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Wilmington, North Carolina once had a thriving Black middle class and an elected interracial government. In 1898 white supremacists used violence to overthrow that government, kill Black residents and drive many others from the city.
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| UTV Indiagames Limited | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Formerly | Indiagames (1999-2010) |
| Type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Founder | Vishal Gondal |
| Defunct | 2014 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Key people | Sameer Ganapathy |
| Parent | The Walt Disney Company India |
UTV Indiagames (formerly known as Indiagames) was a video game publisher across various platforms for the South Asian market. It was founded in 1999 by Vishal Gondal, as a five-member team. UTV Indiagames in its current iteration is solely a publishing brand with development being outsourced.[1] UTV Indiagames is owned by UTV Software Communications, a wholly owned media conglomerate of The Walt Disney Company India.
Indiagames is India’s largest integrated game developer and publisher across digital devices. The company has partnered with several major game publishers, media companies and telecom companies such as EA, THQ, Atari, Universal, Fox, Warner Brothers, Sony, Verizon, Vodafone, Airtel, AT&T, Telstra and others. Indiagames’ successful titles include the first Spider-Man game on mobile, BioShock, Garfield and Godzilla.
The company runs the only subscription-based PC games service in India, called Games-on-Demand. It operates on all major broadband operators. Indiagames’ triple-play games model is complemented by its presence as the largest operator of UTV Games Services with leading satellite TV service providers in India.[2]
In 1999, Vishal Gondal founded Indiagames, then a five-member team. Indiagames primarily engaged in publishing and developing games across various platforms such as Internet, PC, broadband, mobile phones, PDAs, handheld gaming devices and consoles.[3]
In 2005, TOM online Games, a subsidiary of TOM Online Inc took major stakes in the company. Vishal Gondal kept his position as CEO.[3]
In 2007, the Indian company UTV Software Communications acquired a majority stake in Indiagames.[3]
In June 2010, Indiagames was re-branded as UTV Indiagames. In 2011, the remaining stake in Indiagames was acquired by Disney for around $100 million. At the time of acquisition, Indiagames was making a profit of $400,000 per year on revenues of $11 million as reported by various publications.[4] In April 2013, Vishal Gondal stepped down from control of the company and was replaced by Sameer Ganapathy.[3]
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UTV Indiagames (formerly known as Indiagames) was a video game publisher across various platforms for the South Asian market. It was founded in 1999 by Vishal Gondal, as a five-member team. UTV Indiagames in its current iteration is solely a publishing brand with development being outsourced. UTV Indiagames is owned by UTV Software Communications, a wholly owned media conglomerate of The Walt Disney Company India. Indiagames is India’s largest integrated game developer and publisher across digital devices. The company has partnered with several major game publishers, media companies and telecom companies such as EA, THQ, Atari, Universal, Fox, Warner Brothers, Sony, Verizon, Vodafone, Airtel, AT&T, Telstra and others. Indiagames’ successful titles include the first Spider-Man game on mobile, BioShock, Garfield and Godzilla. The company runs the only subscription-based PC games service in India, called Games-on-Demand. It operates on all major broadband operators. Indiagames’ triple-play games model is complemented by its presence as the largest operator of UTV Games Services with leading satellite TV service providers in India.
Vishal Gondal (Hindi: विशाल गोंडल) (born 14 July 1976) is an Indian entrepreneur and angel investor. He is the founder and CEO of GOQii (pronounced Go-Key). Gondal founded the game development and publishing company Indiagames, which he sold to DisneyUTV Digital, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India, in 2011. He briefly served as the Managing Director of Digital division of The Walt Disney Company India from September 2012 to June 2013. On 4 September 2020, Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar announced the planned release of FAU-G, a game developed by Bengaluru-headquartered nCORE Games, under Vishal Gondal, which is released on 26 January 2021.
Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (translation: Munna brother M.B.B.S.) is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film written and directed by Rajkumar Hirani in his directorial debut and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra under the banner Vinod Chopra Films. It features Sunil Dutt in his final film appearance as the father to his real-life son, Sanjay Dutt, who stars as the titular character. Gracy Singh, Arshad Warsi, Boman Irani, Jimmy Sheirgill and Rohini Hattangadi play other roles. The first installment of the Munna Bhai film series, the film follows Munna Bhai, a don in the Mumbai underworld, trying to please his father by pretending to be a doctor, but when a doctor, Asthana (Irani), exposes his lies and tarnishes his father's honor, Munna enrolls in a medical college. Chaos ensues when Munna, upon finding that Asthana is the dean of the college, vows revenge, while also sparking a romance with a house doctor, Suman (Singh), unaware that she is his childhood friend and Asthana's daughter. Released on 18 December 2003, the film was a major critical and commercial success, and went on to win the 2004 National Film Award for Best Popular Film, and several Filmfare Awards, including the Best Film (Critics) and Best Screenplay. At the box office, it achieved a silver jubilee status (25-week run) being one of only eight Hindi films to have achieved this status since the year 2000. In its 26th week of release, the film could still be found playing on 300 screens throughout India. The film's release was also accompanied by a mobile video game based on the film by Indiagames. It was later followed with a sequel in 2006, Lage Raho Munna Bhai, with a third film currently in development as of 2025.
Aetbaar (transl. 'Trust') is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language romantic psychological thriller film directed by Vikram Bhatt and produced by Ratan Tata. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, John Abraham, Bipasha Basu and Supriya Pilgaonkar. Aetbaar was inspired by the 1996 American film Fear. Indiagames also released a mobile video game based on the film.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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