Birth Date: 14 Oct, 1972, Age (51)

Occupation : Director

Place of Birth : Mumbai

Zoya Akhtar

Zoya Akhtar was born to poet, lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar and screenwriter Honey Irani. Zoya's stepmother is Shabana Azmi. Zoya is the sister of Farhan Akhtar. She attended Maneckji Cooper and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Xavier's College, both in Mumbai. Later, she joined the New York University Film School to learn film production.She assisted directors such as Mira Nair, Tony Gerber and Dev Benegal, before turning writer-director in her own right.

She has directed movies such as Luck by Chance (2009), Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011) and Sheila Ki Jawani, a segment of Bombay Talkies (2013). She has co-written Talaash (2012) alongside Reema Kagti. She then went on to direct Dil Dhadakne Do (2015), a film based on a dysfunctional Punjabi family.