Fox Star Studios and Adlabs Films’ latest collaboration The Zoya Factor, which will see a fresh pairing of Sonam Kapoor and Salmaan Dulquer, will release on April 5, 2019. The film is an adaptation of the hugely popular novel titled The Zoya Factor by Anuja Chauhan. While Sonam will be essaying the character of the title role of Zoya. Salman, a popular actor from Malayalam industry known for his successful films like O Kaadhal Kanmani, Bangalore Days and Kammatipaadam, will essay the role of Nikhil.
The Zoya Factor tells the tale of a Rajput girl, Zoya Solanki, who meets the Indian cricket team through her job as an executive in an advertising agency and ends up becoming a lucky charm for the team in the 2010 Cricket World Cup.
This rom-com will be helmed by Abhishek Sharma, who has directed successful films like Tere Bin Laden.
Rucha Pathak, chief creative officer, Fox Star Studios, says, “We are very excited to collaborate with Adlabs Films for The Zoya Factor, a rom-com which is adapted from Anuja Chauhan’s best seller and we are sure the film would equally excite the audience. It’s a hat-trick for us at Fox Star Studios with Sonam Kapoor. In the past, we had blockbuster films like PRDP and National Award-winning film Neerja. With The Zoya Factor, we are equally excited to have South star Salmaan Dulquer alongside Sonam and a fresh new pair in Bollywood.”
Pooja Shetty Deora, MD, Adlabs said, “The Zoya Factor is a book we have loved and lived with for a long time. Aarti and I have worked with Abhishek Sharma for many years and we are excited and confident about the output.”
