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2019 Released 'Chhichhore', co-produced with Nadiawala Grandson Entertainment, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi.
2019 Star Movies was relaunched in Sri Lanka after previously ceasing operations in 2015.
March 2019 The Walt Disney Company acquired 21st Century Fox for $71 million, which impacted Star TV's ownership.
May 2018 Entered a multi-film deal with Akshay Kumar's Cape of Good Films, with 'Mission Mangal' set to star Kumar.
2017 Entered a three-film deal with Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment.
2017 Star Movies Action channel was discontinued.
2016 Released 'Kapoor & Sons' as the first film under the Dharma Productions arrangement and won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi for 'Neerja'. Also released the MS Dhoni biopic 'M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story'.
2015 Entered a 9-film deal with Dharma Productions as a co-producer and distributor.
2015 Star Movies Select was launched as a sister channel to the original Star Movies.
February 1 2015 Star Movies ceased broadcasting in Sri Lanka due to content rights issues, leaving the country without a Star Movies or Fox Movies channel.
2013 The studio released the Tamil feature 'Raja Rani', which won four Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.
October 15 2013 Star Movies India launched their high-definition (HD) television channel feed, expanding their broadcasting capabilities with an upgraded visual quality.
2012 Fox Action Movies was discontinued, which was later replaced by Star Movies Action.
2011 Fox Star Studios entered the Tamil film industry by co-producing and distributing 'Engaeyum Eppothum' with AR Murugadoss Productions.

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