Shemaroo Entertainment ltd, is an Indian company and a distributor of Bollywood films

Cinema of India

The cinema of India consists of films produced across India, which includes the cinematic culture of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal. Indian films came to be followed throughout South Asia and...

. Founded in 1962, Shemaroo has worked in books, films, and television. Ghatothkach is the company's second animated film, which they co-produced with Sun Animatics.

The home video division has a catalogue of more than 1000 titles including Omkara, Manorama Six Feet Under

Manorama Six Feet Under

Manorama Six Feet Under is a 2007 Indian thriller film directed and co-written by Navdeep Singh. The film features Abhay Deol, Raima Sen and Gul Panag in the lead roles. It was released on 21 September 2007....

 and CGI animated film Bal Ganesh

Bal Ganesh

Bal Ganesh is a 2007 computer-animated musical feature film directed by Pankaj Sharma. The film is about the adventures and hijinks of Lord Ganesh, the Hindu elephant-headed god, when he was a baby....

. Maaza Navra Tuzi Baiko was Shemaroo’s first film in the regional category which was the highest grosser movie in Marathi Cinema for the year 2006.

Today, Shemaroo is an integrated film production, post production, distribution and animation

Animation

Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...

 studio. Shemaroo is a joint venture partner with Sony Pictures Entertainment

Sony Pictures Entertainment

Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. is the television and film production/distribution unit of Japanese multinational technology and media conglomerate Sony...

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History & Background

In 1962, Shemaroo pioneered Mumbai's first circulating book library. Shemaroo Book Library and its extension for children ‘Shemaroo Kidz’ became popular, and around 1978-79, it set up India's first video library in Mumbai. Further in 1986-87, India diversified into the acquisition of video rights.

In 2010, AKG group tied up with Shemaroo Entertainment for on-line video services. Shemaroo will be providing AKG with premium video content for NyooTV.com

NyooTV

NyooTV is a video on demand platform built using adaptive streaming and customized mobile applications which is claimed to work even with low bandwidths. It aggregates and offers Indian entertainment content across new media platforms and digital entertainment devices currently to Indian audiences...

, its social television network.