Ramoji Group
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| Industry | conglomerate |
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| Founder(s) | Ramoji Rao |
| Headquarters | Hyderabad, India |
| Services | Mass media, Entertainment, film production, financial services, retail, education, hospitality |
Ramoji Group (Telugu: రామోజీ గ్రూప్) is a conglomerate headed by Ramoji Rao and headquartered in Hyderabad. Its businesses cover television and newspaper media, film production, financial services, retail, education and hospitality.[1] In 1996, one of its businesses, Ramoji Film City, was recognized by Guinness World Records as the largest film studio complex in the world.[note 1]
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History [edit]
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Ramoji Group is over five decades old.[1]
Holdings [edit]
Ramoji Film City [edit]
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Ramoji Film City (Telugu: రామోజీ ఫిలిం సిటీ, RFC) is situated near Hayathnagar in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. It opened in 1996 and was certified by Guinness World Records as the largest integrated film city.[note 1] It contains over 1,666 acres (6.74 km2) of land, and is the site for Ushakiron Movies. It hosts a theme park and the Ramoji Academy of Film and Television (RAFT), which offers degrees in filmmaking.[1][2][3]
Eenadu [edit]
Eenadu, which started in 1974 in Vizag, is one of India’s largest circulated regional language daily newspapers.[citation needed] Its Telugu language daily is printed from 23 centres.[1][4]
ETV Network [edit]
ETV is a satellite television network of 12 channels aired in eight languages:[1] Telugu, Bangla, Marathi, Kannada, Oriya, Gujarati, Urdu and Hindi. It reaches out to viewers in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, and has a dedicated channel for each of the four Hindi-speaking states.[citation needed]
Ushakiron Television carries out television content development for ETV. It has divisions all over India and employs over 1000 people.[citation needed]
Ushakiron Movies [edit]
Ushakiron Movies, founded in 1983, has produced over 80 films in various Indian languages such as Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali.[2][3] It distributes its films through Mayuri.
Telugu films [edit]
This is a list of Ushakiron Movies produced in the Telugu language:
Hindi films [edit]
This is a list of Ushakiron Movies produced in the Hindi language.
- Nache Mayuri (1986)[5]
- Pratighaat (1987)[6]
- Tujhe Meri Kasam (2003)
- Thoda Tum Badlo Thoda Hum (2004)[7]
Other Holdings [edit]
- Margadarshi Chit Fund: The group's flagship company, which was founded in 1962 in a small rented building on Himayat Nagar road, is one of the chit fund (financial instrument) companies, and has a subscriber base of 360,000 members.[citation needed]
- Dolphin Hotels: The group set up its first three-star hotel in Vizag in the 1980s and now operates a range of hotels in Ramoji Film City from luxury Hotel Sitara to budget property Tara.[1][better source needed]
- Kalanjali: A large shopping mall that offers arts, crafts and textiles from all parts of India.[1][better source needed]
- Priya Foods: Manufacturing and marketing condiments, confectionery and edible oils.[1][better source needed]
- Brisah: Women's clothing brand, specializing in formal dress and party wear.[1]
Notes [edit]
- ^ a b In 2012, the Prayag Film City of Kolkata was developed and took over the title of world's largest integrated film city.[when?]
References [edit]
- source: [8]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "About RFC - Ramoji Group". Ramoji Film City. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
- ^ a b "Ramoji Film City". The Times Of India. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
- ^ a b "About - Ramoji Film City". Ramoji Film City. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
- ^ "Eenadu Info". EEnaduinfo.com. Ushodaya Enterprises. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
- ^ "Film Database : Movie Details". Indianfilmtrade.com. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
- ^ By Dipen (1987-04-10). "Pratighaat (1987) - Movie Review, Story, Trailers, Videos, Photos, Wallpapers, Songs, Trivia, Movie Tickets". Gomolo.com. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
- ^ "RAMUJI RAO'S NEXT 'THODA TUM BADLO THODA HUM' - Bollywood Articles - SmasHits.com". Ww.smashits.com. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
- ^ "Free Case Study | The Ramoji Group | Leadership Case Study | Case Studies | Case Study in Business, Management". Icmrindia.org. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
