BREAKING: What to expect at WAVES Summit 2025 – Shah Rukh Khan to open up on his ‘outsider to ruler’ journey, Indian Cinema’s BIGGEST reunion featuring Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Mithun Chakraborty, Rajinikanth, Mohanlal, Chiranjeevi, Akshay Kumar; Kareena Kapoor-Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to make a RARE joint appearance : Bollywood News
Last week, Bollywood Hungama have reported that some of the biggest celebrities will attend the very first worldwide audio summit visually and entertainment (AKA Waves Summit) to be held at the Jio World Convention Center, Mumbai between May 1 to 4, 2025. The long -awaited organizers of the summit have set up the calendar and this clearly indicates that the first edition of Waves will be one of the biggest events of the year. In this article, Bollywood Hungama Will inform the readers of some of the most exciting panels of the summit.
Breaking: To what to expect at Waves Summit 2025 – Shah Rukh Khan opens on his trip “ Outsider to Rubi ”, the largest meeting of Indian cinema featuring Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Mithun Chakraborty, Rajinikanth, Mohanlal, Chiranjeevi, Akshay Kumar; Kareena Kapoor-Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to make a rare joint appearance
May 1st
The summit will start with a blow with the panel “Legends & Legacies: the stories that shaped the soul of India”. He will be moderate by Akshay Kumar and will present Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Mithun Chakraborty, Rajinikanth, Mohanlal and Chiranjeevi! It will undoubtedly be the most starry round table of all time.
Karan Johar will then moderate the “New Mainstream: Breaking Borders, Building Legends” session. SS Rajamouli, Ar Rahman, Anil Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal.
This will be followed by the “multiple industries: best practices” session. Moderate by Anupama Chopra, he will be honored by the Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya (2024) Actors, Shahid Kapoor and Kriti Sanon.
The superstar Shah Rukh Khan will then come to the participants of the waves. The cat by the fire is called “The Journey: from outsider to rush” and will be moderate by Karan Johar.
Pushpa 2-Star allu Arjun will make his presence feel with the panel of the creative ascent of India: the leaders of M&E to become a world power “. He will be joined by the German footballer Ariane Hingst, the Italian model Binaca Balti, the Israeli actress Rona Lee Shimon and the American singer Mary Jerie Millben. Barun Das will be the moderator of this session.
Finally, Mayank Shekhar will moderate the “Remember Manoj Kumar: Ace Filmmaker, True Nationalist”. He will be honored by the son of Manoj Kumar, Kunal Goswami, Madhur Bhandarkar, the journalist for AS Bharti S Pradhan and the author-Lyricist Raajiv Shrivaastav.
May 2
The second day will start with the starry presence of Aamir Khan. He will attend the “Studios of the Future: Pose India on World Studio Map” session. He will be moderated by Ritesh Sidhwani. Aamir will be joined by producer Dinesh Vijan, Namit Malhotra de Prime Focus, Ajay Bijli de PVR and the American film producer Charles Roven.
In the afternoon, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Kareena Kapoor will meet with Nana Patekar and Vijay Devarakonda for the ‘Cinema: The Soft Power’ session, moderate by Karan Johar.
Aamir Khan will be back in the evening for the “Indian Cinema, Oriental Look” session. He will be moderate by the director of the NDTV Sanjay Pugalia and will also be assisted by the directors Peter Ho Sun Chun, Stanley Tong and Prasad Shetty.
Between the two, Aamir will also hold a masterclass called “redefine Indian cinema”.
Another member of the Bachchan family – Abhishek Bachchan – will also adorn the summit. He will attend the “Pan-Indian cinema: myth or momentum? Session with Nagarjuna, Amitabh Bachchan, Karthi and Khushbu. Naman Ramachandran will be the moderator.
Shraddha Kapoor, who has one of the greatest followers for an Indian on Instagram, will be expressed in “trends and virality: how the Z generation consumes the content”. She will be joined by Adam Mosseri, head, Instagram, Meta.
For “the changing face of Indian cinema”, Baradwaj Rangan will be the moderator while Riteish Deshmukh, Ravi Mohan and Sonali Kulkarni will be the panelists.
Finally, Bhushan Kumar of the T series will speak with Lyor Cohen, CEO, YouTube Music during the session “How Indian Music exporting culture”.
May 3
Ted Sarandos, CEO, Netflix, will have a conversation by the fireside during the “Streaming The New India: Culture, Connectivity & Creative Capital” session.
During the Landcape Streaming session, Neera Roy, Director General of Hungama Digital Media Entertainment PVT LTD Ltd. Gaurav Gandhi of Amazon Prime Video will be the moderator.
Farhan Akhtar will hold a masterclass on “The Craft of Direction”.
May 4
Richie Mehta de Delhi Crime and Poacher Fame will lead a masterclass on films.
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