"They called me the Princess of Posh Pain", Zoya Akhtar on The Firstpost Show post the launch of Sony Le Plex HD

​Zoya Akhtar had the entire move critics fraternity dance to her cinema beats from her very first movie. She has gifted some of the most loved movies of Hindi Cinema. The director who started her directorial career with Luck By Chance went on to make bigger and better movies in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and Dil Dhadakne Do. She joined us on The Firstpost Show with Renil Abraham post the launch of Sony Le Plex HD.

Owned and operated by Sony Pictures Networks India Pvt. Ltd, Sony Le Plex HD will serve the discerning audiences who seek entertainment beyond the mainstream movies from Hollywood. The channel will serve avid movie viewers with films that are popular and critically acclaimed. The focus for the channel would be to present the movies in a manner never seen before.

The show started with a conversation about how everyone in her family was always very thoughtful and worried about what her brother Farhan Akhtar would become and having been very confident about her. Renil asked her if she was always sure and confident about what she wanted to become to which she said that she was and that she felt more confident after she directed her first film.

She spoke about the weirdest of rumours that​ she had heard of her. One absurd one was about how people kept talking about she having bought tomatoes for a crore for a song sequence in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. Another was that people kept asking her if Farhan directed the movie, she said laughing.

From conversations about Zoya Akhtar being called ’the Princess of Posh Pain’ to a fun few rounds of Five Second Summaries, this episode of The Firstpost Show with Renil Abraham featuring Zoya Akhtar is a must watch.