Ramoji Group is an Indian conglomerate headed by

Ramoji Rao Cherukuri Ramoji Rao (born 16 November 1936) is an Indian businessman, media entrepreneur, and film producer. He is head of the Ramoji Group which owns the world's largest film production facility Ramoji Film City, '' Eenadu'' newspaper, ETV ...

and headquartered in

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India ...

, India. Its businesses cover television and newspaper media, film production, financial services, retail, education and hospitality. In 1996, one of its businesses,

Ramoji Film City Ramoji Film City is an integrated film studio facility located in Hyderabad, India. Spread over 1,666 acres (674 ha), it is the largest film studio complex in the world and as such has been certified by the Guinness World Records. It was estab ...

, was recognized by

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as the largest film studio complex in the world.

History

Ramoji Group is over five decades old.

Holdings

Ramoji Film City

is situated near

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Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and 3 ...

. Ramoji Rao allocated 2000 acres of land with the price of ₹2450 per acre in the year of 1995 December, then construction started immediately and film city opened in 1996 and was certified by

as the largest integrated film city. Off late Ramoji film city is the only studio completed construction in one year, its great achievement. It contains over 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

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, is one of India's largest circulated regional language daily newspapers. Its

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daily is printed from 23 centres.

ETV Network

ETV Network ETV Network is a network of Telugu language news and entertainment satellite television channels in India. It is based in Hyderabad. It also had some non Telugu language satellite television channels. All non-Telugu language satellite televisi ...

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

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Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

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. It distributes its films through Mayuri.

ETV Bharat

ETV Bharat is a digital news platform created to deliver news and information services, using video-centric Mobile App and Web Portals. It has network reach of 24 states with services in 13 languages. ETV Bharat will combine the new technologies of mobile and digital media to engage news and information seekers in a new connected world.

Other holdings

* Margadarsi Chit Fund: The group's flagship company, which was founded in 1962 in a small rented building on Himayat Nagar road, which is one of the largest

chit fund A chit fund is a type of rotating savings and credit association system practiced in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan other Asian countries. Chit fund schemes may be organized by financial institutions, or informally among friends, relative ...

(financial instrument) companies, and has a subscriber base of 360,000 members. * Dolphin Hotels: The group set up its first three-star hotel in

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in the 1980s and now operates a range of hotels in Ramoji Film City from luxury Hotel Sitara to budget property Tara. * Kalanjali: A large shopping mall that offers arts, crafts and textiles from all parts of India. * Priya Foods: Manufacturing and marketing condiments, confectionery and edible oils. * Brisah: Women's clothing brand, specializing in formal dress and party wear. *Ramadevi Public School: ICSE school in Hyderabad established in 2002. Sponsored by Ramadevi Trust *Eenadu Journalism School

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External links

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About Ramoji Group

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