After Shri Jagannath, driven with ambition, Gour Ghose met with Dr.Harekrushna Mahtab, then CM of Odisha and armed with the CM’s recommendation letter, he set out to try his luck in the Bombay Film Industry.

In Bombay, now Mumbai, he was fortunate enough to join Prithvi Theatres and work with the likes of Shammi Kapoor, Sudesh Kumar and other such stalwarts. At the same time, he managed to work as PA to Nalini Jayant (popular leading actress of the time).
He also worked as the 3rd Asst. director to then famous director, Gyan Mukherjee.

His various work environments led him to meet the likes of Ruma Guha Thakurta and her mother Sati Devi.
However, his meeting with the noted leading actress Snehalata Pradhan, ex-wife of actor Kishore Sahu, was an imperative turning point in his career. She was instrumental in procuring him a break in the Hindi movie “Sadma” in 1951, which was directed by Akul and produced by Asiatic Productions.

“Sadma” presented him a major platform to meet with then famous actor Mahipal, who had just completed the Hindi film “MakhiChoos”, directed by Ramchandra Thakur, popularly known as Thakur Bhai.
Along with Mahipal, he courageously aspired to produce the Odia version of “Makhi Choos” retaining Thakur Bhai as the director.
The translation to Odia of this project was entrusted to Manoranjan Das. Unfortunately, this venture did not materialize.

Nevertheless, his contact with Thakur Bhai later had immense consequence on his illustrious career.