India, June 4 -- It is crazy that in the space of a couple of years, we have seen two real-life uplifting stories based on visionaries from Bombay before it was Mumbai, both starring Jim Sarbh. In Rocket Boys, he delivered a tour de force as Homi Bhabha, and in Made in India, he physically and emotionally transforms into Titan founder Xerxes Desai. It is an origin story that is equal parts heartwarming and engaging, while avoiding becoming a shameless brand promotion.

In the late 1970s, Xerxes Desai (Jim Sarbh), a Tata employee, returns to the company after years on loan to a PSU. A meeting his mentor, the great JRD Tata (Naseeruddin Shah), has with a foreign watchmaker, compels him to work on Tata's Watch Project, which eventually turns...