If a Bollywood Film Was Set in 2035, What Would the Hero Actually Drive?

Bollywood's version of the future has always been slightly embarrassing. Chrome everything, blue lighting, cars that look like concept sketches nobody has to actually park. The real future is less dramatic and much closer: it's a normal-looking SUV that makes no noise, and it's already on Mumbai roads.

The film we'd write. It's 2035. Our lead, Kabir, is a marine biologist working on the Mumbai coastline, which by then is both a workplace and a warning. He drives from Versova to a research station past Uttan at 5 am, three times a week, before the city wakes. The whole film is built on that commute. No chase scenes, no explosions, just a man and a coastline and a car that doesn't interrupt either.

The e Vitara is already a first for Maruti Suzuki. Launched in India on December 2, 2025, it marked the brand's first-ever electric car after decades of building petrol, diesel, CNG and hybrid vehicles. So while our film is set in 2035, its protagonist isn't driving some imaginary concept car. He's driving the first chapter of Maruti Suzuki's electric story.

Why the NEXA Electric SUV e Vitara is the correct casting. Because the future arrives quietly. An electric SUV in this film isn't a statement about technology; it's just what a sensible person drives in 2035, the same way a diesel sedan was just what a sensible person drove in 2005. Silent running at 5 am on a coastal road is the entire mood of the film. The absence of engine noise lets the sound design do what Bollywood almost never allows: nothing. Waves, wipers, breathing.

The scene that sells it. Kabir parks at the sea wall with the car still on, no engine sound, the dashboard glowing, rain starting. In a petrol car this scene needs the engine off, which means no wipers, no AC, no light. In an electric one, everything stays on and nothing makes a sound. That's a scene you can only shoot in 2035, or, as it happens, today. It is also built on the HEARTECT-e platform, developed specifically for battery-electric vehicles rather than adapted from an existing petrol car platform. In other words, the e Vitara was designed around electric mobility from the ground up.

The city argument, which is the real one. Mumbai driving is stop-start by definition, and stop-start is exactly where an electric powertrain is most efficient and a petrol one least. There is no idling, no clutch work, no engine noise filling the cabin during a forty-minute crawl. Anyone who has driven the Western Express Highway at 7 pm understands intuitively why the electric version of that experience is less exhausting, even before the running-cost conversation starts.

The interesting part is where this future comes from. The e Vitara Electric SUV  is built at Maruti Suzuki's Hansalpur plant in Gujarat for both Indian and export markets. Right- and left-hand-drive versions are being developed for more than 100 markets worldwide, making it less a car designed only for India's EV transition and more of a global product built in India. That global ambition was visible even before the e Vitara Electric SUV  became familiar on Indian roads. In September 2025, more than 2,900 India-built units were exported to European markets including the UK, Germany, Norway, France, Denmark, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Hungary, Iceland, Austria and Belgium. The future-facing SUV was already travelling internationally before most Indian buyers had even seen one.

And the audience was already interested before the film opened. Bookings for the e Vitara Electric SUV opened on December 2, 2025, the same day as its launch, across Arena and NEXA dealerships, with an initial booking amount of ₹21,000*. For Maruti Suzuki's first EV, the response made it clear that there was already an audience waiting for this particular future.

The future also has to be safe. The NEXA e Vitara comes equipped with seven airbags, Electronic Stability Control and Level 2 ADAS features, including Lane Keep Assist and Adaptive Cruise Control. For a car whose job in this film is to make a long, early-morning coastal commute feel effortless, those systems are less about futuristic gimmicks and more about reducing the workload behind the wheel.

The practical layer nobody puts in the script.ractical layer nobody puts in the script. First-EV hesitation in India is rarely about the car. It's about what happens when something goes wrong. Which is why the electric SUV that wins here is the one with a large service network behind it. NEXA Shivam Autozone is the Highest e Vitara Selling Dealer in the Region, giving prospective EV buyers the confidence of choosing a dealership with strong experience in the model. Buying from NEXA Shivam Autozone, the authorised Maruti Suzuki dealership for Mumbai, Thane and Palghar, means the future comes with a workshop you can actually reach, and a service network that existed long before EVs were a genre. 

The honest question the film would put in the second act. Does an electric SUV fit your life, or the life you imagine? The answer depends on a few practical questions: your predictable daily distance, the e Vitara variant and its available range, and whether you can charge overnight where you park. With a range of up to 543 km*, the e Vitara offers plenty of flexibility for everyday city driving as wel 

Casting the transition. If there's an older petrol car in your building's parking that this article has you reconsidering, the exchange desk values it at the showroom and puts that amount toward the new one. Every future-set film needs a scene where the old world is traded in. That's the paperwork version of it.

So, if Bollywood shot a film set in 2035, would the hero drive a NEXA Electric SUV e Vitara? Our vote is yes, precisely because nobody in the film would remark on it. That's how you know a future has actually arrived. Book a test drive and tell us what you'd put your own 2035 hero in.

FAQs

Q1. How far can I travel with the NEXA Electric SUV e Vitara on a single charge?

The NEXA Electric SUV e Vitara offers up to 543 km* of ARAI-certified range, depending on the battery and variant. The actual range may vary based on factors such as driving conditions, traffic, speed, weather, passenger load and use of the air conditioner.

Q2. Why are electric SUVs well suited to Mumbai driving?

City driving is stop-start, which is where electric powertrains are most efficient, and the absence of engine noise and vibration makes heavy traffic significantly less tiring.

Q3. What should I consider before buying an electric SUV?

Your predictable daily distance and whether you can charge overnight where you park. If both work, an electric SUV fits comfortably into a Mumbai routine.

Q4. Where can I see the NEXA Electric SUV e Vitara in Mumbai?

At Shivam Autozone's NEXA showrooms across Mumbai, Thane and Palghar, with test drives bookable online.