His performance and direction in the 1991 film Sau Crore was appreciated as it was a movie ahead of its time dealing with the real-life murder of badminton star Syed Modi and the arrest being made of the wife and her ex-lover. Sau Crore remains the last commercial hit film of Dev Anand as the lead hero as well as a director. His last film Chargesheet (2011) was panned by critics across the board.
