The upcoming Amazon MX Player biographical drama ‘Made in India – A Titan Story’ released. The trailer for the series gives a first glimpse of an inspiring tale behind one of India’s largest and most recognisable watch brand, Titan. The film is directed by Robbie Grewal and has been written by Karan Vyas, both of whom have already generated quite a bit of interest in the series with their beautiful storytelling and use of a vintage milieu.

Storyline

Based on the book ‘Titan – India’s Most Successful Consumer Brand’ by Vinay Kamath, this series chronicles the development of Titan watches and the visionaries that created them. JRD Tata (Naseeruddin Shah) was the main force behind the development of India’s first true home-grown brand of watches, and Xerxes Desai (Jim Sarbh) was the businessman that led the charge on realising that dream as a successful business.

The Desai team and his team work together to overcome various obstacles, public doubt, and pressure from within their industry while developing Titan from concept through production; throughout the process, both the development of a new brand and the emotional/professional challenges associated with innovating are explored. In addition to adding depth to the story through the era in which it takes place and by incorporating elements of corporate politics, the series has a more humanistic feel/approach to it than traditional documentary style programming focused on businesses.

Positive Points

The actors chosen to portray the characters. Naseeruddin Shah looks the part as JRD Tata (the founder of Tata Steel) while Jim Sarbh does a great job embodying Xerxes Desai’s unconventional thought process and intense personality traits; both actors bring instant credibility and emotional impact to the narrative.

The production design team deserves enormous credit for recreating this era reasonably well. There are many examples of classic music, appropriate dialogue, and other visual elements throughout this show that contribute to the strong sense of nostalgia for this time period. There is a third strong area of support for the new series trailer, and it is the emotional impact of the content; instead of only trying to achieve a successful business goal, the new series will encourage the audience to have faith in themselves, work hard, and be courageous and innovative in their approaches to life.

Negative Points

The trailer appears to be filled with action and drama; however, it looks to be aimed at the audience who enjoys short class periods with a lot of action and dramatic finality. Most of the trailer contains a high percentage of dialogue based scenes in corporate-type (boardroom) situations, so the amount of time needed to film the conversations will most likely take much longer than customarily. The trailer does not give any indication as to what kinds of conflict will be included in any of the episodes (to include youth related conflicts), so it is difficult for the viewer to estimate how emotionally charged any one episode will be.

Overall: “Made in India - A Titan Story,” is that it is a highly inspirational and well-produced period drama about innovation and ambition in India. The series has incredible performances, clever storytelling, and an emotionally plausible story, which will hopefully inspire people who are interested in business, as well as others to watch the show. The trailer has created anticipation for the series and will energetically present a tribute to one of India's famous success stories.