Zoya Akhtar

Zoya Akhtar is a contemporary Indian film director. She made her debut as director with critically acclaimed Luck By Chance (2009). In 2011, she directed the critically and commercially successful film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and won her Filmfare Award for Best Director. Zoya has worked on a number of commercials including Pepsi and Finolex. She has co-directed a music video called “Price of Bullets” for a rock band. She has worked as a casting director for films including Dil Chahta Hai, Kamasutra: A Tale of Love and Split Wide Open, and as an assistant director for her brother Farhan’s films, Lakshya and Dil Chahta Hai. She then worked as an executive producer for her longtime friend Reema Kagti’s Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd., also produced by Excel Entertainment