| Name | Diya Mirza |
| Birth Sign | Sagittarius |
| Birth | 9 December 1983 |
| First Film | Rehna Hain Tere Dil Mein |
| Awards | |
| Height | 5´6 |
| Weight | 56 kgs |
Women from India achieved a rare triple when Diya Mirza of Hyderabad won
the Miss Asia Pacific 2000 title, making a clean sweep of the top three
beauty pageants in the world in a single calendar year. At 18, a quiet,
5'6" tall, introverted girl entered the Femina Miss India Contest to
have some fun. She walked away with 3 titles.
Diya,a versatile personality, inherited her enchanting eyes from her Bengali mother and her complexion and colour of hair to her German father. Dee (her nickname) is also a very philosophical person, maybe because she has seen so much at such a young age. Her parents separated when she was just six.The strongest influence in her life has been her mother, who has been like a friend, philosopher and guide.
As a career move, the Hyderabad girl shifted to Mumbai, away from home and family. Compromises have been difficult, but necessary. And now Mirza who won over a lot of hearts with her poise is poised to take on Bollywood with elan.
She was introverted and unhappy as a child, and it was her parents, especially her mom, who instilled self-confidence and assisted her to break free from the barriers of low self-esteem.
At the age of 16, after completing her 10th standard, she got a job with Sriven Multi-Tech in Hyderabad. This job paved her way to modeling assignments with Lipton, Emami amongst others. With this exposure she was encouraged to participate in the 2000 Femina Miss India Beauty Pageant, which she did, came up the second runner-up and won three titles namely Femina Miss India-Pacific, Sony Viewer's Choice Award, and Miss Beautiful Smile. She went on to be crowned Miss Asia-Pacific on December 2, 2000 at Manila, making her the second Indian to win this award after a gap of 29 years.
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.
Dia made her debut on the tinsel screen with 'Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein' during 2001, and thus was able to launch her career as an actress. Her second movie was Deewanapan with Arjun Rampal. She had only one release in 2002 Tumko Na Bhool Payenge. In Tehzeeb (2003), she played a mentally challenged girl opposite Shabana Azmi and Urmila Matondkar. Dum (2003), Tumsa Nahin Dekha (2004) were other releases that didn’t really get the audience to flock theaters.
2004 to 2008 She reprised the role of Gayatri Tantya in the hit Parineeta (2004). Dus (2004), Blackmail(2004), Fight Club(2006) and Alag (2006) were her other releases. She appeared in a song in the comedy Phir Hera Pheri (2006) and as Simran in the hit sequel Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006). In 2007, she had some success with movies like Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd, Shootout at Lokhandwala and Heyy Babyy. Krazzy 4 (2008) did badly.
2009 Dia Mirza’s movies are Fruit & Nuts, Aankh Micholi, Bits & Pieces and she will also be part of a reality game show Kaho Naa Yaar Hai.
Diya,a versatile personality, inherited her enchanting eyes from her Bengali mother and her complexion and colour of hair to her German father. Dee (her nickname) is also a very philosophical person, maybe because she has seen so much at such a young age. Her parents separated when she was just six.The strongest influence in her life has been her mother, who has been like a friend, philosopher and guide.
As a career move, the Hyderabad girl shifted to Mumbai, away from home and family. Compromises have been difficult, but necessary. And now Mirza who won over a lot of hearts with her poise is poised to take on Bollywood with elan.
She was introverted and unhappy as a child, and it was her parents, especially her mom, who instilled self-confidence and assisted her to break free from the barriers of low self-esteem.
At the age of 16, after completing her 10th standard, she got a job with Sriven Multi-Tech in Hyderabad. This job paved her way to modeling assignments with Lipton, Emami amongst others. With this exposure she was encouraged to participate in the 2000 Femina Miss India Beauty Pageant, which she did, came up the second runner-up and won three titles namely Femina Miss India-Pacific, Sony Viewer's Choice Award, and Miss Beautiful Smile. She went on to be crowned Miss Asia-Pacific on December 2, 2000 at Manila, making her the second Indian to win this award after a gap of 29 years.
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.
Dia made her debut on the tinsel screen with 'Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein' during 2001, and thus was able to launch her career as an actress. Her second movie was Deewanapan with Arjun Rampal. She had only one release in 2002 Tumko Na Bhool Payenge. In Tehzeeb (2003), she played a mentally challenged girl opposite Shabana Azmi and Urmila Matondkar. Dum (2003), Tumsa Nahin Dekha (2004) were other releases that didn’t really get the audience to flock theaters.
