Every great brand has a founding story that the world never gets to hear. Amazon MX Player’s latest biopic web series, Made In India: A Titan Story, changes that. Released on 3 June 2026, this six-episode drama tells the extraordinary true story of how Titan, one of India’s most iconic watch brands, was born against a wall of bureaucracy, foreign scepticism, and financial crisis. Starring Jim Sarbh and Naseeruddin Shah, it is already being called the feel-good watch of the year. If you have been looking for a detailed review before hitting play, here is everything you need to know about this powerful biopic TV series.
What Is the Made In India: A Titan Story Series About?
Made In India: A Titan Story is inspired by the book Titan: Inside India’s Most Successful Consumer Brand by Vinay Kamath. Directed by Robbie Grewal, with the screenplay written by Karan Vyas, Kandarp Shroff, and Niraj Dasa, the series traces one of India’s most unlikely corporate success stories across six episodes.
Set in 1978, the show follows Xerxes Desai, a sidelined Tata executive who discovers that imported watches are among the most smuggled items in India, and spots an opportunity nobody else has dared to act on. His plan: build a world-class Indian watch brand from scratch.
From a Tough Launch to a Cultural Phenomenon
Titan launched as a quartz watch: battery-powered and requiring no winding at a time when most Indians had only ever known hand-wound mechanical watches. Nobody understood the technology. Sales were painfully slow, and watches even began surfacing in Chor Bazaar without generating any real profit.
The real breakthrough came through marketing. Titan’s advertising agency presented a television commercial set to Mozart’s 25th Symphony, and Xerxes approved it on the spot. That melody became one of the most recognisable brand signatures in Indian advertising history, turning Titan into a household name almost overnight.
Then came the next gamble, an ambitious push into Europe that stretched the company to its limits. With losses mounting and Titan’s future uncertain Xerxes faced his hardest decision yet. What followed was a determined fight to rebuild, reinvent, and prove that a watch made in India truly belonged on the world stage.
Who is involved in the Cast of Made In India: A Titan Story?
The Made In India A Titan Story cast is one of the strongest pillars of this series. Every role, from the visionary at the centre to the quiet supporters around him is inhabited with conviction.
Actor | Character |
Jim Sarbh | Xerxes Desai |
Naseeruddin Shah | J.R.D. Tata |
Vaibhav Tatwawadi | Akash Bansal |
Namita Dubey | Rajini Desai |
Kaveri Seth | Megha Mhatre |
Lakshvir Saran | Gaurav Dhar |
Joy Sengupta | SK Gopalan |
Ashwath Bhatt | Shankar Manoharan |
Viraf Patel | Murli Shankar Dalmia |
Paresh Ganatra | Ravindra |
Jim Sarbh, as expected, anchors the series completely. Xerxes is not a perfect man, he carries flaws, doubts, and blind spots and Sarbh brings all of that out without making him unlikeable. Naseeruddin Shah’s J.R.D. Tata is understated and dignified, never overplayed. The scene where Xerxes is presented with the first-ever Titan watch by his team is, by multiple accounts, the emotional highlight of the entire series.
How Many Episodes Does Made In India: A Titan Story Have?
Every episode of this 2026 web series moves the story forward with purpose. Here is a quick spoiler free look at what each episode covers :
Episode 1 – The Watch Project
Set in 1978 a sidelined Tata executive Xerxes Desai is tasked with reviving a dying division of Tata Press. While working on it he stumbles upon a bold idea that could redefine Indian industry entirely.
Episode 2 – Demonstration
The team comes together amid personal sacrifices as Xerxes pushes the dream of an Indian Quartz watch through boardroom battles and bureaucratic rejection. Just when hope resurfaces with a government partnership and the birth of “Titan,” financial doors slam shut once again.
Episode 3 – Flying Saucer
When the team begins to falter Xerxes’s unwavering belief, bolstered by family support keeps Titan alive. This episode leads to the funding, the factory , and the birth of India’s first Quartz watch.
Episode 4 – The Real Value
Xerxes turns failure into innovation reigniting the team’s spirit and reshaping Titan through global learning and bold design. A startling discovery in Chor Bazaar hints at just how far Titan’s impact has already reached.
Episode 5 – Universal Language
Xerxes cracks Titan’s pricing puzzle and stabilises the business even as personal and professional shifts test the team’s confidence. A bold branding leap powered by Mozart’s stirring symphony changes everything .
Episode 6: Twenty Two
At the peak of success Xerxes’s ambition costs him his closest ally and nearly destroys Titan’s future. One last act of belief leads to a historic innovation turning humiliation into victory and sealing Titan’s place on the world stage.
