Industry conglomerate Founded 1974 | Founder Ramoji Rao Headquarters Hyderabad | |
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Services Mass media, Entertainment, film production, financial services, retail, education, hospitality Subsidiaries Ramoji Film City, Ushodaya Enterprises Private Limited, Dolphin Hotels Limited | ||
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. In 1996, one of its businesses, Ramoji Film City, was recognized by Guinness World Records as the largest film studio complex in the world.
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History
Ramoji Group is over five decades old.
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. 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.
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.
ETV Network
ETV is a satellite television network of 12 channels aired in eight languages: 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. It distributes its films through Mayuri.