They conquered Silicon Valley, reshaped medicine, and rewrote the rules of American corporate power. Now, a generation of Indian Americans stands at a crossroads — between the legacy they've built and the one they're yet to create.
July 1, 2026, has emerged as a landmark day for the Tamil film industry. From a celebrated director taking a production house to court over ₹8.39 crore in unpaid dues, to Mani Ratnam securing a massive ₹20 crore Netflix deal before his film's shoot has even begun, the business of Kollywood is undergoing a seismic shift. As a major production house joins forces with Suriya for a pan-Indian project and the industry adopts a revolutionary three-tier salary structure, here is your comprehensive report on the day's biggest stories.
In just three years, Vietnamese cinema has undergone a remarkable transformation — from a 42.6% domestic market share in 2023 to a staggering 70.6% in the first five months of 2026. At the heart of this revolution is Dinh Thanh Huong, Executive Chair of Galaxy Studio and CEO of Galaxy Entertainment Holding, who has not only orchestrated a box office surge but is now positioning Vietnam as a global co-production hub. With 69% of moviegoers being Gen Z, 72.8% of tickets now purchased digitally, and production budgets tripling to over VND100 billion, Vietnamese cinema is no longer an emerging market — it is a force to be reckoned with.
She was a CA at 21 and an MBA from Duke at 24. She came back to India in 2007 to join her father's pharmaceutical company when it was struggling with debt. The 293x return she made on Emcure's 2024 IPO was not the story. The story is what she had to do between 2007 and that IPO to make it possible.
From the bustling halls of Seoul's Shilla Hotel to the emerging powerhouse of Vietnamese cinema, women are no longer just participants in the entertainment industry—they are architects of its future. As the 5th Women Entrepreneurs Week kicks off in South Korea with a focus on AI and femtech, and Vietnamese cinema surges to a 70% domestic market share under female leadership, a clear picture emerges: women are using technology not just to build businesses, but to redefine how stories are told, distributed, and experienced across the globe.
Sony Pictures Entertainment India and Qube Cinema have partnered to release Spider-Man: Brand New Day across all 12 EPIQ screens nationwide — marking the first time a Hollywood studio film has been mastered in India's homegrown premium large format. With 170+ films already mastered for EPIQ and the new EPIQ Luxon HDR format pushing technological boundaries, Indian exhibition technology is finally getting its Hollywood moment.
A new kind of capital is flowing into India's ₹22,000-crore film industry. Specialised investment funds like Filmoney Global and CineNow are treating film intellectual property as a structured asset class — similar to IPL teams — bringing institutional discipline to an industry long starved of organised finance. With SPV-based models, slate financing, and even tokenisation, Indian cinema is entering a new era of financial sophistication.
She held a University record at Cambridge. She ran Gumtree to the number one position in the UK. She came back to India at 39, during maternity leave, spotted a jewellery piece in a magazine she could not buy, and founded LimeRoad. Tiger Global backed it. V-Mart eventually acquired it for ₹31 crore.
For years, asset servicing in India was the exclusive domain of large banks that also ran asset management and broking businesses. Dovetail Capital offered something different: an independent, technology-first partner with no competing agenda. Now, ₹100 crore in fresh capital and a marquee investor validate what its founders believed in 2017.
India had fewer than 60,000 GPUs deployed when Neysa raised $1.2 billion in February 2026. The country needs 2 million to realise its AI ambition — a 30x increase that requires sovereign infrastructure, not just hyperscaler access. Sharad Sanghi built Netmagic, sold it, and came back to build the compute layer India needs. Blackstone holds a majority stake.