision and congratulated the organisers, saying he had come specifically to attend the summit, recognising its growing influence in shaping India's global media presence....