 He had already written the screenplay of the "Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo", meaning "Ganges Mother I will offer you the auspicious yellow sari" (if my wishes come true) and had first given it to Bimal Roy, with whom he had worked in "Devdas" (1955).In a chance encounter, Hussain met Bishwanath Prasad Shahabad, a businessman from Arrah in Bihar, at a film studio in Bombay.Shahbad, owned cinema halls in Dhanbad and Giridih.