 Himanshu Rai, then a lawyer, also acted in one of Niranjan Pal's plays "Goddess" also performed in London, though some sources suggest that it was Devika Rani who first met him, through their common Brahmo Samaj connections, which paved way for his eventual stake in the creation of Bombay Talkies.Following the successes of "The Light of Asia" and "Shiraz" 1928, Pal moved back to India with his English wife, Lily, and son Colin Pal, and embarked on a career as the screenplay writer for Bombay Talkies.He also started directing films, and made among others "Needle's Eye" (1931), "Pardesia" (1932), and "Chitthi" (1941).