Zoya Akhtar Talks About Being The Only One In The Family To Not Win A National Award

Zoya Akhtar is one of the most talented filmmakers in our country. She has been a part of umpteen successful films and off late with her venture into the digital space, the filmmaker has made huge strides there as well.

She has some of the most popular Bollywood films to her credit. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Talaash, Dil Dhadakne Do Gully Boy, the digital show Made In Heaven, so on and so forth.

All of these films received immense critical acclaim and audiences’ appreciation too. However, the strange part is, Zoya never received any national award for her work.

Well, it was during an interaction with Mid-Day that she opened up about this. Zoya spoke at length about her background and how she used to love watching her mother's cute expressions on the big screen. This is also when she went on to say she is the only one in her family to not have a national award.  "Everybody in my family has a National Award— my mother, father, brother [Farhan Akhtar], step-mother [Shabana Azmi], cousin [Farah Khan], everybody. Except me!"