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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| BSE: 538685 NSE: SHEMAROO | |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | 29 October 1962 |
| Founder | Budhichand Maroo |
| Headquarters | , India |
| Products | Movies, music, home video, merchandise |
| Services | Content creation, aggregation, and distribution Video-on-demand (ShemarooMe) |
| Website | shemarooent |
Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd. is an Indian content creator, aggregator and distributor, specifically in the media and entertainment industry. It was founded by Buddhichand Maroo in 1962 as a book-circulating library under the name Shemaroo. It set up India's first video rental business in 1979.[1][2] The company went national after it began content distribution in 1987, became aggregators and bought rights to movies for home video.[2][3]
Currently, the brand has a collection of over 3700 movie titles in multiple Indian languages and offers services to customers in over 30 countries including the US, the UK, Singapore, UAE and Australia.[4]
The company's partners for content distribution include Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, YouTube, iTunes, Reliance Jio, Vodafone, Tata Play, DD Free Dish and DishTV.[4]
- ^ "Film production & distribution house gets a revamp after six decades". The Times of India. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ a b Choudhury, Bedatri. "Shemaroo Streams Bollywood into The US". Forbes. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ "Shemaroo Entertainment's Founder Buddhichand Maroo Felicitated with GIFA Golden Award". Indian Television Dot Com. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ a b indiainfoline.com. "Shemaroo Entertainment: The Content Connoisseurs". Retrieved 24 April 2019.