Dia Mirza Biography
Date of Birth
9 December 1981, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Nickname
Dee
Height
5' 6" (1.68 m)
Mini Biography
Dia was born in December 9, 1981 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. Her dad's name was Frank Handrich, a German National, and an Interior Designer by profession, and her mom, Deepa, is Bengali-speaking. Deepa and Frank separated when Dia was 6, and Frank passed away three years later. Deepa then married Ahmed Mirza. The family lived in Khairatabad near Hyderabad and she completed her schooling in Vidyaranya High School and in Nasr School. Her step-father passed away during 2004.
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.
Dia Mirza was born on 9 December, 1981 in Hyderabad. Her father, Frank Handrich, was a german national who was an interior designer by profession. Her mother’s name is Deepa who is a Bengali Indian.
Dia’s mother and father got divorced when she was 6 years old. Three years after that her father died. Dia’s mother, Deepa, later married Ahmed Mirza. Ahmed Mirza passed away in 2004. Dia retained her step father’s surname even after his death. Later she added her birth father’s family name to her name as well and became Dia Mirza Handrich.
Dia ventured into the world of modelling very early with assignments from Lipton, Emami etc. This encouraged her to try out for Femina Miss India competition. Dia won 2nd runner up and represented India in manila that year. She went on to be crowned Miss Asia-Pacific 2000 becoming the second Indian to win this award after a gap of 29 years.
Due to the responsibilities of her title and modelling assignments Dia was unable to finish her graduation.
She made her debut on the big screen with ‘Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein’ in 2001. The movie did not do well at the box office and was unable to launch her acting career with a roar. Following this movie Dia has continued to make her presence felt in the industry.
Her upcoming projects include ‘Familwala’ and ‘Naa Naa Karte
Career: At the age of 16 she was working as a marketing executive at sriven Mult-tech in Hyderabad. She earned a monthly salary of Rs 5000, with a 15 per cent commision on every ad revenue She fetched for the company. She has done an advertising campaign which appeared in femina. After the pictures came out she was encouraged to participate in the Miss India competition. Thats when Miss India happned.
Her confidence belies her status in the industry. But it is her keen sense of direction and her intrinsic intelligence which makes her so poised and confident. She's all of 20 and yet has accomplished so much. Diya Mirza has a world of opportunities open to her and for the first time she's sure of what she wants to be.
Diya Mirza won the prestigious Miss Asia Pacific title at the beauty pageant held on 2 December, 2000, in Manila. She is the second Indian contestant to be crowned Miss Asia Pacific and the first in 29 years.
Her first film, opposite Madhavan - Rehaana Hai Tere Dil Mein did not make a big splash. But it spelt one thing - Diya Mirza had arrived.
For a 20 year old Diya has accomplished so much but Diya's dream has only just begun.
Movie Carrer : She made her cinematic debut with Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein opposite R. Madhavan. 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. In 2006 she teamed up once again with Chopra and Sanjay Dutt for the successful film Lage Raho Munna Bhai. She also played in the music video Kajara Mohabbat Wala from Sonu Nigam album Kajara Nite.
She has also appeared in Dus and in Fight Club. She will appear later this year in Familywala and Naa Naa Karte.
This beautiful lady Dia Mirza was born in Hydrabad, Andhra Pradesh. Her father's name was Frank Handrich, a German National, and an Interior Designer by profession, and her mom, Deepa, is Bengali-speaking. Her parents got separated when she was 6 years old.
Her father passed away three years later after their divorce. Her mother then got married to Ahmed Mirza who passed away in 2004. Dia completed her schooling in Vidyaranya High School and in Nasr School in Hydrabad.
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.
She started working in a very early age. 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.
She started her career as an actress in 2001 in Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein opposite R Madhavan. Though, the film was not a box office success, but she received a nomination for 'Best Female Debut' at the Zee Cine Awards.
Unfortunately her filmy career didn't really take off well. None of her films did great business at the box office.
Dia Mirza launched her own production house Born Free Entertainment on Feburary 10, 2011. She started the venture with her close friends, actor Zayed Khan and Sahil Sangha. During the launch of the production house, the three partners made it clear that the aim of Born Free Entertainment was to give a chance to young talented film makers to display their skill. The three also stressed that their vision was to produce 'honest' movies that would deliver what was promised to the audiences.
Presently she is busy with her latest venture Love Breakups Zindagi which is producer by herself and her partners Zayed Khan and Sahil Sangha under her new production house Born Free Entertainment.
# Diya Mirza and Aamir Khan publicly expressed their support for the Narmada Bachao Andolan, opposing the construction of the dam as it was likely to cause ecological imbalance and rehabilitation problem. BJP leaders led led a protest march against both the actor and actress.
