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 4,502,647 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Zoya Akhtar is the 1,990th most popular film director (down from 1,791st in 2019), the 1,400th most popular biography from India (down from 1,201st in 2019) and the 55th most popular Indian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 30.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Zoya Akhtars by language

Over the past year Zoya Akhtar has had the most page views in the with 759,392 views, followed by Hindi (5,427), and Persian (4,442). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hindi (65.36%), Bengali (61.10%), and Assamese (60.22%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Zoya Akhtar ranks 1,990 out of 2,041. Before her are Houda Benyamina, Paula Ortiz, Stuart Beattie, Daniels, Rose Troche, and Hans Weingartner. After her are Lucky McKee, Lee Isaac Chung, Tim Hetherington, Gia Coppola, Jeff Wadlow, and Ketan Mehta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Zoya Akhtar ranks 1,001. Before her are Christopher Williams, Bounty Killer, Emerson, Ayesha Jhulka, Todd Lowe, and Chun Wei Cheung. After her are Sébastien Flute, Chris Candido, Samantha Womack, Claudio Luiz Assuncao de Freitas, Emerson Thome, and Naoki Mori.

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In India

Among people born in India, Zoya Akhtar ranks 1,400 out of 1,861. Before her are Sidharth Shukla (1980), Vijay Sethupathi (1978), Sushmita Banerjee (1964), Gautam Gambhir (1981), Aditya Roy Kapur (1985), and Arunima Sinha (1989). After her are Kitu Gidwani (1957), Asin (1985), Rashmika Mandanna (1996), Zareen Khan (1987), Janhvi Kapoor (1997), and Karthi (1977).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Zoya Akhtar ranks 55. Before her are S. Shankar (1963), Farhan Akhtar (1974), Rajkumar Santoshi (1956), Anurag Kashyap (1972), Ashutosh Gowariker (1964), and S. J. Suryah (1968). After her are Ketan Mehta (1952), Puri Jagannadh (1966), Rohit Shetty (1973), Vikram Bhatt (1969), Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (1963), and Vishal Bhardwaj (1965).

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Filmography

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Director
Three friends who were inseparable in childhood decide to go on a three-week-long bachelor road trip to Spain, in order to re-establish their bond and explore thrilling adventures, before one of them gets married. What will they learn of themselves and each other during the adventure?
Jul 15o 20117.529 / 10
Gully Boy
Director
A coming-of-age story based on the lives of street rappers in Mumbai.
Feb 14o 20197.385 / 10
Dil Chahta Hai
Director
Three inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. Nothing comes between them - until they each fall in love, and their wildly different approaches to relationships creates tension.
Jul 24o 20016.829 / 10