Zoya Akhtar All Films Hit Flop Box Office Analysis

Zoya Akhtar All Films Hit Flop Box Office Analysis Filmography Box Office Collection Verdict and Success Ratio

Zoya Akhtar is a Bollywood director and screenwriter born on 14 October 1974 to poet, lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar and screenwriter Honey Irani.

Stepmother is actress Shabana Azmi^, Her younger brother, Farhan Akhtar, is an actor and director.

She attended Maneckji Cooper and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Xavier’s College, both from Mumbai.

Later, she joined the New York University Tisch School of the Arts to learn film production.

Started her career as the co-director of a music video called Price of Bullets for a rock band called Pentagram.

Has worked as a casting director for films including Split Wide Open (1999) and Dil Chahta Hai (2001), and as an assistant director for her brother Farhan Akhtar’s films Dil Chahta Hai and Lakshya (2004).

Then she worked as an executive producer for her longtime associate and friend Reema Kagti’s Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007), also produced by Excel Entertainment.

Made her directorial debut with Luck By Chance (2009), starring her brother Farhan Akhtar and Konkona Sen Sharma.

In 2011, she directed Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, which starred an ensemble cast of Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol, Katrina Kaif and Kalki Koechlin.

It turned out to be a huge commercial success at the box-office and won her the Filmfare Award for Best Director.

2013, Akhtar teamed up with Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee and Karan Johar for Bombay Talkies. It was made as a celebration of 100 years of Indian cinema.