# Her name is spelled Dia, but in most of her movies its misspelt as Diya.
# Her favourite actors are Aamir Khan , Nana Patekar and Shahrukh Khan .
# Diya Mirza enjoys reading English classics.
# The hot actress began her career at the age of 16 working as a market executive at Sriven Mult-tech in Hyderabad. She used to earn monthly salary of Rs 5000. Diya Mirza’s car was seized in 2006 by the customs deportment alleging evasion of custom duties.
# She won the title of Miss Asia Pacific in 2000.
# She was the second runner up in the Miss India 2000 contest.
# She won the title of “Miss Beautiful Smile 2000″. She won “The Sony Viewer’s Choice Award 2000″.
# The sexy actress won the title of Femina Miss India Asia Pacific 2000.
# Her father Frank Handrich was a German interior designer.
# Her mother is Deepa Mirza is from Bengal.
# Her parents got divorced when she was six years old.
# Her father Frank Handrich died when she was nine years old.
# After Frank Handrich’s death her mother remarried Ahmed Mirza.
# So far The actress worked with Arjun Rampal in six movies namely Deewaanapan, Tehzeeb , Alag , Familywala , Dus Kahaniyaan and Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. [2006]
Diya Mirza quotes
# “I have learned a lot in the film industry. There was a time when I told my mother let’s go. It was getting frustrating. But then I realized things were not so bad for me. Filmakers respected me. And this is what kept me going.”
# “Once my mother fell unconscious. I called Salman since he stays close to my house. It was with his help that I was able to rush my mother to the hospital. The doctor later told us that had we not to got my mother admitted within those 15 minutes, she would have had very little chance of survival. I’m eternally grateful to Salman and will stand by him no matter what.” [About Salman Khan]
# “Everybody can have an opinion and nobody has the right to impose one’s opinion on another.”
Dia Mirza was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Her father, Frank Handrich, was a German graphic and industrial fair designer, architect, artist and interior designer from Munich and her mother, Deepa is a Bengali Indian who is an interior designer, landscaper and currently does social work as a volunteer to help alcoholics and addicts. They separated when she was six years old. Her father died when she was nine and her mother remarried Ahmed Mirza, who died in 2004. She adopted her stepfather's surname Mirza and has recently adopted the last name of her birth-father and became Dia Mirza Handrich. When living in Khairatabad, Hyderabad district, she attended Vidyaranya High School for Boys And Girls, a school based on the teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti, and later Nasr School, in Khairtabad. She completed her graduation in Bachelors of Arts from Open University, Hyderabad.
Dia Mirza or fondly called Dee, was born to Frank Handrich and Deepa on December 9, 1981 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Frank Handrich was from Munich, a German origin and was a industrial fair and graphic designer, artist, architect and interior designer. Dia Mirza's mother, Deepa is an Indian Bengali and worked as a professional landscaper and interior designer. Currently she is a social worker who helps or designer. Currently she is a social worker who helps addicts and alcoholics. When Dia Mirza was all of six years, Frank and Deepa separated. When Dia Mirza was nine years old, Frank Handrich died and Deepa remarried Ahmed Mirza. Dia Mirza adopted her step-father's last name. Ahmed Mirza died in 2004. Recently, Dia Mirza adopted last name of Frank Handrich, Dia's birth father and now writes her name as Dia Mirza Handrich. While residing in Hyderabad's district of Khairatabad, Dia Mirza went
She walked away with 3 titles – Miss Beautiful Smile, The Sony Viewers’ Choice Award and Femina Miss India-Asia Pacific. Not that Diya was complaining.
Life has changed in the 10 months since she won the Femina Miss India-Asia Pacific Crown. She has had to make choices over what most 18-year old girls are taken for granted – parents, education and paying bills.
As a career move, the Hyderabad girl shifted to Mumbai, away from home and family. Compromises have been difficult, but necessary.
Like with her education, for one. She opted to do her First Year Bachelor of Arts via correspondence, but as the Miss Asia Pacific competition drew closer, juggling work and studies became close to impossible, specially with her modeling assignments, travelling and training.
Diya says, "I am getting first-hand knowledge about the world and about people from my travels. Of course, when I come back I will resume my formal studies. But I don’t have any regrets right now."
She adds, "My carefree days are over. I have become responsible and busy."
Especially with all the training she has had to undergo. Sabira Merchant worked with her on her diction and etiquette, physical training was with Talwalkars, diet with Anjali Mukherjee, skin care with Dr. Jamuna Pai, hair and make-up with Bharat and Doris Godambe, and clothes from Ritu Kumar and Hemant Trivedi.
Diya is all prepared to hitch her wagon to a star. She is a young woman who is caring, sensitive, beautiful and loving.
