 Tandon's family was then planning to enter the film industry.When those plans did not take off, Tandon invited them to Calcutta where he was directing the Tamil film "Nandanar".There Tandon introduced them to A. N. Marudhachalam Chettiar, a film producer who was making the film "Sathi Leelavathi" and recommended Dungan be hired to direct the film as he himself was busy directing "Nandanar".