FC-Ormax Power List of Directors 2024: Zoya Akhtar

It’s been a productive five years for Zoya Akhtar, who retains her identity as one of the most relevant mainstream directors in modern Hindi cinema. Between both seasons of Made In Heaven, Gully Boy and The Archies, not to mention her credits as co-creator of Dahaad and co-writer of buddy drama Kho Gaye Hum Kahan, Akhtar’s woke and mindful vision has evoked diverse degrees of raves and rants in this trigger-happy streaming age. Perhaps her biggest triumph in this period is her cultural versatility. She is no longer limited to high-echelon genres. 

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