Actress Fatima Sana Shaikh, who recently joined the cast of Meghna Gulzar`s `Sam Bahadur` along with her `Dangal` co - star, Sanya Malhotra, has hailed the latter as a maverick director and feels blessed to be directed by her.

Talking about Fatima shares: "I feel truly blessed to have bagged this opportunity to work with Meghna Gulzar. She is a maverick of a director, whose work I have admired and followed since very long (sic)."