Delhi-6 maker Rakeysh Mehra on why old Delhi is the place he loves more than any in the world

"Delhi-6 isn't really a return to roots. As you get older, you tend to think of your childhood more (laughs). I guess I'm getting old. I spent quite a bit of time in old Delhi. I have fond memories of that growing up period. I had a great childhood there I can't say that it was the best place to grow up, but it was my place.

Love-hate
"Then when I passed out of college and got my new job, we shifted to New Delhi. I started hating old Delhi. I got into this whole thing that roads should be wide, nobody should chew and spit paan, people shouldn't pee on walls, all those things. The power goes off, the taps run dry and there are men who pick up garbage and you're not supposed to touch them. You may get surprised, but it's a way of life in India.

"Rather than doing something about old Delhi, I started distancing myself. I got turned off. Lately I went back, just after I made Aks, and it started attracting me again. So I started writing this story. It was a weird attraction and I started loving old Delhi more than I'd ever loved any place in the world.