India, Oct. 16 -- The man who has moved more than 2,500 films into living rooms is now moving into movie entertainment industry at Ooty with blockbuster movies.

Sajid Qureshi, founder of Inbox Pictures, has acquired Mowbray Heritage Resort in Ooty through Fodxpert NextGen Pvt Ltd. It is the group's first hospitality property. The resort is being torn back to its bones and rebuilt as a luxury heritage boutique, and it is set to reopen soon. In one stroke, a cinema-rights veteran has crossed from selling stories to owning a piece of the hill station's own story.

For more than two decades, Inbox Pictures has been the quiet machine behind Indian cinema's second life. The company has exploited the rights of over 2,500 films across satellite,...