Every Zoya Akhtar film is a lesson in itself. If it doesn't talk about life and its truths, the way the movies are mounted and presented, it's coaching in itself. The director believes in letting the moments do the talking rather than actually making the scenes verbose. In Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, there are many silent shots where the three men are reminiscing about themselves after they successfully finish an adventure. That's very rare in Bollywood movies. Even in Gully Boy, you will spot these moments of no words and they are as powerful as the dialogues. Zoya Akhtar Birthday Special: From Luck by Chance to Gully Boy, 11 Inspiring Movie Dialogues From Her Films That Made Us Go ‘Bingo!’.

So on Zoya Akhtar's birthday, we decided to list down all that we learned from her movies.

Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd - Break the shackles and life will reward you

The first learning here is that a film can be named like tours and travel company. So rare! One of the biggest learning here is that life throws a lot of curveballs at us at every age. How we warm up to it is on us.

Luck By Chance - Life is more than just chasing dreams

Ambitions are fine but they shouldn't rule our entire life. Often we miss out or lose out on important people in our lives in the pursuit of being successful. Farhan Akhtar's character eventually realises the same but what's liberating here is how Konkana Sen Sharma's character decides to go back to her hustle with a smile on her face, despite everything that happened to her. Well, life waits for none!

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara - Acknowledgement, Acceptance, Assurance

Sometimes acknowledgment, acceptance, gratitude and a simple Sorry can smoothen our lives completely. But for all of that to happen, one needs to take risks and gain experience. All three men in the film learn valuable lessons during their journey and understand life in a much better way.

Dil Dhadakne Do - All that glitters is not gold

We often believe money and status will take away all our miseries but the Mehras prove that myth wrong. The rich can be equally messed up as us. Discrimination and a regressive mentality reside in them too. Salman Khan, Farhan Akhtar And Zoya Akhtar Come Together For A Documentary On Salim-Javed, Angry Young Men.

Gully Boy - Apna time ayega

Life is made of good and bad times and everyone will get their shot at being what they want to be. Murad in Gully Boy is a classic example.

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