Ramoji Group

Ramoji Group
Industry conglomerate
Founded 1962
Founder Ramoji Rao
Headquarters Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Services Mass media, Entertainment, film production, financial services, retail, education, hospitality

Ramoji Group 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]


History

Ramoji Rao founder of Ramoji Group

Ramoji Group is over five decades old.[1]

Holdings

Ramoji Film City

Main article: Ramoji Film City

Ramoji Film City (Telugu: రామోజీ ఫిలిం సిటీ, RFC) is situated near Hayathnagar in Hyderabad, Telangana. 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 Ushakiran Movies. It hosts a theme park and the Ramoji Academy of Film and Television (RAFT), which offers degrees in filmmaking.[1][2][3]

Eenadu

Main article: Eenadu

Eenadu, which started in 1974 in Vizag, is one of India’s largest circulated regional language daily newspapers. Its Telugu language daily is printed from 23 centres.[1][4]

ETV Network

Main article: ETV Telugu

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.

Ushakiran Television carries out television content development for ETV. It has divisions all over India and employs over 1000 people.

Ushakiran Movies

Ushakiran 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.

Main article: Ushakiran Movies

Other Holdings

Notes

  1. 1 2 In 2012, the Prayag Film City of Kolkata was developed and took over the title of world's largest integrated film city.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "About RFC - Ramoji Group". Ramoji Film City. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  2. 1 2 "Ramoji Film City". The Times Of India. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  3. 1 2 "About - Ramoji Film City". Ramoji Film City. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  4. "Eenadu Info". EEnaduinfo.com. Ushodaya Enterprises. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  5. "Free Case Study | The Ramoji Group | Leadership Case Study | Case Studies | Case Study in Business, Management". Icmrindia.org. Retrieved 2012-11-26.

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