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 Case Code : LDEN001
 Case Length : 8 Pages
 Period : 1992-2002
 Pub Date : 2002
 Teaching Note : Available
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 Industry : Media and Entertainment Countries : India
 
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In the late 1960s, Ramoji Rao also started a magazine for the farmers called 'Annadata' 
in Telugu.3
 Commented Ramoji Rao, "My 
heritage lies in the soil and my forefathers were all farmers.
 
 But I sold off all my property and to atone for this and to do something special 
for the farmer community I started a magazine in their language"
 
 In 1974, Ramoji Rao entered the print media by launching Eenadu, a Telugu 
	newspaper in Visakhapatnam. Ramoji Rao explained, "I focussed on the region 
	which I thought was most relevant to the people."
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 The Hyderabad edition was launched in 1975, followed by the Vijayawada (Andhra 
	Pradesh) edition in 1976. In the early 1980s, Ramoji Group entered the foods 
	business with Priya Pickles. 
	
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	The Priya brand was later extended to culinary pastes and powders. The Group 
	then made a foray into films with Ushakiron Movies. 
 The Group established Mayuri Film Distributors to distribute its films and 
	Mayuri Audio to market the audio cassettes of the films. In the early 1990s, 
	Ushakiron Movies diversified into satellite television with ETV – the Telugu 
	channel.
 
 In 1992, the Ramoji Group started a handicrafts division under the name 'Kalanjali'. 
The division was set up with a view to promote the sale and export of 
handicrafts, cottons and textiles of Indian craftsmen.
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On September 9, 1997, The Ramoji Group inaugurated its most innovative creation 
- The Ramoji Film City based on the maxion - "Walk in with your script and walk 
out with your print". Spread over 1000 acres, the Film City had gardens, 
temples, a sprawling countryside, a fort, hotels, city streets, railway 
stations, a palace, an airport, a mobile kitchen etc. It had all the technical 
support to make a film - 40 studio floors, a fully-equipped prop shop, a set 
design and construction division, state-of-the-art equipment, experienced 
production staff, and hi-tech digital editing, dubbing and sound-recording 
facility. Said Ramoji Rao, "The idea is to save time, energy and resources and 
focus on creative excellence, executional quality, economical schedules and 
meticulous planning"... 
 
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