Quotes from Zoya Akhtar
When you're scoring music for a film, it has to be interwoven with the narrative, it has to reflect the mood, the ethos.
— Zoya Akhtar
At 19, while studying at St Xavier's College and majoring in literature and sociology, I got my first job as a copywriter. It was at a company called the Script Shop.
— Zoya Akhtar
I had the best shooting experience in Dharavi. People are so cooperative and busy with their work that they don't have time to be star struck.
— Zoya Akhtar
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.
— Zoya Akhtar
Freedom is a sentiment associated with the youth. It is rebellion. It is what you feel at that age, and it is very important.
— Zoya Akhtar
I have learnt not to ignore instincts. While making a film, when your gut feels that you are going wrong, please take that seriously.
— Zoya Akhtar
So at 19, I faced my first blank page as a professional writer.
— Zoya Akhtar
We need to develop artists who are not just scoring films. I'm hoping 'Gully Boy' can help with that.
— Zoya Akhtar
I write my films with Reema Kagti, and I think all the characters that I have written, somewhere or the other, reflect my thoughts, ideology and morality.
— Zoya Akhtar
But if you can empathise with a character and if you can emotionally resonate with that character and understand their emotional journey, I think you are home.
— Zoya Akhtar
Don't try to be anyone else because that's been done before. Find yourself and what makes you tick.
— Zoya Akhtar
Films like 'Scarface', 'The Godfather', 'Goodfellas' and 'Casino' are something I can watch again and again and from anywhere. I love them so I have to make one.
— Zoya Akhtar