India, Jan. 29 -- Gone are the times when the audience would weep over emotional backstories and get thrilled over dramatic eliminations in reality shows. Over the last couple of years, we traded over-the-top television drama for valuation debates and bold balance sheets. Thanks to investment and pitching-based reality shows like Shark Tank India, boardroom jargon made its way into dinner-table conversation, creating a new entrepreneurial wave that swept rapidly across India. As new seasons came out, so did aspiring founders from the corner of the country, bold and innovative, pitching ideas.

This genre of reality show thrives on authenticity. They got rid of superficial emotional backstories and brought in real entrepreneurs who truly c...