Deepika Padukone hails WAVES Summit 2025: 'Right time for coming together of all mediums'

Deepika Padukone recently attended the 2025 WAVES Summit which was held at the Jio World Convention centre in Mumbai.

Deepika sat alongside Shah Rukh Khan for the panel “The Journey: From Outsider To Ruler” hosted by filmmaker-producer Karan Johar. When asked about her viewpoint on the summit, the actor shared, “I feel like something like this, coming together of various mediums… we have different film festivals, we have something for AI, we have something else happening for different industries but I think in a way of coming together… it was high time and, India really being the centre of it. I feel like this is the right time in the way that we (India) are positioned today.”

She added, “I just think that it’s the right time for the coming together of tech, AI, Audio, Visual, film, entertainment and storytelling. This is probably first in the world."

Deepika also pointed out the fragmented nature of India’s creative ecosystem, where cinema, OTT, animation, immersive tech, and AI often function in silos. She emphasized that WAVES 2025 could bring these elements into a cohesive framework.

The event also featured panel discussions featuring celebrities like Akshay Kumar, Hema Malini, Aamir Khan and Saif Ali Khan, among others.