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Romance could rule screens again
Ahmedabad Mirror
|March 16, 2026
Zoya Akhtar says trends change, romantic films may dominate again
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Filmmaker Zoya Akhtar believes traditional love stories will make a major return to the big screen soon.
At a special screenwriting workshop session organised by Whistling Woods International in association with the Screenwriters Association of India (SWA), Akhtar was asked what themes aspiring writers should explore.
This story is from the March 16, 2026 edition of Ahmedabad Mirror.
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