He won his second Golden Lotus for "Tabarana Kathe" in 1987. Considered as one of the best edited films in India, it deals with the futile efforts of a retired government servant to earn his pension. In 1997, he came up with another masterpiece, "Thaayi Saheba" which won him his third Golden Lotus award. "Thaayi Saheba" is considered to be the most mature work of the director, dealing with the transition in the Indian society from the pre- to the post-independence periods.