Japan’s largest brokerage house Nomura Holdings will invest $16 million in Indian media company Real Image Technologies Pvt. Ltd, to take advantage of the growth in India's movie and entertainment industry.

Chennai-based Real Image, founded in 1986, provides digital technology solutions for films, videos and audio markets. The company has operations across North America, Europe and Asia and also operates various digital cinema screens.

The investment was made through Nomura's Asia merchant banking division in Hong Kong, to support the booming consumer services and media entertainment industry in India.