Zoya Akhtar Wiki, Biography, Age, Husband, Family, Education, Height, Weight, Movies List, Career, Profession, Net Worth

Zoya Akhtar Wiki and Biography: Zoya Akhtar writes and makes movies. Javed Akhtar, a well-known lyricist, is her father. She and her brother, Farhan Akhtar, who is also a good actor and director, are his children. She is known for making movies with believable main characters and bad guys.

Zoya Akhtar Wiki: Biography, Age, Husband, Family, Education, Height, Weight, Movies List, Career, Profession, Net Worth

Real Name	Zoya Akhtar
Nick Name	Zoya
Profession	Film Director and Screenwriter
Famous For	Movies
Husband Name	Sharic Sequeira (Rumored)
Physical Status
Age	50 Years
Height	5 feet 4 inches
Weight	64 Kgs
Eye Color	Dark Brown
Hair Color	Black
Personal Information
Date of Birth	14 October 1972
Birth Place	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Zodiac Sign	Libra
Nationality	Indian
School Name	Maneckji Cooper, Juhu, Mumbai
College Name	St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Tisch School of the Arts, New York
Qualifications	Bachelor of Arts
Family Profile
Father Name	Javed Akhtar (Lyricist and Scriptwriter)
Mother Name	Honey Irani, Shabana Azmi (step-mother)
Siblings	Farhan Akhtar (Actor, Producer, Director, Screenwriter, Singer)
Career	Film Director and Screenwriter
Source of Income	Movies
Appeared In	Movies
Net Worth Salary	145 Crores+(Approx.)

Zoya Akhtar Biography

Zoya Akhtar Education

She went to Maneckji Cooper, Juhu School in Mumbai first. Then, she moved to St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai to finish her Bachelor of Arts degree. She then went to New York to study film at Tisch School of the Arts.

Zoya Akhtar Early Life

In 2022, Zoya Akhtar will be 50 years old. She was born in Mumbai, in the Indian state of Maharashtra, on October 14, 1972. Zoya’s parents split up when she was 13 years old, and her father later married Shabana Azmi.

Her father, Javed Akhtar, is a poet and screenwriter. Honey Irani, who was her mother, wrote and acted. Her stepmother is the actress Shabana Azmi, who works in Bollywood. Farhan Akhtar is her younger brother. He is a talented actor, producer, director, screenwriter, and singer. Muztar Khairabadi was her ancestor, and he was a well-known Urdu poet. Her grandfather, Jan Nisar Akhtar, was also an Urdu poet.

She is the great-great-granddaughter of Fazl-e-Haq-Khairabadi, who was a leader in the Indian Freedom Revolution of 1857 and an expert in Islamic studies and theology. Fazl-e-Haq-Khairabadi was from her hometown of Khairabad and was an important figure in the movement. He is famous for having edited Mirza Ghalib’s first diwan at the request of the poet.

There are rumours that Zoya’s husband is Sharic Sequeira, who is an assistant director and producer. In 2021, a mutual friend of Sharic’s posted a picture of the two of them on Instagram. This led to rumours that they were going to get married. Zoya Akhtar’s use of the tagline “Just Married” seems to be a reference to her marriage to Sharic.

Zoya Akhtar Career

First, Zoya was in charge of the music video for “Price of Bullets.” The band Pentagram was in the music video for the song. The next movies she worked on as a casting director were “Dil Chahta Hai” and “Split Wide Open.” She worked with Farhan Akhtar on “Lakshya” and “Dil Chahta Hai” as his assistant.
Her first movie as a director, “Luck By Chance,” came out in 2009. Not only did she direct the movie, but she also wrote the script. She has also worked for Excel Entertainment and Reema Kagti’s Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. as an executive producer.

“Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara,” the movie she made in 2011, was praised by critics and made a lot of money. Zoya’s next movie was “Dil Dhadhakne Do,” which starred Priyanka Chopra and Ranveer Singh. In 2019, she was the director of “Gully Boy,” a biopic about two Indian rappers named Divine and Naezy.

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