Mumbai, Aug 2 - Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra admits that there were some glitches in his movie 'Delhi-6', but says the film's selection for Venice Film Festival has washed away all these wrongs in the script.

'I've a new beginning and end. This was how I originally intended the film to end with Abhishek Bachchan's character's death. I've realised there were people who were genuinely confused by some aspects of the film. After much introspection, I discovered where I had gone wrong.

'One thing was about the mirror about looking within oneself, then the 'Kala Bandar' metaphor also didn't work. The joy of being selected for Venice has washed away all these wrongs in the script. I've been invited to share the platform with some of the world's best filmmakers,' Mehra told IANS.

Starring Abhishek and Sonam Kapoor, the film was released Feb 20, but didn't do well at the box office.

Talking about the changes he has made in the film for the Venice film fest, Mehra said: 'I filmed the sequence of Abhishek's character's ashes being immersed in the river. The film now begins with his voiceover announcing he's dead now. So it's now a dead man's story. Everything falls into place now. We also understand why Abhishek played the role so quietly, sensitively. It was such a beautiful piece of grammar. I don't know why I abandoned it for a happy ending.'

Mehra says that the exciting part of this festival journey is that the version of 'Delhi 6' they saw in Venice was radically different from what audiences saw when the film released.

'I sent Venice a new version of 'Delhi 6' quite different from the one we saw here. My original script was different. I went and shot another version quite different from the one people saw. I had to do this. Otherwise I wouldn't have died in peace.'

The director is on cloud nine right now.