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Zoya Akhtar talks about her panic attack at age of 27

We often think about how celebrities deal with depression, anxiety attacks and panic attack. After Deepika Padukone opened up about her depression,…

Zoya Akhtar talks about her panic attack at age of 27

Zoya Akhtar (Photo Source: Twitter)

We often think about how celebrities deal with depression, anxiety attacks and panic attack. After Deepika Padukone opened up about her depression, filmmaker Zoya Akhtar has said how she coped with panic attack at the age of 27.

Talking about panic attack, Zoya shared a long message with Humans of Bombay, a group which shares stories from the everyday lives of the people of Mumbai. “Pieces of my life, no matter how scattered, are being stitched together and reflect in my work,” she said in the beginning lines of her post.

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Zoya also talked about her close bond with brother and actor Farhan Akhtar. The brother-sister duo worked together in many films and her directorial debut film was Luck By Chance, which starred Farhan Akhtar in the lead role, and got her the Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director.

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Zoya revealed: “My biggest challenge was when I had my first panic attack at 27. It’s not something you can ignore, you can’t sit around and get sucked into a rabbit hole. I chose to get help immediately. It took a while to work things out but I am fine now. You realize you have to become aware of your inner monologue. The things you say to yourself. This raised my consciousness so it was vital to my growth, I would say.”

Currently, Zoya Akhtar wrapped up the shooting of her next film Gully Boy, which stars Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt. The film will trace the journey of Mumbai’s street rappers.

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