Formerly | Studio18 Viacom18 Motion Pictures |
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Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Film |
Founded | 2006 |
Headquarters | Mumbai, India[1] |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Ajit Andhare (COO) |
Owner | JioStar |
Website | www |
Viacom18 Studios is an Indian film distribution and production company. It is a subsidiary of JioStar, a joint venture between Reliance Industries, Viacom18 and Disney India. Based in Mumbai, It is one of the first studio model based motion picture & content production business in India, with an operation that involves acquisition, production, syndication, marketing and worldwide distribution of full-length feature films as well as digital only films, web series, short films.
Due to Viacom being one of the partners in the company at that time, they also distribute films from Paramount Pictures in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka since 2011, starting with Transformers: Dark of the Moon.[2][3]