2004 to 2008 She reprised the role of Gayatri Tantya in the hit Parineeta (2004). Dus (2004), Blackmail(2004), Fight Club(2006) and Alag (2006) were her other releases. She appeared in a song in the comedy Phir Hera Pheri (2006) and as Simran in the hit sequel Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006). In 2007, she had some success with movies like Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd, Shootout at Lokhandwala and Heyy Babyy. Krazzy 4 (2008) did badly.
2009 Dia Mirza’s movies are Fruit & Nuts, Aankh Micholi, Bits & Pieces and she will also be part of a reality game show Kaho Naa Yaar Hai.
| 32 Hindi Movies are listed | ||
| Year | Film Name | Cast |
| 2011 | LOVE BREAKUPS ZINDAGI | Zayed Khan, Diya Mirza, Cyrus Sahukar, Tisca Chopra, Satyadeep Mishra, Vaibhav Talwar, Auritra Ghosh,Farida Jalal, Pallavi Sharda, Soni Razdan |
| 2010 | HUM TUM AUR GHOST | Arshad Warsi, Diya Mirza, Sandhya Mridul, Boman Irani, Zehra Naqvi, Shernaz Patel, Tinu Anand, Javed Sheikh, Asawari Joshi, Rituraj Singh, Ashwin Kumar, Nilu Kohli |
| 2009 | JAI VEERU | Fardeen Khan, Kunal Khemu, Diya Mirza, Anjana Sukhani, Arbaaz Khan, Rajesh Khattar, Mahek Chahal |
| 2009 | ACID FACTORY | Fardeen Khan, Dino Morea, Diya Mirza, Manoj Bajpai, Aftab Shivdasani, Irfan Khan, Danny Denzongpa |
| 2009 | FRUIT & NUT | Cyrus Broacha, Diya Mirza, Boman Irani, Mahesh Manjreka |
| 2009 | KURBAAN | Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi, Kiron Kher, Om Puri, Rupinder Nagra, Diya Mirza |
| 2009 | KISAAN | Arbaaz Khan, Sohail Khan, Jackie Shroff, Diya Mirza, Nauheed Cyrusi, Dalip Tahil, Sarfaraz Khan |
| 2008 | KRAZZY 4 | Irfan Khan, Suresh Menon, Arshad Warsi, Diya Mirza, Rajpal Yadav, Rajat Kapoor, Zakir Hussain, Juhi Chawla, Shahrukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan |
| 2007 | DUS KAHANIYAAN | Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Naseeruddin Shah, Nana Patekar, Dino Morea, Jimmy Shergill, Mandira Bedi, Minissha Lamba, Jeetendra, Manoj Bajpai, Diya Mirza, Neha Dhupia, Shabana Azmi, Neha Oberoi, Anita, Rohit Roy, Arbaaz Khan, Sudhanshu Pandey, Masumeh, Amrita Singh, Parmeet Sethi, Mahesh Manjrekar, Tareena Patel |
| 2007 | SHOOTOUT AT LOKHANDWALA | Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Tusshar Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi, Arbaaz Khan, Rohit Roy, Sammir Dattani, Shabbir Aluwalia, Sunil Shetty, Neha Dhupia, Diya Mirza, Amrita Singh, Aarti Chabria, Rakhi Sawant, Abhishek Bachchan, Neha Dhupia,Diya Mirza |
| 2007 | HEYY BABYY | Aarti Chabria, Akshay Kumar, Amisha Patel, Amrita Arora, Amrita Rao, Diya Mirza, Fardeen Khan, Hrishitaa Bhatt, Koena Mitra, Malaika Arora, Minissha Lamba, Neha Dhupia, Ritesh Deshmukh, Riya Sen, Shamita Shetty, Tara Sharma, Masumi Makhija, Vidya Balan, Boman Irani, Shahrukh Khan, Sophie Chaudhary |
| 2007 | CASH | Ajay Devgan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Zayed Khan, Esha Deol, Shamita Shetty, Sunil Shetty, Diya Mirza, Ayesha Takia |
| 2007 | HONEYMOON TRAVELS PVT LTD | Shabana Azmi, Boman Irani, Abhay Deol, Amisha Patel, Raima Sen, Kay Kay Menon, Sandhya Mridul, Vikram Chatwal, Minissha Lamba, Karan Khanna, Diya Mirza, Arjun Rampal, Shahana Goswami |
