Saregama

Also known as Sa Re Ga Ma, Saregama India Ltd.

Saregama India Ltd formerly known as The Gramophone Company of India Ltd., is an Indian music record label and content company headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal. It is the oldest music label in India, established in 1901 as the Indian branch of the British Gramophone Company. It later became a part of EMI (Electric and Musical Industries), and for several decades, used the His Master's Voice (HMV) trademark on its releases. The first song recorded in India by Gauhar Jaan in 1902 and the first film made in Bollywood with sound Alam Ara in 1931 were under the music label.

Key facts

Company.name: Saregama India Ltd
Company.logo: Saregama logo.png
Company.type: Public
Company.location_city: Kolkata, West Bengal
Company.location_country: India
Company.industry: Music and entertainment
Company.products: Portable media players
Company.revenue_year: 2024
Company.parent: The Gramophone Company Limited (1901–1931)Electric and Musical Industries (1931–1985)RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group (1985–present)
Company.subsid: Yoodlee Films
Social media personality.child: yes
Social media personality.youtube_handle: SaregamaMusic

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History
Saregama Carvaan
Yoodlee Films
Film discography
Hindi films
Hindi non-films
Tamil
Malayalam
Gujarati
Telugu
Assamese
Film content
Television content
Web series
Notes
References
External links

In 1985, the company was acquired by the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group. Although the HMV trademark continued to be used until 2003, the licensing agreement with EMI ended that year. Saregama also distributed EMI's international releases in India during this period.