After “Shri Jagannath”, driven by ambition, Gour Ghose met with Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab, then CM of Odisha. 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 stalwarts like Shammi Kapoor, Sudesh Kumar, and others. At the same time, he worked as a PA to Nalini Jayant (a popular leading actress of the time) and as the 3rd Assistant Director to the famous director Gyan Mukherjee.

His various work environments led him to meet personalities such as 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 a crucial 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” provided him a major platform to meet the then famous actor Mahipal, who had just completed the Hindi film “Makhi Choos”, 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 consequences for his illustrious career.