| 2006 | FIGHT CLUB | Sohail Khan, Zayed Khan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Dino Morea, Aashish Chaudhary, Amrita Arora, Diya Mirza, Neha Dhupia, Sunil Shetty, Rahul Dev,Ashmit Patel, Yash Tonk |
| 2006 | ALAG | Vinod Khanna, Diya Mirza, Akshay Kapoor, Jayant Kriplani, Sharat Saxena, Mukesh Tiwari, Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Sushmita Sen, Abhishek Bachchan, Karan Johar, Bipasha Basu,Priyanka Chopra, Arjun Rampal, Bobby Deol, Lara Dutta |
| 2006 | LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI | Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Boman Irani, Vidya Balan, Diya Mirza, Jimmy Shergill, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Dilip Shukla, Kulbhushan Kharbanda |
| 2005 | KOI MERE DIL MEIN HAI | Priyanshu Chatterjee, Diya Mirza, Neha, Rakesh Bapat |
| 2005 | PARINEETA | Saif Ali Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Vidya Balan, Raima Sen, Diya Mirza, Rekha, Sabyasachi Chakraborty |
| 2005 | BLACKMAIL | Ajay Devgan, Diya Mirza, Sunil Shetty, Priyanka Chopra |
| 2005 | DUS | Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Abhishek Bachchan, Zayed Khan, Shilpa Shetty, Esha Deol, Diya Mirza, Raima Sen, Gulshan Grover, Pankaj Kapoor |
| 2005 | NAAM GUM JAAYEGA | Diya Mirza, Aryan Vaid, Rakesh Bapat, Mandira Bedi and Divya Dutta |
| 2004 | STOP! | Gauri S.Karnik, Ishitta, Rocky Bhatia, Tejaswini Kollhapure, Diya Mirza , Om Puri |
| 2004 | TUMSA NAHIN DEKHA | Diya Mirza, Emran Hashmi, Anupam Kher |
| 2003 | TEHZEEB | Urmila Matondkar, Shabana Azmi, Arjun Rampal, Diya Mirza, Rishi Kapoor, Namrata Shirodkar, Diana Hayden, Satish Kaushik |
| 2003 | PRAAN JAYE PAR SHAAN NA JAYE | Vijay Raaz, Raveena Tandon, Namrata Shirodkar, Diya Mirza, Rinke Khanna, Aman Verma, Divya Dutta, Shweta Menon, Sachin Khedkar, Sayaji Shinde, Shivaji Satam, Vivek Shauq, Bharat Jadav, Abhijeet Satam, Sanjay Narvekar |
| 2003 | PRAN JAYE PAR SHAAN NA JAYE | Aman Verma, Raveena Tandon, Namrata Shirodkar, Dia Mirza, Rinke Khanna, Divya Dutta, Sushmita Sen, Shweta Menon, Vijay Raaz, Sachin Khedekar, Sayaji Shinde, Vivek Shauq, Mahesh Manjrekar, Shivaji Satam, Bharat Jadhav, Abhijeet Satam, Sanjay Narvekar, Reema Lagoo, Meeta Vasisht, Shakti Kapoor, Ganesh Yadav |
| 2003 | DUM | Vivek Oberoi, Atul Kulkarni, Sushant, Mukesh Rishi, Diya Mirza, Govind Namdeo, Yana Gupta |
| 2002 | TUMKO NA BHOOL PAAYENGE | Salman Khan, Sushmita Sen, Diya Mirza, Sharat Saxena, Mukesh Rishi,Inder Kumar |
| 2002 | OM JAI JAGADISH | Anil Kapoor, Fardeen Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Mahima Choudhary, Urmila Matondkar, Diya Mirza, Waheeda Rehman, Tara Sharma |
| 2001 | DEEWAANAPAN | Arjun Rampal, Diya Mirza, Vinod Khanna, Om Puri , Smita Jaykar, Sharat Saxena, Rakesh Bedi, Amita Nangia, Vikas Sethi |
| 2001 | REHNA HAIN TERE DIL MEIN | Madahvan, Diya Mirza |
| 2001 | REHNAA HAI TERRE DIL MEIN | Diya Mirza, Saif Ali Khan, R. Madhavan, Vrajesh Hirjee, Tanaaz Currim, Anupam Kher, Navin Nischol, Smita Jaykar, Hemant Pandey, Kabir Sadana, Reshma Modi, Maya Alagh |
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