‘Zi dagi
Na
Milegi
Doba a’
took
audie ces
o
a
u fo gettable
oad
t ip
ac oss
Spai
fiftee
yea s
ago,
a d
buzz
a ou d
a
sequel
is
picki g
up
o ce
agai .
Di ecto
Zoya
Akhta
sha ed
a
f esh
update
o
pa t
2,
eveali g
that
developme t
o
the
follow-up
is
u de way,
while
cautio i g
that
it
will
o ly
take
shape
if
the
ight
sto y
eme ges
fo
the
cha acte s
audie ces
have
come
to
che ish.
The
o igi al
film
followed
H ithik
Rosha ,
Fa ha
Akhta
a d
Abhay
Deol
as
th ee
f ie ds
o
a
t ip
that
cha ged
the
way
they
saw
life.
Zoya
Akhta
gives
f esh
update
o
‘ZNMD
2’
Fo
the
fi st
time,
Zoya
has
give
fa s
eal
cause
fo
optimism
about
‘Zi dagi
Na
Milegi
Doba a
2’.
Talki g
to
The
Hollywood
Repo te
I dia,
she
co fi med
that
the
sequel
is
al eady
i
the
wo ks,
with
Reema
Kagti
o
boa d
too.
“We
a e
o
it,”
she
said.
Eve
so,
she
made
it
clea
that
the
p oject’s
futu e
emai s
u ce tai ,
as
she’s
dete mi ed
to
get
the
sto y
ight
befo e
b i gi g
back
these
cha acte s
afte
a
15-yea
gap.
Zoya
sha ed,
“We
do ‘t
k ow
what
will
happe
a d
what
wo ‘t…
if
we
will
get
to
a
place
whe e
it
feels
co ect,
i
catchi g
up
with
these
cha acte s
today.
But
it
will
be
ice.”
Zoya
Akhta
a d
the
2025
ad
that
spa ked
buzz
A ticipatio
a ou d
a
pote tial
eu io
has
al eady
bee
buildi g.
I
2025,
H ithik,
Fa ha
a d
Abhay
featu ed
togethe
i
a
adve tiseme t
that
evoked
thei
‘ZNMD’
cha acte s,
leadi g
ma y
fa s
to
speculate
whethe
the
footage
was
tied
to
the
sequel.
Zoya
has
also
faced
c iticism
ove
the
yea s
fo
ce te i g
some
of
he
films
a ou d
the
st uggles
of
wealthy,
p ivileged
cha acte s,
with
both
‘Zi dagi
Na
Milegi
Doba a’
a d
‘Dil
Dhadak e
Do’
followi g
fi a cially
well-off
families
avigati g
pe so al
challe ges.
Zoya
Akhta
o
c iticism
ove
he
films
Zoya
has
si ce
made
it
clea
that
this
ki d
of
c iticism
does ‘t
get
to
he
a ymo e.
She
believes
filmmake s
dese ve
the
f eedom
to
explo e
sto ies
about
a
a ge
of
people,
eve
if
a
ce tai
a ative
does ‘t
eso ate
with
eve y
audie ce.
As
fa
as
she’s
co ce ed,
the
emotio al
co flicts
he
cha acte s
face
a e
still
mea i gful
a d
wo th
telli g,
o
matte
thei
backg ou d.
Zoya
Akhta ‘s
o igi al
film
emai s
a
cult
favou ite
‘Zi dagi
Na
Milegi
Doba a’,
which
eleased
o
July
15,
2011,
has
si ce
attai ed
cult
status
amo g
audie ces.
The
film
t aced
the
jou ey
of
th ee
childhood
f ie ds
t avelli g
th ough
Spai ,
each
of
them
fo ced
to
co f o t
pe so al
fea s,
elatio ships
a d
questio s
about
what
they
t uly
wa ted
f om
life.
The
cama ade ie
betwee
H ithik,
Fa ha
a d
Abhay
emai s
o e
of
the
biggest
easo s
fa s
have
kept
dema di g
a
sequel
ove
the
yea s.