Updated On: 20 January, 2024 11:55 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Each of Zoya`s films has a single idea behind it. Luck By Chance is about self-esteem. Dil Dhadakne Do is about projecting. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara is about Carpe Diem

The Archies
A widely shared clip online, from Luck By Chance, Zoya Akhtar`s debut directorial, is superstar Shah Rukh Khan`s cameo in it, where he gives life’s lessons to the lead character (Farhan Akhtar). Given The Archies marked the acting debut of SRK’s daughter, Suhana Khan, did Zoya ever get SRK over to the set, for a Chak De India type pep-talk, to a full team of debutants?
"No. That is supposed to be my job! I have worked with Siddhant Chaturvedi, I have worked with various newcomers, you don’t call in someone and say, `Give them a pep talk`. You just don’t do that," Zoya said during Mid-day`s Sit With Hitlist conversation.