In Indian film industry a famous director called Subhash Ghai usually make eccentric movie with fantastic songs. Songs are usually made by music director and their selection as per the movie and special recommendations comes from movie director only. I think he should be given credit for better ears and selection capacity as I have seen same music directors failing horribly on other movies. So even if Subhash Ghai can not make good music by himself, aspiring music composer will always goes to him for recommendations.