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FILM DIRECTOR

Zoya Akhtar

1972 - Today

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Zoya Akhtar (born 14 October 1972) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Hindi cinema. Born to Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, she completed a diploma in filmmaking from NYU and assisted directors Mira Nair, Tony Gerber and Dev Benegal, before becoming an independent writer and director. She is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zoya Akhtar has received more than 4,540,234 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Zoya Akhtar is the 1,798th most popular film director (down from 1,563rd in 2019), the 1,205th most popular biography from India (down from 1,006th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Indian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Zoya Akhtar ranks 1,798 out of 1,581. Before her are Drew Pearce, Will Gluck, Anurag Kashyap, Hossein Rajabian, Benh Zeitlin, and Rohit Shetty. After her are Sooraj Barjatya, Kabir Khan, Deeyah Khan, Amanda Kernell, Jamie Babbit, and Ti West.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Zoya Akhtar ranks 942. Before her are Tomohiro Hasumi, Tomotaka Fukagawa, Jason Kreis, Yohei Sato, Chris Osgood, and Stephen Barclay. After her are Tsuyoshi Furukawa, Norihiro Satsukawa, Vyacheslav Dayev, Yuji Nakayoshi, Vitamin C, and Takashi Yamahashi.

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In India

Among people born in India, Zoya Akhtar ranks 1,205 out of 1,493. Before her are Zareen Khan (1987), Trisha (1983), Neha Kakkar (1988), Meena (1975), Mohammed Shahid (1960), and Varun Gandhi (1980). After her are Sukhwinder Singh (1971), Malini Awasthi (1967), Sooraj Barjatya (1965), Kapil Sharma (1981), Krishna Poonia (1977), and Atul Kulkarni (1965).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Zoya Akhtar ranks 47. Before her are S. S. Rajamouli (1973), S. Shankar (1963), Ashutosh Gowariker (1964), Rajkumar Santoshi (1956), Anurag Kashyap (1972), and Rohit Shetty (1973). After her are Sooraj Barjatya (1965), Kabir Khan (1968), Vishal Bhardwaj (1965), Vikram Bhatt (1969), Remo D'Souza (1974), and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (1963).

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Filmography

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