Dia Mirza

Dia Mirza
Mirza during press conference for IIFA, March 2020
Born	Dia Handrich (1981-12-09) 9 December 1981 (age 38)[1][2] Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh , India (present-day Telangana)
Occupation	Actress model film producer social activist
Years active	1999–present
Title	Miss Asia Pacific 2000 Femina Miss India Asia Pacific 2000
Spouse(s)	Sahil Sangha (m. 2014⁠–⁠2019)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Major competition(s)	Femina Miss India 2000 (Femina Miss India Asia Pacific 2000) (Miss Beautiful Smile) Miss Asia Pacific 2000 (Winner) (Miss Close-Up Smile) (Miss AVON)

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Dia Mirza (born 9 December 1981) is an Indian model, actress, producer, social worker and beauty queen who won the Miss Asia Pacific 2000 title. She made her acting debut with Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein (2001). She subsequently featured in films including Dus (2005), Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006) and Sanju (2018). She co-owned a production house, Born Free Entertainment, with her ex-husband Sahil Sangha. Their first film, Love Breakups Zindagi, was released on 7 October 2011. After their divorce she launched her own production house, "One India Stories" in December 2019.

Early and personal life

Mirza was born in India. Her father, Frank Handrich, was a German graphics and industrial fair designer, architect, artist and interior designer based in Munich. Her mother, Deepa, is a Bengali interior designer and landscaper who also volunteers to help alcoholics and drug addicts. When she was four-and-a-half years old, her parents were divorced. After her mother married Ahmed Mirza, a Dakhini Muslim man from Hyderabad, she adopted her step-father's surname. He died in 2003.After initially attending Vidyaranya High School, a co-ed school, Mirza was enrolled into Nasr School, a girls day school in Khairtabad. She then attended Stanley Junior College before graduating with a Bachelor of Arts from Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad.In April 2014, she became engaged to her longtime business partner Sahil Sangha, and they were married on 18 October 2014 at her husband's farmhouse in Chattarpur on the outskirts of Delhi. In August 2019, Mirza announced their separation.

Career

Mirza worked while in college as a marketing executive for a media firm, Neeraj's Multi-media Studio. At the same time, she modelled for print and TV commercials for brands such as Lipton, Wall's ice cream, Emami and many more. She won Miss Asia Pacific in 2000. Mirza wanted to complete her graduation in Arts by correspondence during the Miss Asia Pacific competition, modelling assignments, travelling and training. She could not complete her graduation due to being busy at work. She debuted through Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein, which did not do well at the box office, though it developed a cult following among Indian youth. She then appeared in movies such as Dum, Deewanapan, Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge, Tumsa Nahin Dekha – A Love Story, Parineeta, Dus, Lage Raho Munnabhai and Salam Mumbai. In 2018, she appeared as Sanjay Dutt's wife Manyata Dutt in the biopic Sanju, which ranks among the highest grossing Indian films. She appeared in the ZEE5 web series Kaafir. Set in Kashmir, she starred opposite Mohit Raina in the series. She was awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2020 for her performance in Kaafir. She has also produced Love Breakups Zindagi, Bobby Jasoos and a sitcom web series titled Mind the Malhotras, streaming on Amazon Prime Video. The series stars Cyrus Sahukar and Mini Mathur in the lead. Mirza lent her voice to a snow leopard called Layla for an environmental podcast of Run Wild, which is a collaboration between Runtastic, the UN Environmental Programme and Internet of Elephants. She has written articles for Hindustan Times and other publications. In December 2019 she announced she was forming a new production house "One India Stories" to create original content.

Filmography

Year	Film/Album	Role	Notes
1999	En Swasa Kaatre	Dancer	Tamil film; Extra[40]
2001	Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein	Reena Malhotra	Zee Cine Awards for Best Debut Bollywood movie award for Best Debut Newcomer Nominated, Screen Awards for Most Promising Female Newcomer Nominated, Popular Award for the Best Debut (Female)
	Deewaanapan	Kiran Choudhary	Nominated, Screen Awards for Most Promising Female Newcomer: Deewaanapan
2002	Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge	Muskaan
	Tehzeeb	Nazneen Jamal
2003	Pran Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye	Saundarya
	Stop!	Shama
	Dum	Kaveri
2004	Tumsa Nahin Dekha	Jia
	Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na	Preeti	Special appearance
	My Brother… Nikhil		Special appearance
	Blackmail	Mrs. Rathod	Special appearance
2005	Naam Gum Jaayega	Natasha/Gitanjali
	Parineeta	Gayatri
	Dus	Anu Dheer
	Koi Mere Dil Mein Hai	Simran
	Fight Club – Members Only	Anu Chopra
	Phir Hera Pheri		Item number (song)
2006	Alag	Purva Rana
	Lage Raho Munna Bhai	Simran
	Prateeksha	Reena Brown	Television film
2007	Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.	Shilpa
	Shootout at Lokhandwala	Meeta Mattoo
	Cash	Aditi
	Heyy Babyy	Herself	Special appearance in a Song
	Om Shanti Om	Herself	Special appearance
	Dus Kahaniyaan	Sia
2008	Krazzy 4	Shikha
2009	Kissan	Priya
	Jai Veeru	Anna
	Fruit and Nut	Monica Gokhale
	Kurbaan	Rehana (WIACB reporter)	Special appearance
	Luck By Chance	Herself	Special appearance
2010	Hum Tum Aur Ghost	Gehna Sinha
2011	Love Breakups Zindagi	Naina
2012	Paanch Adhyay	Ishita
2014	Bobby Jasoos		Producer
2016	Salaam Mumbai	Karishma	Iranian-Indian Film
2018	Sanju	Manyata Dutt
2020	Thappad	Shivani
2020	Wild Dog	Priya Verma

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