He disappeared from the industry and was thought to be living as a recluse in America for many years. Actor Rishi Kapoor found him in Atlanta in an asylum where he is living due to a mental illness.
In 2011, his daughter issued a public statement negating the reports of Raj Kiran being found in Atlanta, and her family have been looking for him along with New York police and private detectives for the last eight years.[5] One of his last appearances was in the TV serial Reporter with Shekhar Suman in 1994.