NO STOPPING HER JUGGERNAUT
India Today|January 13, 2020
After Gully Boy and Made in Heaven, Zoya Akhtar is already back with a segment in Ghost Stories. The filmmaker might not have made it to the Oscars, but she is proving she’s unstoppable
Suhani Singh
NO STOPPING HER JUGGERNAUT

Q. What has been the biggest learning from your Gully Boy Oscar campaign?

You realise that the system is divided into phases, at least for the best international feature. You have to get publicists that guide you through it. You have to have screenings for members and you need a bit of muscle there. Our film has gone out, but a lot of very good things happened as well. Slowly we’ll learn. You just start making better films, work harder.

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