Music directors who are unable to network effectively are often relegated to the background. Take the example of music director Raam Laxman, for instance, who was once a hot favourite with the Rajshris but is today a disillusioned man with only one film.

"I have become a victim of an age where everything else comes before talent. I have realised that a great sense of melody is not enough in today's times. One should have a secretary to campaign for his work, and another person to call up producers' offices. I failed on both accounts," says Laxman.

His reluctance to have multiple music directors recording songs for the same film also went against him, reports Bollywood Trade.

Today, Laxman has only one film of Deepak Barry for which he recently recorded three songs after which he is waiting for Rajshri to announce its next project. But thanks to the few Marathi films that he is doing, he is still managing to earn a decent living. "You never know, times keep changing and good days will be back again," he says brokenly.