Dia Mirza(Telugu, Hindi)

Dia Mirza(Telugu, Hindi)

Name:

Dia Mirza Handrich

Born:

December 9, 1981 (1981-12-09) (age 27)

Hyderabad , Andhra Pradesh , India

Other name(s):

Diya Mirza,Diya,Dee

Occupation:

Actress,Model

Years active:

2001-present

Spouse(s) :

None

Dia Mirza (Hindi: दिया मिर्ज़ा) or Diya Mirza Handrich, nicknamed Dee, (born December 9, 1981) is a former Indian model and actress who appears in Bollywood films. She was Miss Asia Pacific for the year 2000 and was also second runner up in the Femina Miss India 2000 beauty pageant.

Personal life and education

She was born in Hyderabad, India. Her father, Frank Handrich, was a German interior designer from Munich and her mother is Deepa, a Bengali Indian.[3] They separated when she was six years old. Her father died when she was nine and her mother remarried Ahmed Mirza[4] who died in 2004.[5] She retained a Muslim surname (Mirza) from her stepfather, though she herself is a Hindu .[6] Later she adopted the last name of her birth-father and became Dia Mirza Handrich.

She stated that she suffered from "low self-esteem" as a child.[7] When living in Khairatabad, Hyderabad, she attended Vidyaranya High School For Boys And Girls, a school based on the teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti, and later Nasr School, in Kushnuma.[8]

Currently, she lives in Bandra, Mumbai. To brush up on acting before Shootout at Lokhandwala, she took a one week course of Film at New York University[9]

Mirza was previously dating Endorsement Manager Bunty Sachdev (also known as Amit Sajdeh), after that she was linked with Actor Kunal Kapoor and then with Director Apoorva Lakhia, which also broke up two years back.

Career

Dia wanted to complete her graduation in Arts by correspondence, but decided to postpone it as it was becoming difficult to juggle between the Miss Asia Pacific Competition, modeling assignments, traveling and training. She was assisted by Sabira Merchant on diction and etiquette; diet with Anjali Mukherjee; gymnasium and physical fitness with Talwalkars; clothes from Ritu Kumar and Hemant Trivedi; skin care with Dr. Jamuna Pai; and make-up and hair-care from Bharat and Doris Godambe.[10] She likes babies and chocolates, her favorite dish include Italian Pasta. She is proficient in Urdu, Bengali, Hindi, English.[11] She currently resides on Veronica Road, Bandra (West), Mumbai.[12] Her shoe size is 7, she has light brown eyes, brown hair, stands 5 ft 6 intall.

Film career

She made her cinematic debut with Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein opposite R. Madhavan.[13] The film was not a box office success. A series of unsuccessful films followed, among them Tumsa Nahin Dekha and Deewaanapan.

In 2005, Mirza appeared in Parineeta, a Vidhu Vinod Chopra production. She also played in the music video Kajara Mohabbat Wala alongside Sonu Nigam from the album Kajara Nite. The album contained multiple remixes, but was mainly advertised with the title song, sang by Sonu Nigam and Alisha Chinai.[14]

She has also appeared in Dus and in Fight Club. She will appear later this year in Familywala and Naa Naa Karte.Early in her career she was tagged as a look-alike of Aishwaraya Rai.

Controversies

Mirza's car was seized in 2006 for alleged evasion of custom duties.[15] In that same year, she and fellow-actor Aamir Khan publicly expressed support for the Narmada Bachao Andolan, a group protesting the building of a dam. This aroused the ire of political activists from the Bharatiya Janata Party, who led a protest march against the actress:

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2001	Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein	Reena Malhotra
2001	Deewaanapan	Kiran Choudhary
2002	Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge	Muskaan
2003	Tehzeeb	Nazneen Jamal
2003	Pran Jaaye Par Shaan Na Jaaye	Saundarya
2003	Dum	Kaveri
2004	Stop!	Shama
2004	Tumsa Nahin Dekha	Jia Khan
2004	Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na	Preeti	Special Appearance
2005	Naam Gum Jaayega	Natasha/Gitanjali
2005	Blackmail	Anjali Mohan
2005	Parineeta	Gayatri Tantiya
2005	Dus	Anu Dheer
2005	Koi Mera Dil Mein Hain	Simran
2006	Fight Club - Members Only	Anu Chopra
2006	Phir Hera Pheri		Item number (song)
2006	Alag	Purva Rana
2006	Lage Raho Munna Bhai	Simran
2006	Prateeksha	Reena Brown	TV release
2007	Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.	Shilpa
2007	Shootout at Lokhandwala	Mita Matu
2007	Cash	Aditi
2007	Heyy Babyy		Special Appearance in a song
2007	Om Shanti Om		Special appearance
2007	Dus Kahaniyaan	Sia
2008	Krazzy 4	Shikha
2008	Kabhi Bhi Kahin Bhi		Filming
2008	Alibaug		Announced[17]
2008	Naa Naa Karte	Announced[18]
2008	Familywala		(Earlier name 'Dil Sachcha Aur Chehra Jhootha') No release date as of yet
2008	Bidhaatar Lekha	Ria	Announced
2008	Kayanaat		Announced[19]
2008	Bits & Pieces		Announced[20]
2008	Aankh Micholi		Announced[21]
2008	Fruit and nuts		Announced
2008	Kaho Naa Yaar Hai	Herself	A reality based game show TV, Appeared with her best friends Rhea and Sameer along with Sajid Khan and his friends as competitors on 1 March, 2008 aired on Star Plus.