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Zoya Akhtar

Zoya Akhtar

Director · b. 1972 · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Zoya Akhtar (born 14 October 1972) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. Born to to poet, lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar and screenwriter Honey Irani, she completed a diploma in filmmaking from NYU, where she assisted directors such as Mira Nair, Tony Gerber and Dev Benegal, before turning writer-director in her own right. She achieved her breakthrough with the comedy-drama Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Director. She has since directed the comedy-drama Dil Dhadakne Do (2015), segments in the anthology films Lust Stories (2018) and Ghost Stories (2020), and the musical drama Gully Boy (2019), which won her a second Filmfare Award for Best Director.

Series9

  • TV6.4

    The Daily Show

    1996 · 661 votes

  • TV6.8

    Comedy Nights with Kapil

    2013 · 22 votes

  • TV5.7

    Indian Idol

    2004 · 17 votes

  • TV5.9

    Koffee with Karan

    2004 · 24 votes

  • TV6.6

    Kaun Banega Crorepati

    कौन बनेगा करोड़पति

    2000 · 33 votes

  • TV
  • TV5.2

    BFFs with Vogue

    2016 · 4 votes

  • TV7.9

    The Roshans

    द रोशन्स

    2025 · 9 votes

  • TV8.3

    Angry Young Men

    एंग्री यंग मेन

    2024 · 4 votes

Movies1

  • Movie5.7