Abhishek Bachchan to die in Delhi-6 ?

Comments [ 8 ] By Amisha L. | 05 December 2010 | 11:34pm

For the National Awards, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra submitted his film, Delhi 6 to the jury with an alternative ending to what the audience saw in the cinemas. It was this unseen version that recieved two National Awards.

When the film released in 2009,

the originial ending of Delhi 6 saw Abhishek Bachchan's character surviving his inflicted wounds. The ending that was sent to the National Awards however saw the opposite with Abhishek's character dying at the end.

Many might wonder how a film with an alternative ending came to be eligible for the National Awards. In fact, Rakeysh Mehra wanted Abhishek's character to die all along. Despite the death scene being shot, they were always pressured to change the ending which then resulted in the ending that was shown to the audience. The ending was originally only shown at the Venice Film Festival, but to make it eligible and appropriate for the committee, there was a week long release of the film where the alternative ending was shown to audiences.

With the alternative release receiving a great response, Mehra decided to release Delhi 6 with the alternative ending worldwide. While the original ending was put on hold for a year, Mehra was pretty upset with the comments Delhi 6 recieved when there were talks about the film's failure. As a result, Mehra's confidence was put down. But faith was found in Oliver Stone who finally convinced Mehra to go ahead and release the film with the original ending.

Dates marking the release of the original ending are yet to be worked out.

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Date: 12/9/2010 11:39:27 PM16824mAk
i dont understand...wat was the point in changing the climax in the first place n now after a year y do they hav to realize that they shud release the original ending...cz the film kinda dint do quite well??
i think the whole idea is pointless...n its soo stupid..this means that the audience will hav to waste their tym n go to theatre to watch the same movie all over again just for the sake of a climax...thats lame..only die heart abhishekh fans will do that i think.. :-x
Date: 12/9/2010 8:45:40 AMCallmeMaybe
Wowwwwwwwww that is soo stupid
Date: 12/6/2010 12:29:44 PMprernafan
no need to change the climax instead change the lead actor bring someone who can act and film will do wonders
Date: 12/6/2010 5:10:39 AMJenifer.
Without going through the whole process of re-releasing the film, Mehra should just announce it as a DVD extra on a special edition or something. Unless his main point is for it all to go mainstream again, hoping for a hit a second time round?
Date: 12/6/2010 4:50:03 AMkavmuks
Delhi -6 (A symbolic movie)
Delhi - 6 is a symbolic movie. It shows many issues of society in symbolic manner .. I loved the film.. it is little hard on audience at times but needs some patience .. our critics are responsible for making or shaking a movie it not audience
Date: 12/6/2010 4:24:17 AMsamicute
thank for the awesome news
Date: 12/6/2010 1:55:49 AMchahat4u
dnt knw whether this ending wld make any difference to make sme1 wtch d film again. bt for me prsnly, d ending shown to audience presviiously was good engh.
Date: 12/6/2010 12:48:46 AMpooja_l
really???

i found the movie a bit boring so i slept half the way, oh no not half the way but within the next 15 mins, too boring

but i do appreciate mehra for making a film on such sensitive subject(later my sis told me the story)

but anyways, i don't know if it was good or bad, but in the end it won national awards, who knws i will watch this film again
Date: 12/6/2010 12:47:05 AMpriya_al
how wud abhi dying in de mvie chnge the outcome???
Date: 12/5/2010 11:10:31 PM-Miya-
I didn't quite understand Delhi 6 .. the performances were good though. I'm guessing the movie could've done better at the box office if Abhishek were to die at the end .. that brings a shock value to the film and hence more people would watch it.