Aurora has produced and distributed several landmark Bengali-language films including Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali.

[1] The company at that time was a travelling cinema unit, and exhibited films, magic and drama shows in different parts of Bengal.

[2] Anadi Nath Bose and Debi Ghosh began making more short features in 1916, notable among them Bisha Briksha, based on the novel of the same name by Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay.

The company currently maintains a studio in the Salt Lake neighbourhood of Kolkata, and a post-production facility in Tollygunj.

[3] According to Anjan Bose, the current (2011) managing director, Aurora is "the only film producing house in India being run by a family for three generations".Kalkokkho which released in 2022.

[2] The company's Raja Rammohan (1965) was the first Bengali film to be declared tax-free (patrons did not have to pay entertainment tax).