Aurora Film Corporation Banabehari Shaw. Unfortunately after the lease lapsed, the studio was demolished. The company currently maintains a studio in the Salt Lake neighbourhood of Kolkata, and a post-production facility in Tollygunj. Aurora was involved in the distribution and/or production of several acclaimed films. The company bought Pramathesh Barua's production company (Barua Pictures), and produced two films starring Barua, "Pujari" and "Niyoti". Aurora was the distributor for Satyajit Ray's debut film "Pather Panchali" (1955); it was the distributor for Ray's "Parash Pathar" (1958) and producer for "Jalsaghar" (1958). The company partially financed "Aparajito" (1956), the second instalment of Rays' "Apu Trilogy". Noted
The Star Maker (1939 film) The Star Maker (1939 film) The Star Maker is a 1939 American musical film directed by Roy Del Ruth, written by Frank Butler, Don Hartman and Arthur Caesar, and starring Bing Crosby, Louise Campbell, Linda Ware, Ned Sparks, Laura Hope Crews, Janet Waldo and Walter Damrosch. Filming started in Hollywood on April 17, 1939 and was finished in June. The film was released on August 25, 1939, by Paramount Pictures, and had its New York premiere on August 30, 1939. It was the only film in which Crosby played a happily married man. Loosely based on the life of Gus