For the record: ‘Facing the camera wasn’t harrowing for me’

Zoya Akhtar talks filming for upcoming American TV channel, criticises Salman Khan’s rape comment

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara director Zoya Akhtar, who recently shot a promo for an upcoming American TV channel, shared that appearing in front of the camera was not a harrowing experience for her. The sister of Bollywood’s talent house Farhan Akhtar, Zoya shared she didn’t feel like she was doing some alien job. “Instead I feels like me,” she said in a statement.

“Being directed was the easy part as I had a decent communicator. Facing the camera wasn’t harrowing but being made up was the uncomfortable part. It was funny because whoever knew I was doing this, laughed at me,” IANS quoted Zoya as saying. The Dil Dhadakne Do helmer is the community ambassador of the channel. She will be seen as a representative of the community that appreciates quality cinema.



Talking about her association, she stated, “I’m talking to people like me and my tribe. Also I’m a big movie buff. I watch one movie at least once a week, so I can understand people who like watching films and I am talking to them.” The channel is slated to be launched with the TV premiere of Oscar-winning film Spotlight in July.

Known to be one of the few outspoken people of the film industry, Zoya was the latest celebrity to criticise superstar Salman Khan, after he compared himself with a raped woman when quizzed about the gruelling shooting of Sultan. The 43-year-old director said it is up to Salman to decide whether he wants to apologise or not, reported The Indian Express. “Everybody has reacted in their own right. I think the comments shouldn’t have been made. But, I can’t be the one to decide if he should apologise or shouldn’t, it is up to him,” said Zoya.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 27^th, 2016.

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