High Commission of India in Dhaka organized a program to celebrate “111 years of Indian Cinema” on Sunday, 23 February 2025 at the Indian Cultural Centre, Dhaka. The program included a soft launch of WAVE Summit being hosted by India in May 2025, inauguration of an exhibition on “Journey of Indian Cinema”, discussion and screening of the Oscar Winning Indian documentary film, “The Elephant Whisperers”.
The first edition of the World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025 is to be held from 1 to 4 May 2025 at the Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai, India. Speaking at the occasion, High Commissioner of India Shri Pranay Verma said that WAVES is an enabling platform to work together to create new avenues for collaboration, innovation and artistic excellence.
WAVES aims to bring together the leaders of the Media and Entertainment (M&E) industry from across the globe, including TV & radio, news media, music, advertising, animation, visual effects, gaming, comics, social media, online creators, artificial intelligence, film, OTT platforms, and exhibitors. The Summit includes Global Media Dialogue of Ministers & Policymakers, Roundtable of M&E CEOs, WAVES Awards recognising the best of the M&E industry, 22 international challenges, masterclasses and workshops, classical and fusion cultural performances, showcasing media startups, plenary and conference sessions, Bharat pavilion and exhibition, and an e-marketplace for M&E industry, called WAVES Bazaar.
The event was attended by many notable personalities from the Media and Entertainment Industry of Bangladesh, who also participated in an interactive discussion on the trends in Indian and Bangladeshi filmmaking and avenues to promote greater collaboration between them
