Dakshin Media & Entertainment Summit 2023 To Inaugurate In Chennai On April 19

EE News Desk Apr 19, 2023

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is hosting the second edition of Dakshin 2023 – CII’s largest Media & Entertainment Summit in South India on April 19 and 20 in the capital city of Tamil Nadu.

“CII Dakshin is the largest event of its kind in South India. The theme of this year’s summit is — Culturally Rooted & Creatively Global,” said T.G. Thyagarajan, Chairman of CII Dakshin Media and Entertainment Summit and Managing Partner of Sathya Jyothi Films.

Actor-filmmaker Suhasini Maniratnam, who is the co-chair of CII Dakshin 2023, told to a media house that the event serves as a platform to promote the glory of south Indian films. She said Chennai (the erstwhile Madras) was once the hub of film-making and leading artists and technicians across film industries come to work in the city.

Anurag Singh Thakur, Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Youth Affairs & Sports to address in the valedictory session on the day 2 of the summit.

Also, the media mogul Dr. Annurag Batra, Founder of Exchange4Media Group and Chairman & Editor in Chief of the BW Businessworld to deliver the keynote address on day 1 of the event.

The two-day event will have the participation of over 60 renowned speakers and 700 delegates from across India, including actors, producers, directors, exhibitors, national heads of OTT platforms and social media influencers among others.

Some of the key topics that would be discussed during the event are South Indian cinema and its global influence, young talents driving South Indian cinema, taking cinema beyond borders using technology, south cinema – a trend setter for global cinema, future of small budget films and the big opportunity in OTT: for films and originals.

A report on the South Indian media and entertainment industry will be released during the event.