Zoya Akhtar Quotes

Zoya Akhtar is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Hindi cinema. Born to the Akthar family of Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, she completed a diploma in filmmaking from NYU and assisted directors Mira Nair, Tony Gerber and Dev Benegal, before becoming an independent writer and director. Akhtar is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards. Zoya, along with Reema Kagti, founded Tiger Baby Films, a film and web studio in October 2015.

She made her directorial debut with the drama Luck by Chance , and achieved her breakthrough with the ensemble buddy road comedy-drama Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara , winning the Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director for the former, and the Filmfare Award for Best Director for the latter. She followed it up with co-writing the psychological crime thriller Talaash: The Answer Lies Within alongside Reema Kagti, and directing Sheila Ki Jawaani, a segment of the anthology film Bombay Talkies .

Akhtar then went on to direct the ensemble family comedy-drama Dil Dhadakne Do , segments in the anthology films Lust Stories and Ghost Stories , and the musical drama Gully Boy , winning her second Filmfare Award for Best Director for the latter, thus becoming the only female director to have won the award twice. She ventured into the OTT space with the romantic comedy-drama series Made in Heaven and the crime thriller series Dahaad .

She is also a board member of Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image .

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Famous Zoya Akhtar Quotes

“No. If I am in such a temper, than the person I am in a temper with needs to leave.”

Zoya Akhtar

as an answer to the question: Have you ever walked of a set, in a temper?

On the Sets, at 0 Min 19 Sec https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3deXjh9X0_U
Panel interview at MAMI(Mumbai Academy of Moving Image) Film Festival

“I think the most important thing, when you are directing is perspective on the story. What is your take? What are you saying? What does it mean?”

Zoya Akhtar

Luck By Chance - My First Film 29 Oct 2018, at 9 Min 03 Sec https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B2wChETV5g
From interview with Film Companion

“Women are not exempt from patriarchy, they are also products of it. So, they also come in with that system of 'am I right' or 'am I wrong.'”

Zoya Akhtar

Zoya Akhtar & Reema Kagti - FC Post Mortem 15 Jun 2015, at 10 Min 25 Sec https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4DGmAXNPt4
From interview with Film Companion

“Who told me to, stay true to the story. Told me not to lose my femininity, because I am directing. So if I want to go to work in a skirt and lipstick, I should. I don't have to be male, to be the boss. And to never hook up with the actors. Best piece of Advise.”

Zoya Akhtar

as an answer to the question: Whats the most useful advise you ever got from a fellow director?

From Mira Nair.

On the Sets, at 25 Min 06 Sec https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3deXjh9X0_U
Panel interview at MAMI(Mumbai Academy of Moving Image) Film Festival