After Sanyasi, although some of Shankar's later songs did exhibit flashes of the old maestro's brilliance, overall, these films ("Aatmaram, Do-Jhooth, Garam Khoon, Papi Pet Ka Sawal Hai", Chorni, Eint ka Jawab Pathar) did not succeed in endearing him to leading production houses, though there were some exceptions. For example, actor Dharmendra had signed Shankar to compose the score for his film "Bichchoo", however, since Shankar did not accept Sai's (who was more keen in having Raj Kamal as MD) interference in his work, he opted out of the project. Eventually, the project itself was abandoned by Dharmendra.