Zoya Akhtar
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Zoya Akhtar is an acclaimed Indian film director and screenwriter known for movies like "Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara," "Dil Dhadakne Do," and the series "Made in Heaven."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Zoya Akhtar canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8503842 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zoya Akhtar Context triple: [Javed Akhtar, child, Zoya Akhtar]
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A.
Anurag Kashyap
Anurag Kashyap is an acclaimed Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer known for his gritty, unconventional storytelling and influential work in contemporary Hindi cinema.
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B.
Anurag Basu Banerjee
Anurag Basu Banerjee is a notable individual bearing the surname Banerjee, likely recognized for professional or public achievements associated with that family name.
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C.
Shivani Ghai
Shivani Ghai is a British actress known for her work in television, film, and theatre, including roles in series such as "EastEnders" and "Dominion."
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D.
Prakash Jha
Prakash Jha is an Indian film producer, director, and screenwriter best known for his politically charged and socially relevant Hindi films such as "Gangaajal," "Raajneeti," and "Aarakshan."
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E.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Sanjay Leela Bhansali is an acclaimed Indian filmmaker and producer known for his visually opulent, music-rich epics such as "Devdas," "Bajirao Mastani," and "Padmaavat."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zoya Akhtar Target entity description: Zoya Akhtar is an acclaimed Indian film director and screenwriter known for movies like "Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara," "Dil Dhadakne Do," and the series "Made in Heaven."
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A.
Anurag Kashyap
Anurag Kashyap is an acclaimed Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer known for his gritty, unconventional storytelling and influential work in contemporary Hindi cinema.
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B.
Anurag Basu Banerjee
Anurag Basu Banerjee is a notable individual bearing the surname Banerjee, likely recognized for professional or public achievements associated with that family name.
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C.
Shivani Ghai
Shivani Ghai is a British actress known for her work in television, film, and theatre, including roles in series such as "EastEnders" and "Dominion."
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D.
Prakash Jha
Prakash Jha is an Indian film producer, director, and screenwriter best known for his politically charged and socially relevant Hindi films such as "Gangaajal," "Raajneeti," and "Aarakshan."
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E.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Sanjay Leela Bhansali is an acclaimed Indian filmmaker and producer known for his visually opulent, music-rich epics such as "Devdas," "Bajirao Mastani," and "Padmaavat."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian filmmaker
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casting director ⓘ film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeInIndustry |
1990s
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2000s ⓘ 2010s ⓘ 2020s ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Filmfare Award for Best Director
NERFINISHED
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Filmfare Award for Best Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| childOf |
Honey Irani
NERFINISHED
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Javed Akhtar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | Tiger Baby Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1972-10-14 ⓘ |
| directorOf |
Bombay Talkies
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dil Dhadakne Do NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghost Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ Gully Boy NERFINISHED ⓘ Luck by Chance NERFINISHED ⓘ Lust Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ Made in Heaven NERFINISHED ⓘ Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
New York University
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St. Xavier's College, Mumbai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Parsi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | Hindi cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | Tiger Baby Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama film
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drama film ⓘ musical drama film ⓘ |
| languagesSpoken |
English
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Hindi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (as director of Gully Boy, India’s submission) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bombay Talkies
NERFINISHED
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Dil Dhadakne Do NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghost Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ Gully Boy NERFINISHED ⓘ Luck by Chance NERFINISHED ⓘ Lust Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ Made in Heaven NERFINISHED ⓘ Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
casting director
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film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
India
NERFINISHED
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Maharashtra NERFINISHED ⓘ Mumbai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | Shabana Azmi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriterOf |
Bombay Talkies
NERFINISHED
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Dil Dhadakne Do NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghost Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ Gully Boy NERFINISHED ⓘ Luck by Chance NERFINISHED ⓘ Lust Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ Made in Heaven NERFINISHED ⓘ Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | Farhan Akhtar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Zoya Akhtar Description of subject: Zoya Akhtar is an acclaimed Indian film director and screenwriter known for movies like "Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara," "Dil Dhadakne Do," and the series "Made in Heaven."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.