New Delhi, May 2 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated WAVES 2025-India's first World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit-at the Jio World Centre, Mumbai. The summit aims to position India as a global hub in media, entertainment, and digital innovation. Modi highlighted India's rich cinematic legacy, starting with Raja Harishchandra (1913) and celebrated the global recognition of icons like Satyajit Ray, Raj Kapoor, A.R. Rahman, and S.S. Rajamouli.

He described WAVES as a convergence of creativity, culture, and global connectivity, hosting participants from over 90 countries, and emphasized the event's scale-with 10,000 delegates, 300+ companies, and 1,000 creators. Key features include the WAVES Bazaar (connecting over 6,000 buy...