The lovely directorial brilliance, Zoya Akhtar, celebrates her birthday today. Birthday wishes has been pouring in for her with the celebrities list including Sonam Kapoor, Anil Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor Khan. Karan Johar, also Zoya’s childhood friend, was one of the first to wish her happiness.

Katrina Kaif wished Zo happy birthday, saying, ‘Happy birthday -nobody like you,’ and adding that she was an ‘original path breaker’. She also followed her wish with ‘love you.’ Katrina has worked with Zo in movies such as Bombay Talkies and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. There is also an upcoming road movie with Katrina Kaif, Priyanka Chopra and Alia Bhatt in lead roles, which is titled ‘Jee Le Zaraa,’ the Indian Express said. Vicky Kaushal also wished Zo on her birthday.

Turning 50 today, her Instagram has a photograph of a highway, which was posted a day before her birthday, suggesting that she was on her way to Goa, the India Times reported. Her birthday post had her well-wishers calling her ‘creative genius’ and ‘Queen Zo’ fondly.

Zoya has several all-time favourite hits to her credit from Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara to Gully Boy for the audience to keep going with. Her next upcoming movie is the Archies, which comes with a whole bundle of debutants into the industry, including Khushi Kapoor, Suhana Khan and Agastya Nanda. It is said to be a teen musical comedy which would be a Netflix release poised for December 7, before the new year dawns.