 Two other movies, "Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi" and "Black Friday", had to wait many years for a release date.Meanwhile, his commercial films "Deewar" (starring Amitabh Bachchan) and "Silsiilay" (with Shahrukh Khan) flopped at the box office.It was only in 2005, with the eventual release of the critically acclaimed "Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi", but most of all with Ram Gopal Varma's "Sarkar", that Menon had his break.