Every time we have a woman on-screen, we can empower her in a different way rather than just giving a speech on the importance of equality and empowerment. I think sometimes we have to show her as powerful.
More Quotes by Zoya Akhtar
I feel blessed and lucky with my family, not because of the privilege, of course, I'm grateful for that as well that we never wanted anything.
Who will you replace Dibakar Banerjee with? There isn't another one.
We were allowed to make mistakes. I mean that is a real privilege, to be able to go your own way, find your voice, just have a support system that allows you to do all that.
As a filmmaker when you show your film to anybody, you want it to be liked. You want the reviews to be positive. After watching your film, you want people to feel good.
I like hip-hop personally. It is a genre I am very attached to and have been listening to all my life. But I have always engaged with foreign artistes, never with mainstream Indian hip-hop rap space.
Freedom is a sentiment associated with the youth. It is rebellion. It is what you feel at that age, and it is very important.