Zoya Akhtar

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 writerdirector in her own right She achieved her breakthrough with the comedydrama Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara 2011 which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Director She has since directed the comedydrama 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