WAVES Bazaar unveils Its First-Ever ‘Top Selects’ Lineup Showcasing 15 Projects in 9 Languages

By Team On Apr 25, 2025

WAVES Bazaar unveils Its First-Ever 'Top Selects' Lineup Showcasing 15 Projects in 9 Languages

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.

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

The Wage Collector | Tamil | India | Fiction Feature

Director – Infant Soosai | Producer – Bagavathi Perumal

Putul | Hindi | India | Fiction Feature

Director – Radheshyam Pipalwa | Producer – Sharad Mittal

Doosra Byaah ( Levir) | Haryanvi,Hindi | India | Fiction Feature

Director – Bhagat Singh Saini | Producer – Parveen Saini

Pankhudiyaan (Petals in the Wind) | Hindi | India | Fiction Feature

Director – Abdul Aziz | Producer – Abdul Aziz, Jyotsana Rajpurohit

Khidki Gaav (If on a Winter’s Night) | Malayalam | India | Fiction Feature

Director – Sanju Surendran | Producer – Dr. Surendran M N

Suchana – The Beginning | Bangla | India | Fiction Feature

Director – Pausali Sengupta | Producer – Avinanda Sengupta

Swaha In the Name of Fire | Magahi | India | Fiction Feature

Director – Abhilash Sharma | Producer – Vikash Sharma

Gotipua – Beyond Borders | English ,Hindi,Odia | India | Documentary Feature

Director & Producer – Chintan Parekh

From India | English | USA | Documentary Short

Director & Producer – Mandar Apte

Third Floor | Hindi | India | Short Film

Director – Amandeep Singh | Producer – Amandeep Singh

Jahaan | Hindi | India | Fiction Short

Director & Producer – Rahul Shetty

Planet India | English,Hindi | India | TV Show

Director – Colin Butfield | Producer – Tamseel Hussain

Bharti Aur Bibo | Hindi | India | Animation Web-Series/TV

Director – Sneha Ravishankar | Producer – National Film Development Corporation &

Puppetica Media Pvt. Ltd

Achappa’s Album (Grampa’s Album) | Malayalam | India | Fiction Feature

Director – Deepti Pillay Sivan | Producer – National Film Development Corporation

Duniya Na Mane (The Unexpected) | Hindi | India | Fiction Feature

Director & Producer – V. Shantaram