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We chat to director Zoya Akhtar (Gully Boy, Dil Dhadakne Do, Luck By Chance) ahead of her latest film with Netflix, The Archies! 00:00 - Intro 01:13 - Archies Trailer Reaction 03:55 - Interview ____________________ Reaction Gear: https://amzn.to/2QgTwk2 (affiliate link) ____________________ Intro music by DAVIS Youtube - http://bit.ly/30OK7RR Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2I3vRvE Purchase a "I Got a Funny Feeling Tee" here! https://unofficialdavismerch.myshopify.com/products/i-got-a-funny-feeling-tee ___ Jamazing Patrons of November: Krishna Venkataraman, Avijit Singh, Riju Mahna and Daipayan Das! Be a patron for Jaby and support more videos like this! http://www.patreon.com/jabykoay ___________________________________________________ SOCIAL MEDIA: ~CINEDESI~ YouTube: @CineDesi Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCineDesi Instagram: https://instagram.com/TheCineDesi ~SPIKIEDRAWS~ Logo Character Designer: https://instagram.com/SpikieDraws ~MOOSA RAZA~ Moosa Raza created additional background animation. Instagram: @syedraza7 Twitter: @MoosaRaza27 ___________________________________________________ SHORT FILMS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL34B19BA788E18384 Thanks for watching!!! __________________________________________________ Credit of my favorite movie reviews song: Highlight Reel Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Intro song: Hudson Stanton YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/hudson12311 Insta: https://www.instagram.com/hudsonstantonmusic CineDesi is represented by Digital Fox Talent. Brand partnerships: digitalfoxtalent.com/brands/creators/cinedesi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Sidharth Bhatia is joined by the extremely talented filmmaker and screenwriter Zoya Akhtar. Zoya has been a part of some of the most successful and well received Hindi movies in recent years. With every film of hers, Zoya's reputation as a good and bankable director has only grown. On this episode, Sidharth and Zoya talk about how she got interested in movies, growing up in a film industry family with screenwriter parents and how that played into how she looked at films from a young age, how her films often feel like a blend between Indian as well as western influences, the 'gaze' that keeps changing when making a film or any other project, how working on Gully Boy was different than working on Dil Dhadakne Do, how she got to work on Gully Boy and how she got in touch with rapper Naezy for it, the importance of layered characters, certain backlash that Zoya got for Dil Dhadakne Do, the various upcoming projects Zoya is working on, and lots lots more. Tune in for an amazing conversation. Follow Zoya on Instagram: https://instagram.com/zoieakhtar Follow Sidharth Bhatia on Twitter and Instagram @bombaywallah : https://twitter.com/bombaywallah and https://instagram.com/bombaywallah You can listen to this show on The Wire's website, the IVM Podcasts website, app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios , or any other podcast app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We sit down in conversation with the director of Gully Boy before she leaves for Berlin for the premiere of her film. Here she talks to Anupama Chopra about directing her actors Ranveer Singh & Alia Bhatt in Dharavi, putting the focus on Hindustani hip hop and ensuring an authentic vibe throughout. The filmmaker tells us about the process of collaborating with over 50 hip-hop artist to create the music of the movie and getting her father and lyricist Javed Akhtar to also jam with them. What can one expect from Zoya’s new production house Tiger Baby? Watch this interview to find out.