India, Oct. 30 -- Filmmaker Zoya Akhtar, born and brought up in Mumbai, has always been vocal about developments in the city and concerns citizens face. Recently, the Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) invited tenders to introduce floating advertising barges and illuminated hoardings along Mumbai's coastline, and Zoya opens up on her thoughts on it.

"This city is bursting at the seams, with its population, construction, traffic, pollution, noise, garbage, lack of open spaces, felling of trees etc. It's already an assault on the senses. We are in desperate need to connect with nature, and not disconnect further. And we need respite, not sponsored sunsets! Why would people want to look at ugly hoardings when sitting by the water," she shares...