Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Reveals He Sought Comfort In Alcohol After Delhi 6 Flopped At The Box Office: “I Wanted To Sleep & Never Get Up”

Rakesh Omprakash Mehra’s Delhi 6, starring Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Aditi Rao Hydari, Waheeda Rehman, and more, was released in India in 2009 following its premieres at international film festivals. While the AR Rahman-created music was loved by all (and received many awards), the film turned out to be a failure at the box office.

In his autobiography, The Stranger in the Mirror, Rakeysh opened up about how he felt after the Delhi 6 debacle. From frowning himself in alcohol to distancing himself from his loved ones, read on to know all he had to say.

As reported by Pinkvilla in his autobiography, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra stated that even though the Sonam Kapoor-Abhishek Bachchan starrer Delhi 6 opened to as a great response, the buzz died out after the first weekend. The National Award-winning director stated that he was devastated by the film’s box office failure and drowned himself in alcohol. Talking about it, he said, “The box office debacle, and my own conflict with what ending was appropriate, shook me deeply. Was I capable of producing great cinema consistently? Was Rang De Basanti a fluke?”