'This is quite exhilarating. The Venice film festival is considered as posh as Cannes and Berlin. So it's great fun. I got the e-mail informing me of 'Delhi 6' being selected at the Venice Film Festival Thursday night. They loved the film. It will be screened on either September 2 or 3,' he said.

Mehra had been forced to incorporate a happy ending for the sake of the distributors. He admits he erred with the substitute ending for 'Delhi 6'. Now he wants Indian audiences to see 'Delhi 6' with the changed beginning and end.

'It's the director's cut, like Francis Coppola's 'Apocalypse Now', which didn't make sense the first time. Later it went on to make history after the changes. We shouldn't have been in a hurry to release a film which tries a new grammar and idiom. But the whole experience has been eye-opener. To make the changes in vision and then get selected for such an honour, is such a blessing,' he said.

The director, who hit the jackpot with 'Rang De Basanti', has been missing from the action after 'Delhi 6'.

'I just went into a shell, writing. I've three subjects now and any of them could be my next film. Yes, I do want to do 'Mirza Sahibaan' with Sonam Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan. The two are like my piece of the art. It's crazy what we share. I can't put it in words,' he said.

Mehra and his wife N. Bharati, who edits his films, have just returned from a camping holiday from Leh and Ladakh.

'It was our first holiday since we started 'Delhi 6'. We left after we shot the new version. I've grown wiser now. I'm happy I've gone for the sad ending in 'Delhi 6'. This is a creative correction that has made me sleep easier,' said the director.