Though work for building the Eastern Talkies Studio began in 1946, movies were made under the Eastern Talkies Banner much earlier. The first film under their banner — Nilanguriya — released in July 1943.  Shahar Theke Dure — the super-duper hit of this banner — came after that. Surendraranjan Sarkar, who helmed this organization, was a relative of Aurora’s Bose family. The only film of their banner that was shot here was Nandaranir Sansar (1948). Thereafter, films of other banners were shot here.
The studio had RCA Record’s Michelle camera, Imou camera and Viten pathfinder along with a modern laboratory. Paritosh Bose and Satya Bandyopadhyay were in charge of sound recording. Dibyendu Ghosh and Sachin Dasgupta looked after cinematography.
If one looks at the records carefully, it is easy to notice that the National Sound Studio and Eastern Talkies operated and gained success around the same time. The two even shut down around the same time — in the early 1960s. Once they folded up, it meant the end of the film studio era of north Kolkata. Apart from the Aurora Studio in the east, the entire work of film shooting now centered around Tollygunje.
Walking down RN Tagore Road from Dakshineswar leads to the erstwhile premise of Eastern Talkies on the right-hand side. A different factory has come up on that premise now. But it is difficult to miss the old red coloured studio building and even the trademark studio floor. On entry with special permission, it is easy to understand that not much has really changed inside. The old buildings remain. It is just that they are now used for other purposes. The studio floor is now used for the factory. The laboratory, office and other houses remain inside. Even the pond remains. In short, the premise constantly reminds that it was once a studio floor. The land is still owned by the Sarkar family.