Zoya Akhtar

Bollywood's 'Usual Suspects' Spoke Up For Rhea. What Would Others Lose If They Did As Well?
Why should the collective burden of standing up against State repression always fall on Swara, Richa, Taapsee, Anurag, Anubhav and co?
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More And More Of Bollywood Is Coming Out In Support Of Rhea Chakraborty
Chakraborty was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau on Tuesday in a case related to the death of Sushant Singh Rajput.
By Newsroom

As Bollywood Comes To A Standstill, Wholl Pay The Industry's Daily Wage Workers?
The Producers' Guild has set up a relief fund for junior technicians who are likely to suffer the most amidst the Coronavirus lockdown.
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'Ghost Stories' Review: Netflixs Horror Anthology Has 3 Misses And A Win
While none of the four shorts deliver on the spooks, Dibakar Banerjees film captures Hindutva as the modern horror that it is
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Zoya Akhtar On Her First Reaction After Gully Boy's Oscar Selection, Lobbying And MAMI
The director spoke to HuffPost about her favourite literary adaptations and also addressed the controversy around Gully Boy's Oscar selection.
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'Gully Boy' India's Official Oscar Entry
No Indian film has ever won an Oscar. The last film from India that made it to the final five in the Best Foreign Film category list was Ashutosh Gowarikers Lagaan in 2001.
By Press Trust of India

Geek Out: Were Going All Film Theory On Ranveer Singh And 'Gully Boy'
The central tension of 'Gully Boy' is that it actually wants to be a different film from the one it eventually becomes.
By Akshaya Kumar

Made In Heaven Review: Zoya Akhtar's Show Exposes Our Vulgar Obsession With Social Perceptions
Foregrounding current events such as #MeToo and Section 377, Akhtar and Reema Kagti's show is a sharply-written commentary on the economy of excess.
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Gully Boy: Zoya Akhtar On Her Politics, Alia's Violence & Ranveer's 'Brown-Face'
The filmmaker opens up about Gully Boy's class politics, genius writing, and how she extracted those performances.
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Zoya Akhtar Addresses Ranveer's 'Brown Face' In 'Gully Boy', Says It Wasn't Intentional
Akhtar confirmed that Singhs face had indeed been darkened, but apparently only because he had a tan when he began shooting.
By Newsroom