MAM
IndusInd Bank launches ‘NRI homecoming festival’ in Kerala
Mumbai: In light of the vibrant Onam festival and to celebrate the special Onam festival spirit with its NRI customers across Kerala, IndusInd Bank has today announced the launch of its ‘NRI Homecoming’ festival in Kerala. This festival is to mark the eagerly awaited return of non-resident Indians (NRIs) to their homeland and to create an experience for the Bank’s NRI clients with a grand celebration of Onam. The Branches are being decorated and a host of initiatives are being planned to welcome the NRIs.
As a part of this Onam celebration, the Bank extends a warm invitation to its valued NRI customers and their families to visit the Bank’s branches and join in a joyful high tea gathering and lamp-lighting ceremony. Bank has also organised exclusive movie screenings in Calicut, Kochi and Trivandrum for NRI customers & their families. There are a lot of other fun-filled activities planned by the Bank for NRIs customers & their families, including getting a handmade family portrait made by a local artist. IndusInd Bank will also arrange sessions on financial literacy for NRI customers to educate them on their financial needs and financial planning. The event would be hosted by some of the best financial planners to help them secure their financial goals.
Besides, to make the festival even more enriching for its NRI customers, IndusInd Bank is delighted to offer an array of exclusive benefits to its customers. These include the privilege of selecting a preferred Account Number and access to an exceptional best-in-class interest rate of up to 6.75 per cent on NRE/NRO Savings Accounts. Customers can also reap the rewards of attractive returns on Fixed Deposits, with potential earnings of up to 7.5 per cent p.a. on NRE/NRO Deposits and up to 5.85 per cent on USD FCNR Deposits.
Additionally, IndusInd Bank has launched one of its kind online remittance to India platform ‘IndusFastremit.com’, now you are not required to search for options on money transfer companies. IndusFastRemit.com does it for you by bringing key partners on the same window, just compare exchange rates and the time to credit into your account in India. Furthermore, the Bank aims to promote awareness about the financial solutions tailored for the NRI segment. These informative sessions will be held across all branches of the Bank in Kerala during this festive period. These initiatives are in alignment with the fact that the Onam festival sees a huge number of NRIs from the Gulf region coming back to their homeland – Kerala and Kerala is one of the focus markets for the Bank.
Digital
Content India 2026 opens with a copro pitch, a spice evangelist and a £10,000 prize for Indian storytelling
Dish TV and C21Media’s three-day summit puts seven ambitious projects before an international jury, and two walk away with serious development money
MUMBAI: India’s content industry gathered in Mumbai this March for Content India 2026, a three-day summit organised by Dish TV in partnership with C21Media, and it wasted no time making a statement. The event opened with a Copro Pitch that put seven scripted and unscripted television concepts before an international panel of judges, and by the end of it, two projects had walked away with £10,000 each in marketing prize money from C21Media to support development and international promotion.
The jury, comprising Frank Spotnitz, Fiona Campbell, Rashmi Bajpai, Bal Samra and Rachel Glaister, evaluated a shortlist that ranged from a dark Mumbai comedy-drama about mental health (Dirty Minds, created by Sundar Aaron) to a Delhi coming-of-age mystery (Djinn Patrol, by Neha Sharma and Kilian Irwin), a techno-thriller about a teenage gaming prodigy (Kanpur X Satori, by Suchita Bhatia), an investigative crime drama blending mythology and modern thriller (The Age of Kali, by Shivani Bhatija), a documentary on India’s spice heritage (The Masala Quest, hosted by Sarina Kamini), a documentary on competitive gaming (Respawn: India’s Esports Revolution, by George Mangala Thomas and Sangram Mawari), and a reality-horror competition merging gaming and immersive fear (Scary Goose, by Samar Iqbal).
The session was hosted by Mayank Shekhar.
The two winners were Djinn Patrol, backed by Miura Kite, formerly of Participant Media and known for Chinatown and Keep Sweet: Pray & Obey, with Jaya Entertainment, producers of Real Kashmir Football Club, also attached; and The Masala Quest, created and hosted by Sarina Kamini, an Indian-Australian cook, author and self-described “spice evangelist.”
The summit also unveiled the Content India Trends Report, whose findings made for bracing reading. Daoud Jackson, senior analyst at OMDIA, set the tone: “By 2030, online video in India will nearly double the revenue of traditional TV, becoming the main driver of growth.” He noted that in 2025, India produced a quarter of all YouTube videos globally, overtaking the United States, while Indians collectively spend 117 years daily on YouTube and 72 years on Instagram. Traditional subscription TV is declining as free TV and connected TV gain ground, forcing broadcasters to innovate. “AI-generated content is just 2 per cent of engagement,” Jackson added, “highlighting the dominance of high-quality human content. The key for Indian media companies is scaling while monetising effectively from day one.”
Hannah Walsh, principal analyst at Ampere Analysis, added hard numbers to the picture. India produced over 24,000 titles in January 2026 alone, with 19,000 available internationally. The country now accounts for 12 per cent of Asia-Pacific content spend, up from 8 per cent in 2021, outpacing both Japan and China. Key exporters include JioStar, Zee Entertainment, Sony India, Amazon and Netflix, delivering over 7,500 Indian-produced titles abroad each year. The top importing markets are Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, the United States and the Philippines. Scripted content dominates globally at 88 per cent, with crime dramas and children’s and family titles performing particularly strongly.
Manoj Dobhal, chief executive and executive director of Dish TV India, framed the summit’s ambition squarely. “Stories don’t need translation. They need a platform, discovery, and reach, local or global,” he said. “India produces more movies than any country, our streaming platforms compete globally, and our tech and creators win international awards. Yet fragmentation slows growth. Producers, platforms, and tech move in different lanes. We need shared spaces, collaboration, and an ecosystem where ideas, technology, and people meet. That is why we built Content India.”
The data, the pitches and the prize money all pointed to the same conclusion: India is not waiting for the world to discover its stories. It is building the infrastructure to sell them.
