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Zoya Akhtar

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Daughter of renowned Indian lyricist/poet Javed Akhtar and screenplay and story writer Honey Irani. Twin sister of Farhan Akhtar, cousin of Kabir Akhtar and granddaughter of Jan Nissar Akhtar.

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in Bombay, Maharashtra, India
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2013 Untitled Zoya Akhtar Project (pre-production)
 
2012 Talaash (story and screenplay)
 
2011 Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (story & screenplay)
 
2009 Luck by Chance (story & screenplay)
 
2008/I Migration (short) (writer)
 
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1999 Bhopal Express (extras casting)
 
1999 Split Wide Open (extras casting)
 
1998 Bombay Boys (extras casting)
 
1996 Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (extras casting)
 
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2009 Luck by Chance (executive producer)
 
2007 Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (executive producer)
 
2004 Lakshya (executive producer)
 
2004 Lakshya (first assistant director)
 
2001 Dil Chahta Hai (first assistant director)
 
1998 Bombay Boys (second assistant director)
 
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2004 Lakshya
 
2003 Armaan
 
2001 Dil Chahta Hai
 
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2004 Bride & Prejudice (writer: "A Marriage Has Come to Town", "Take Me to Love part one", "No Life without Wife", "Take Me to Love part two")
 
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2004 Bride & Prejudice (lyrics)
 
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1996 Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
Rasa Devi's Courtesan
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2006 The Namesake (special thanks - as Zoia Akhtar)
 
2003 Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (without whom it was not possible)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
2012 Zee Cine Awards 2012 (TV movie)
Herself - Winner Best Director / Best Story
 
2010 55th Idea Filmfare Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 

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Talaash -- A cop, a housewife and a prostitute get entangled in a mystery that links their lives in unexpected ways.
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Zoia Akhtar
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Trivia:

Daughter of renowned Indian lyricist/poet Javed Akhtar and screenplay and story writer Honey Irani. Twin sister of Farhan Akhtar, cousin of Kabir Akhtar and granddaughter of Jan Nissar Akhtar. See more »

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