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WAVES Bazaar unveils 'Top Selects' Lineup Showcasing 15 Projects in 9 Languages

Published: Apr 26, 2025

By TIOLCorplaws News Service

NEW DELHI, APR 26, 2025: INDIA occupies a dominant position in Media & Entertainment sector with talents spread across different geographies of the country, creating compelling contents through its rich cultural heritage. The World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES), to be held from 1st to 4th May in Mumbai, is poised to become one of the landmarks in the Media and Entertainment sector. The summit will promote India as one stop destination for content creation, Investment destination and leverage ‘Create in India' opportunities as well as for global outreach.

WAVES Bazaar is the premier global marketplace for the media and entertainment industry, a dynamic platform designed to foster connection, collaboration, and growth. It offers filmmakers and industry professionals the opportunity to engage with buyers, sellers, and a wide range of projects and profiles, while also showcasing their skills and expanding their professional network.

The Viewing Room is a dedicated physical platform set up at Waves Bazaar, taking place from May 1st to 4th, 2025. It serves as a space for showcasing recently completed films and projects in Post Production from around the world. These films are actively seeking opportunities for film festivals, global sales, distribution partnerships, and finishing funds.

Designed for film programmers, distributors, world sales agents, investors and other industry professionals, the Viewing Room offers a secure environment where delegates attending Waves Bazaar can watch these films, access detailed project information, and connect directly with filmmakers through our specialized Viewing Room Software.

For the first ever WAVES Bazaar, a total 100 films from 8 countries namely India, Sri Lanka, USA, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Germany, Mauritius and UAE will be available to watch in the Viewing Room Library. The overall lineup includes 18 titles of NFDC produced and co-produced films and adds 8 restored classics from the National Film Archive of India (NFAI). It also includes 19 student projects from Film & Television Institute of India (FTII, Pune) and Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute (SRFTI, Kolkata)

These 15 Projects selected for the WAVES Bazaar Top Selects Section from the Viewing Room includes 9 Feature projects, 2 documentaries, 2 Short films and 2 Web-Series which will pitch their films to producers, sales agents, distributors, festival programmers and potential investors in an open pitching session during WAVES Bazaar at the Jio World Centre, Mumbai on 2nd May, 2025.

WAVES Bazaar Top Selects 2025

1. The Wage Collector / Tamil / India / Fiction Feature Director - Infant Soosai / Producer - Bagavathi Perumal

2. Putul / Hindi / India / Fiction Feature Director - Radheshyam Pipalwa / Producer - Sharad Mittal

3. Doosra Byaah ( Levir) / Haryanvi,Hindi / India / Fiction Feature Director - Bhagat Singh Saini / Producer - Parveen Saini

4. Pankhudiyaan (Petals in the Wind) / Hindi / India / Fiction Feature Director - Abdul Aziz / Producer - Abdul Aziz, Jyotsana Rajpurohit

5. Khidki Gaav (If on a Winter's Night) / Malayalam / India / Fiction Feature Director - Sanju Surendran / Producer - Dr. Surendran M N

6. Suchana - The Beginning / Bangla / India / Fiction Feature Director - Pausali Sengupta / Producer - Avinanda Sengupta

7. Swaha In the Name of Fire / Magahi / India / Fiction Feature Director - Abhilash Sharma / Producer - Vikash Sharma

8. Gotipua - Beyond Borders / English ,Hindi,Odia  / India / Documentary Feature Director & Producer - Chintan Parekh

9. From India / English / USA / Documentary Short Director & Producer - Mandar Apte

10. Third Floor / Hindi / India / Short Film Director - Amandeep Singh / Producer - Amandeep Singh

11. Jahaan / Hindi / India / Fiction Short Director & Producer - Rahul Shetty

12. Planet India / English,Hindi / India / TV Show Director - Colin Butfield / Producer - Tamseel Hussain

13. Bharti Aur Bibo / Hindi / India / Animation Web-Series/TV Director - Sneha Ravishankar / Producer - National Film Development Corporation & Puppetica Media Pvt. Ltd

14. Achappa's Album (Grampa's Album) / Malayalam / India / Fiction Feature Director - Deepti Pillay Sivan / Producer - National Film Development Corporation

15. Duniya Na Mane (The Unexpected) / Hindi / India / Fiction Feature Director & Producer - V. Shantaram

About WAVES

The first World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES), a milestone event for the Media & Entertainment (M&E) sector, will be hosted by the Government of India in Mumbai, Maharashtra, from May 1 to 4, 2025.

Whether you're an industry professional, investor, creator, or innovator, the Summit offers the ultimate global platform to connect, collaborate, innovate and contribute to the M&E landscape.

WAVES is set to magnify India's creative strength, amplifying its position as a hub for content creation, intellectual property, and technological innovation. Industries and sectors in focus include Broadcasting, Print Media, Television, Radio, Films, Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics, Sound and Music, Advertising, Digital Media, Social Media Platforms, Generative AI, Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and Extended Reality (XR).

 

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