Delhi-6 reworked

Director Rakeysh Mehra changed the beginning and end of the film before sending it to Venice film festival

Delhi-6 reworked

Director Rakeysh Mehra changed the beginning and end of the film before sending it to Venice film festival

Does director Rakeysh Mehra feel the quick-fix revive-the-hero ending became the undoing of Delhi- 6? Yes, he does.
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Without anyone's knowledge, he re-edited the film, restoredu00a0 the originalu00a0 ending, and submitted it to the Venice Film Festival. And, it got selected.

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Says Rakeysh,u00a0 "On Thursday night, I got an e-mail informing me that Delhi-6 has been selected for the Venice Film Festival.

I had to do this, otherwise, I wouldn't have died in peace."

Apparently, Rakeysh had been forced to incorporate a happy ending to accommodate distributors.
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He admits he wasn't happy with the ending.

"Now, I've a new beginning and end. Iu00a0 intended the film to end withu00a0 the death of Abhishek's character.

People were genuinely confused by some aspects of the film like the mirror as a metaphor for looking within, the kala bandar metaphor.u00a0

The joy of being selected for Venice has washed away all wrongs in the script," he says.

"Sometimes in life you do lose track of the destintation during the journey.

But three months after the film's release, I have re-shot and re-edited the ending," he adds.u00a0 Now he wants Indian audiences to see the changed Delhi-6.

"It's the director's cut, like Francis Coppola's Apocalypse Now, which didn't make sense the first time.
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It made history after the changes. We shouldn't have been in a hurry to release a film, which tries a new grammar and idiom."
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Sighs Rakeysh, "I've grown wiser now. I'm happy I've gone for the sad ending in Delhi-6.u00a0

Thisu00a0 is a creative correctionu00a0 that has made me sleep easier."

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