Mehta is truly hurt by the attitude of disdain that has been thrust on "Water" by some filmmakers in Mumbai. "I'm surprised they haven't embraced it."

The filmmaker won't be in India for the release of "Water" March 10.

"I've a script to write. My next film 'Exclusion' again goes back into the past. By some people's logic, I'm already excluded from the Oscars," she chuckled.