Born in 2017

Baahubali 2 made Indian cinema history — the largest opening in Bollywood history, a fantasy epic on a scale that matched Hollywood productions. It proved that Indian audiences would support genuinely ambitious cinema. The GST — Goods and Services Tax — unified India's chaotic tax system into a single national market for the first time.

Teething troubles were significant, but the long-term transformation of Indian commerce was underway. India was beginning to act like one market rather than twenty-eight.