Ashish Vidyarthi said Shammi Kapoor once told him that people in Bollywood will always try to bring him down. "[Shammi said] When my stardom faded, they'd ask, ‘Shammi ji, what happened, where’s...crowd these days?'" Vidyarthi recalled. "[Shammi] used to reply, ‘Beta, crowd is outside Aashirwad [Rajesh Khanna's home] now’. Those who once cheered for you will move on," he added.