Director: Zoya Akhtar

Film: Lucky By Chance

Starring: Tabu and Dimple Kapadia

Quite ironically, Lady Luck is not favouring Zoya (in the picture), the sister of Farhan Akhtar (whose debut movie was the cult Dil Chahta Hai). Lucky By Chance has seen its cast shuffling ever since the film was announced.

Daughter of writer-director Honey Irani and poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar, Zoya, industry insiders feel, has a lot of promise. That is reason enough to look forward to her debut film, which is a tongue-in-cheek account of Bollywood.

In the film, Zoya will take a look into what goes on in front of and behind the camera in the Hindi film industry. The movie will, therefore, have many cameos by Bollywood stars and celebrities playing themselves.

The debutante director had to face rejection from the likes of Madhuri Dixit, Kajol and Karisma Kapoor before she finally got the approval of Tabu to play the female lead.

Sometime later, the film received another setback with its hero Saif Ali Khan walking out because of financial reasons. Let's see if Zoya can overcome the initial hurdles.

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