He remained a member of Indian National Congress in the 1930s, subsequently worked for the BBC and taught at the Doon School, Dehradun for a while, before coming down to Bombay to sell a film script.
Ia menjadi anggota Kongres Nasional India pada 1930an, kemudian bekerja di BBC dan mengajar di Sekolah Doon, Dehradun, sebelum pergi ke Mumbai untuk menjual naskah film.