By A Correspondent
Senior editor Omar Qureshi has joined Viiking Media and Entertainment Group as Chief Creative Officer and Business Head. A seasoned print journalist, Qureshi has pioneered the digital and television entertainment news space in the last two decades.
Viiking, an entertainment and media conglomerate with business entrepreneur, filmmaker, actor, Sachiin J Joshi as its Chairman, is part of a business group with varied businesses like alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, spas and health products, gymnasiums, spring and mineral water, tissues and sports (he has a significant shareholding in star cricket enterprise CCL apart from owning the team ‘Telugu Warriors’). Joshi recently forayed into luxury hotels by bringing Planet Hollywood hotel to Goa. Viiking is also producer of big ticket films like the Aishwarya Rai Bachchan starrer ‘Jazbaa’ and Ram Gopal Verma’s next, ‘The Secret’ among others.
With Qureshi on board as CCO, the Group now enters growing digital media and creative content market. Â A former editor of Stardust magazine, Entertainment Editor of Indiatimes.com and Editor-in-Chief of Zoom where his reviews show won awards.