Zoya Akhtar

Director · Born 14 October 1972 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 22 credits in the Movie Owl catalogue

11 of Zoya Akhtar’s films and series stream in Sweden right now — 8 on Netflix and 3 on Prime Video. Highest rated available: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011) ★ 8.2.

Zoya Akhtar (born 14 October 1972) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. Born to to poet, lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar and screenwriter Honey Irani, she completed a diploma in filmmaking from NYU, where she assisted directors such as Mira Nair, Tony Gerber and Dev Benegal, before turning writer-director in her own right. She achieved her breakthrough with the comedy-drama Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Director. She has since directed the comedy-drama Dil Dhadakne Do (2015), segments in the anthology films Lust Stories (2018) and Ghost Stories (2020), and the musical drama Gully Boy (2019), which won her a second Filmfare Award for Best Director.

Directing

• Made in Heaven (2019)
• Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)
• Lust Stories (2018)
• Dil Dhadakne Do (2015)
• Luck by Chance (2009)
• The Archies (2023)
• Ghost Stories (2020)

Created

• Made in Heaven (2019)
• Dahaad (2023)
• In Transit (2025)

Writing

• Made in Heaven (2019)
• Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)
• Dahaad (2023)
• Dil Dhadakne Do (2015)
• Kho Gaye Hum Kahan (2023)
• Luck by Chance (2009)
• The Archies (2023)
• Talaash (2012)
• Ghost Stories (2020)

Producing

• Kho Gaye Hum Kahan (2023)
• The Archies (2023)

As self

• The Roshans (2025)

Not streaming in Sweden right now

• The Daily Show (1996)
• Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)
• Talaash (2012)
• Gully Boy (2019)
• Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1997)
• Dil Dhadakne Do (2015)
• Luck by Chance (2009)
• Bombay Talkies (2013)
• Kaun Banega Crorepati (2000)
• Koffee with Karan (2004)
• Comedy Nights with Kapil (2013)
• Indian Idol (2004)