Diya Mirza

Personal Profile (Personal Biography)
Nick Name:  Dee
Date of Birth (Birthday):  9 December, 1981
Zodiac Sign:  Sagittarius
Height:  5'6"
Weight:  52 Kg
Hair Color:  Black
Birth Place:  India
Marital Status:  Single
Languages:  Hindi, English, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
Contact Address:  402, Flamingo Apts., Veronica Rd., Bandra (W), Mumbai 400 050

Family Background
Father's Name: Frank Handrich (German, Died in 1990) and Ahmed Mirza (died in 2004)
Mother's Name: Deepa Mirza (Bengali)

Film Background (Filmography)
Debut Film:  Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein
Famous Movies:  Fight Club, Kabhi Bhi Kahin Bhi, Dus, Parineeta, Naam Gum Jaayega, My Brother Nikhil, Blackmail, Tumsa Nahin Dekha, Kyun...Ho Gaya Na, Tehzeeb, Pran Jaaye Par Shaan Na Jaaye, Dum, Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge, Deewaanapan, Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein
Latest Movies:  Fight Club, Dus

Favourites
Favourite Dish/ Recipes:  Hyderabadi Biryani and Italian Pasta
Favourite Car:  The Beetle
Favourite Hollywood Actor:  Prince William and Tom Cruise
Favourite Hollywood Movies:  Forest Gump and Schlinder's List
Favourite Perfumes:  Baby Doll by Ralph Lauren
Likes:  Chocolates and children

Film career

Diya Mirza made her cinematic debut with Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein opposite R. Madhavan. Although the film was not a box office success, she appeared in Parineeta, a Vidhu Vinod Chopra production. She also starred in the music video, Kajara Mohabbat Wala alongside Sonu Nigam from his album Kajara Nite. The album contained multiple remixes, but was mainly advertised with the title song, sung by Sonu Nigam and Alisha Chinai.^[9]

She also appeared in the films Dus and Fight Club. She was the only female actor among the six key characters in the film, Acid Factory in which she played a femme fatale who is also a gangster.^[10]

 

Community services

Diya Mirza has been involved with Cancer Patients Aid Association, Spastics Society of India, and has worked extensively with government of Andhra Pradesh to spread HIV awareness, prevention of female foeticide, PETA, CRY and most recently the NDTV Greenathon – an effort to find tangible solutions against pollution and book, "Deke Dheko" by Radio Mirchi (a campaign initiated to collect books for underprivileged children). Her other hobbies include writing, reading, painting, pottery, horse riding and theater. She has written several articles for the Hindustan Times and various other publications as a guest writer. She is on the board of the Coca Cola foundation that works towards development in rural India.^[11] She recently adopted two cheetah cubs at the Prince of Wales zoological park in Lucknow.^[12]

 

Controversies

Dia Mirza 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.^[13]

 

 

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2001	Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein	Reena Malhotra
	Deewaanapan	Kiran Choudhary
2002	Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge	Muskaan
2003	Tehzeeb	Nazneen Jamal
	Pran Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye	Saundarya
	Dum	Kaveri
2004	Stop!	Shama
	Tumsa Nahin Dekha	Jia Khan
	Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na	Preeti	Special appearance
2005	Naam Gum Jaayega	Natasha/Gitanjali
	My Brother… Nikhil		Special appearance
	Blackmail	Mrs. Rathod
	Parineeta	Gayatri
	Dus	Anu Dheer
	Koi Mere Dil Mein Hai	Simran
2006	Fight Club - Members Only	Anu Chopra
	Phir Hera Pheri		Item number (song)
	Alag	Purva Rana
	Lage Raho Munna Bhai	Simran
	Prateeksha	Reena Brown	TV release
2007	Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.	Shilpa
	Shootout at Lokhandwala	Mita Matu
	Cash	Aditi
	Heyy Babyy	Herself	Special appearance in a song
	Om Shanti Om	Herself	Special appearance
	Dus Kahaniyaan	Sia
2008	Krazzy 4	Shikha
	Kaho Naa Yaar Hai	Herself	A reality based game show TV, Appeared with her best friends Syed Kafait Ali and Amna humdani along with Sajid Khan and his friends as competitors on 1 March 2008 aired on Star Plus.
2009	Kissan	Priya
	Jai Veeru	Anna
	Acid Factory	Max
	Fruit and Nut	Monica Gokhale
	Kurbaan	Rehana (WIACB reporter)	Special Appearance
	Luck By Chance	Herself	Special Appearance
2010	Hum Tum Aur Ghost	Gehna
	Shoebite
2011	Love Breakups Zindagi	Naina
	Alibaug[15]		Filming
2012	Paanch Adhyay	Ishita	Diya's 1st Bengali Film
2013	Hungame pe Hungama	Gia