Zoya Akhtar, who turned fifty on October 14, once had a feud with Kareena Kapoor over Shah Rukh Khan’s Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge. Here’s what went down at Shah Rukh’s party.On October 14, Zoya Akhtar commemorated her 50th birthday. Kareena Kapoor once told Zoya, who has directed films such as Dil Dhadakne Do and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, that she won’t be a director if she didn’t think Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (DDLJ) was the best film ever made. In an old episode of Koffee With Karan, Zoya recalled her fight with Kareena over DDLJ.Zoya appeared on Karan Johar’s chat show with filmmaker Rohit Shetty in 2004. During the episode, Zoya revealed that, while she adored Kareena and the two got along well, Kareena had once argued with her about DDLJ. Zoya stated that the strange incident happened many years ago.On Koffee With Karan, the filmmaker revealed that at a party at Shah Rukh Khan’s house, Kareena told her, If you don’t think Dilwale (DDLJ) is the best film ever made, you won’t be a director. After their argument, Shah Rukh had to engage and cool down Kareena and Zoya at the party, according to Zoya.
Image Courtesy: News18With Luck by Chance, Zoya Akhtar made her directorial debut in Bollywood (2009). Since then, she has worked with stars such as Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh in Gully Boy, Anil Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra in Dil Dhadakne Do, and many more. Her mom and dad are screenwriters Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, and her brother Farhan Akhtar is filmmaker-actor.Zoya is getting ready to launch The Archies, a live-action musical movie version of the comic book Archies, which will mark the debuts of celebrity kids Suhana Khan, Khushi Kapoor, and Agastya Nanda.What are your thoughts on this?
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