Never used my personal connection for work: says Dia Mirza.
Key sentence:
- Dia Mirza, who has for two decades has been part of the movie industry, has developed lifelong friendships.
- Since winning the Miss Asia Pacific award in 2000, Dia made her movie debut in 2001 in Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein.
- Apart from films, Dia is also passionate about environmental conservation.
Dia Mirza, who has for two decades has been part of the movie industry, has developed lifelong friendships, but she said she never took advantage of her personal equations as well as tried to use them to obtain roles. She added that her friendships as well as professional life are kept apart.
Dia was featured in a supporting role last year in Thappad’s Anubhav Sinha. Prior to that, she has been seen as Sanjay Dutt’s wife Maanayata in Rajkumar Hirani’s Sanju.
Dia during an interview with TOI:
Dia said, speaking to The Times of India, “I made friends across the way with people with whom I worked as well as found common ground.” They are friendships that last for a long time, but I never used that connection to demand a part in a movie. I keep apart the job I do and my friendships.’
Dia’s movie debut in 2001:
Since winning the Miss Asia Pacific award in 2000, Dia made her movie debut in 2001 in Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein. Also at the time of its release, the film, featuring R Madhavan alongside her, was not really a commercial success but it has since acquired a cult following.
Divya made her digital debut in 2019:
In movies such as Dum, Parineeta, Dus as well as Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd, Dia also featured. In 2019, she made her virtual debut with the Zee5 series Kaafir, wherein she performed Pakistani women who, after being mistaken for a spy, ends herself on the Indian side of the border and has been jailed for eight years.
Apart from films, Dia is also passionate about environmental conservation. She encouraged fans to ‘help heal our world’ in her New Year message.
Dia’s new year wishes:
Love and love for all, and more love. Have a joyful, safe and prosperous 2021. Make a single resolution to help our world recover. Follow a diet focused mainly on vegetables.
Don’t let more than 5mins of your baths last. Cultivate plants. Refuse all plastics for single-use. Turn to alternatives that are normal. At home, recycle and segregate waste. Refuse, reuse, recycle, decrease intake. Healthy people are a good world,’ she wrote.
Keywords: Dia Mirza, Miss Asia Pacific, Zee5, Kaafir.
