 Thus Dungan made his directing debut with "Sathi Leelavathi" which was also the first film of future-Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. G. Ramachandran.During 1936-50, Dungan made a number of Tamil films and one Hindi film - "Meera" (1947).Dungan had no knowledge of Indian languages, a problem which never affected his career as a director of films in Indian languages, especially Tamil.