Star Studios
Star Studios (formerly known as Fox Star Studios) is an Indian motion picture production and distribution company. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Disney Star (via Disney Entertainment), part of the Disney International Operations segment of The Walt Disney Company.[2] The studio produces Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and other South Asian language films through acquisitions, co-productions and in-house productions for worldwide distribution.
Formerly
Fox Star Studios (2008–2022)
March 2008
Bikram Duggal[1]
Star TV (2008-2014)
21st Century Fox (2014-2019)
Disney India (2019-present)
Star Studios was one of the 21st Century Fox and Star India film production companies that was acquired by Disney on March 20, 2019. The studio's current name was adopted on May 27, 2022 in order to avoid confusion with Fox Corporation.
Starting with the international release of Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva (2022), all of Star Studios' films are now handled internationally by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.[3][4][5][6]
Logo and fanfare[edit]
The Fox Star Studios logo was based on the 1994-2009 20th Century Fox logo (the logo appeared in Quick Gun Murugun & and the end of My Name is Khan) and the 2009 style was made by the now-defunct Blue Sky Studios (who made the 2009-2020 20th Century Fox logo), the 2010-2022 Fox Star Studios logo (albeit with the News Corporation byline removed in 2013) debuted in My Name is Khan and the last film to use is Kaun Pravin Tambe?.
On May 27, 2022, it was reported that Disney had internationally begun to phase out the "Fox" name from the studio's branding as it is no longer tied to the current Fox Corporation, with Fox Star Studios respectively renamed to simply Star Studios.
The current print & on-screen Star Studios logo is based on 20th Century Studios logo and the 2021 Star logo from the Star hub of Disney+. Branding elements associated with the studio, including the searchlights, monolith, and fanfare, will remain in use. The first film that carries the new Star Studios name is Brahmāstra: Part One Shiva.
For the Star Studios logo, its print logo (along with its front-facing form) debuted in the posters of Brahmāstra: Part One Shiva and on the trailer for Babli Bouncer.
The on-screen logo debuted on September 9, 2022, with the film Brahmāstra: Part One - Shiva and later appeared in Babli Bouncer and Disney+ Hotstar original Hindi film Gulmohar, based on Picturemill and Blue Sky's animations. The current Star Studios fanfare was based on Alfred Newman's 20th Century Studios fanfare, which is currently composed by David Newman, This version has Indian instruments such as sitar, sarod, tambura, sahnai, sarangi, and tabla being heard in the composition. It also sounds similar to the 1979 and 1982 fanfares.[28]