News Desk
Mumbai, – Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first-ever World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025 at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai, positioning India as a global hub for creativity and storytelling. Addressing a diverse audience of over 10,000 delegates, including artists, innovators, and policymakers from more than 90 countries, Modi emphasized the theme “Create in India, Create for World,” urging creators to tap into India’s vast reservoir of stories while embracing creative responsibility in the digital age. The four-day summit, themed “Connecting Creators, Connecting Countries,” aims to unlock a $50 billion market by 2029, cementing India’s role in the global entertainment economy.
Here, the key quotes from Prime Minister Modi’s speech:
- “Today, artists, innovators, investors, and policymakers from more than 100 nations have gathered under one roof. We are laying the foundation for a global ecosystem of talent and creativity. WAVES is such a global platform that belongs to every artist and creator.”
- “India, with a billion-plus population, is also a land of a billion-plus stories and over a billion storytellers. Every street, every river, every mountain in India carries a tale. Across more than six lakh villages, each one holds a new story, a fresh perspective.”
- “This is the perfect time to ‘Create in India, and Create for the World.’ As the world seeks stories, India offers a treasure trove, rich in science, fiction, courage, and imagination. Our creative basket is vast and ready to be shared.”
- “In the last century, Indian cinema has been successful in making India popular in every part of the world. This is evident from Raj Kapoor’s popularity in Russia, Satyajit Ray’s popularity at Cannes, and RRR’s success at the Oscars.”
- “The screen may be going micro, but the message in our films is going macro.”
- “This is the dawn of the Orange Economy in India, with content, creativity, and culture being its three pillars.”
- “We need to save the young generation from some anti-humanity ideas. Extra effort is needed to maintain human sensitivity and ensure humans are not turned into robots.”
- “WAVES is not merely an acronym, it’s a wave of culture, creativity, film, music, gaming, and storytelling.”
- “Just as the sun paints the morning sky, this summit has begun with a vibrant energy and global purpose.”
- “To creators of the world, dream big and tell your story. To investors, invest not just in platforms, but in people. To Indian youth, tell your one billion untold stories.”
These encapsulate Modi’s vision of India as a global creative powerhouse, emphasizing the nation’s rich storytelling heritage, the economic potential of the creative sector, and the need for responsible content creation in the digital era.
