Zoya Akhtar's films have been inspired by things she loves. Gully Boy was fueled by her love for hip-hop music. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara started with her penchant for road trips, she told Mid-day during our latest Sit With Hitlist conversation. She said, "I love taking road trips and I wanted to do a road movie and that’s how it started. And I had come off a big ensemble with Luck By Chance (her debut directorial) and I was just like I want to do a smaller film, so I will do a small ensemble."

With Hrithik Roshan, Abhay Deol, Katrina Kaif and Farhan Akhtar in the lead, it was hardly a small film. "That is Zoya’s idea of a very small film," joked Reema, who co-wrote the screenplay with Zoya. "After Luck By Chance, she said I just want three boys, no hair makeup, and I am going to follow them around in a car. It started like that, it didn’t end that way though."