Zoya Akhtar is a film director and screenwriter. She is the daughter of famous lyricist Javed Akhtar.
Biography/Wiki
Zoya Akhtar was born on 14 October (age 49 years; as of ) in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. She did her schooling at Mumbai&#;s Maneckji Cooper, Juhu and enrolled in St. Xavier&#;s College, Mumbai to pursue a Bachelor of Arts. After that, she joined Tisch School of the Arts, New York to learn film production. When Zoya was year-old, her father divorced her mother and got married to Shabana Azmi.
Zoya Akhtar with her brother in childhood
Physical Appearance
Height (approx.): 5’ 3”
Weight (approx.): 65 kg
Eye Colour: Dark Brown
Hair Colour: Black
Figure Measurements (approx.):
Family, Caste & Boyfriend
Zoya Akhtar grew up in an agnostic environment, and, hence, does not believes in any religion.
Parents & Siblings
Her father, Javed Akhtar, is a lyricist and scriptwriter. Her mother, Honey Irani, is a former actress and screenwriter. The Bollywood actress Shabana Azmi is her stepmother. She has a younger brother, Farhan Akhtar, who is an actor, producer, director, screenwriter, and singer.
Zoya Akhtar with her fathe
Last-minute switch: Iditarod musher Zoya DeNure is out and her husband is in
In another last-minute musher swap, John Schandelmeier left the starting line in Willow on Sunday instead of his wife, Zoya DeNure. Race commentators said DeNure was having health issues.
“Holy switcheroo!” said one commentator as Schandelmeier drove a team of sled dogs into the starting chute.
"This might be the latest sled switch I've ever seen in the Iditarod," said four-time race champion Dallas Seavey who was also providing commentary at the Iditarod start. "That'll just spice it up a bit."
In a statement Sunday evening, the Iditarod Trail Committee said DeNure withdrew from the race at noon Sunday — two hours before the race start — due to health reasons.
Race Marshal Mark Nordman made the call to allow Schandelmeier to take over the team. He determined the substitution was "in the best interest of the members of her race team, who have been training all year for this opportunity," the statement said.
Schandelmeier is a two-time champion of the 1,mile Yukon Quest. He won the race in and According to online race records, Schandelmeier has competed in one Iditarod before, in He scratched fro
Musher Details
Zoya DeNure, 43 was born and raised in Wisconsin. She spent 12 years in the fashion industry working primarily as a runway &#; fashion model. In , tired of the pressures and triviality of that lifestyle, she rented a storage unit in Madison, Wisconsin, stacked it with furniture, shoes, dresses, and headed to Alaska with a carry-on and the dream of running, living and breathing sled dogs. Her Siberian husky, Ethan, traveled with her.
Ethan has since passed, but the dream is still alive. Zoya is married to fellow dog driver John Schandelmeier, and now splits her time between homes at Maclaren River and Delta Junction, Alaska. She has two daughters; Jona, eleven and Olivia, six. The family operates a rescue/rehab facility for unwanted sled dogs and is striving to focus attention on positive training techniques. Zoya loves the sport of sled dog racing, enjoys time on the trail with her team. She says her hobbies are &#;running 1/2 marathons, fishing, yoga, travel working for herself, ministry study and family.&#;
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