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 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.
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Films (23)
Shape of Momo
2026 · Executive Producer
Superboys of Malegaon
2025 · Producer
Connexions perdues
2023 · Writer, Producer
The Archies
2023 · Director, Producer, Story, Screenplay, Lyricist
Histoires terrifiantes
2020 · Director, Story, Screenplay
Gully Boy
2019 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Histoires sensuelles
2018 · Director
Dil Dhadakne Do
2015 · Director, Story, Screenplay
Words with Gods
2014 · Screenplay
Bombay Talkies
2013 · Director, Screenplay
Making of Talaash
2012 · Self
Talaash
2012 · Story, Screenplay
On ne vit qu'une seule fois
2011 · Story, Director, Writer
Luck by Chance
2009 · Director, Story, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Migration
2008 · Screenplay
Aventuras de luna de miel
2007 · Executive Producer
Lakshya
2004 · First Assistant Director, Executive Producer
Dil Chahta Hai
2001 · Casting Director, Assistant Director
Bombay Boys
1998 · Assistant Director
Kama Sûtra, une histoire d'amour
1997 · Rasa Devi's Courtesan
Jee Le Zaraa
· Writer, Producer
Untitled Aamir Khan/Zoya Akhtar Project
· Writer, Director, Producer
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara 2
· Director, Writer
Séries (13)
In Transit
2025 · Executive Producer, Creator
Les Roshan : Une famille de Bollywood
2025 · Self
Angry Young Men
2024 · Self, Executive Producer
Rugir
2023 · Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
Cherche l'amour… éperdument
2022 · Executive Producer
Made in Heaven
2019 · Director, Executive Producer, Writer, Creative Director, Creator
BFFs with Vogue
2016 · Self
Comedy Nights with Kapil
2013 · Self
Koffee with Karan
2004 · Self
Indian Idol
2004 · Self
Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai
2002 · Herself
Kaun Banega Crorepati
2000 · Self
Le Daily Show
1996 · Self