after this, barring few films, many films directed, produced or acted by him were commercial failures. in the 1990s, he worked with many popular directors such as h. r. bhargava, om sai prakash, p. h. vishwanath, b. ramamurthy, t. s. nagabharana and upendra. in 1993, he acted as himself in the horror-thriller film "shhh" directed by upendra which was a success in the box office.