She is also independent and armed with a mind of her own. And with everyone’s confidence and encouragement egging on her, Diya has a good chance of bagging a crown India hasn’t won in 25 years.
Her confidence belies her status in the industry. But it is her keen sense of direction and her intrinsic intelligence which makes her so poised and confident. She's all of 20 and yet has accomplished so much. Diya Mirza has a world of opportunities open to her and for the first time she's sure of what she wants to be.
Diya Mirza won the prestigious Miss Asia Pacific title at the beauty pageant held on 2 December, 2000, in Manila. She is the second Indian contestant to be crowned Miss Asia Pacific and the first in 29 years.
Her first film, opposite Madhavan - Rehaana Hai Tere Dil Mein did not make a big splash. But it spelt one thing - Diya Mirza had arrived.
Diya Mirza also worked in a film with arjun rampal titled Deewanapan and she is extremly excited about it.
For a 20 year old Diya has accomplished so much but Diya's dream has only just begun.
Diya Mirza Movies list and Upcoming movies
Sl. No
Year
Movie
Director
Cast
1 2001 Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein Gautham Menon Madhavan, Diya Mirza
2 - Deewaanapan Ashu Trikha Arjun Rampal, Dia Mirza
3 2002 Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge Pankaj Parashar Salman Khan, Sushmita Sen, Diya Mirza
4 2003 Tehzeeb Khalid Mohammed Shabana Azmi, Urmila Matondkar
5 - Pran Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye Sanjay Jha Aman Verma, Rinke Khanna
6 - Dum E Niwaz Vivek Oberoi, Diya Mirza
7 2004 Stop Ajai Sinha Dia Mirza, Gauri Karnik
8 - Tumsa Nahin Dekha Anurag Basu Emraan Hashmi, Dia Mirza, Anupam Kher
9 - Naam Gum Jaayega Amol Shetge Rakesh Bapat, Diya Mirza
10 2005 Blackmail Anil Devgan Ajay Devgn, Suniel Shetty, Priyanka Chopra
11 - Parineeta Pradeep Sarkar Vidya Balan ,Sanjay Dutt
12 - Koi Mera Dil Mein Hain Deepak Ramsay Diya Mirza, Sadashiv Amrapurkar
13 2006 Fight Club Vikram Chopra Sunil Shetty, Dino Morea, Ritesh Deshmukh
14 - Alag Ashu Trikha Akshay Kapoor, Dia Mirza
15 - Lage Raho Munna Bhai Rajkumar Hirani Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi
16 - Prateeksha Basu Chatterjee Anupam Kher, Diya Mirza
17 2007 Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. Reema Kagti Abhay Deol, Minissha Lamba
18 - Shootout at Lokhandwala Apoorva Lakhia Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty
19 - Cash Anubhav Sinha Ajay Devgn, Sunil Shetty
20 - Dus Kahaniyaan Apoorva Lakhia and others Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty
21 2008 Krazzy 4 Jaideep Sen Juhi Chawla, Arshad Warsi
22 2009 Kisaan Puneet Sira Jackie Shroff, Sohail Khan
23 - Jai Veeru Puneet Sira Fardeen Khan, Kunal Khemu, Dia Mirza
24 - Acid Factory Suparn Verma Fardeen Khan, Irrfan Khan, Manoj Bajpai
25 - Fruit and Nut Kunal Vijaykar Boman Irani, Cyrus Broacha, Dia Mirza
26 2010 Hum Tum Aur Ghost Kabeer Kaushik Arshad Warsi, Dia Mirza
27 - Shoebite Shoojit Sirkar Amitabh Bachchan, Sarika, Dia Mirza
28 2011 Love Breakups Zindagi Sahil Sangha Zayed Khan, Dia Mirza
29 2012 Alibaug Sanjay Gupta Dia Mirza, Sanjay Dutt
30 - Johnny Mastana Shoojit Sircar Amitabh Bachchan, Dia Mirza, Sarika
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Dia Mirza Slaps Manoj in Movie Dus Kahaniyaan
Sexy Actress Diya Mirza Slide Show. Srilanka Song Watch in H.D
Emran Hashmi Kissing Dia Mirza
Dia Mirza on The TV Show "Just Pooja"
Dia Mirza's Ode to Pakeezah's Meena Kumari
Message From Dia Mirza, Bollywood Actress
Dia Mirza's LIVE Performance on Zara Zara From Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein
Dia Mirza, Shabana Azmi As Showstoppers At Ritu Kumar's Fashion Show
Sexy Dia Mirza & Rekha At 56th Filmfare Awards Night 2011
IIFA Rocks 2011 - Diya Mirza
Dia Mirza @ IIFA Awards 2011
IIFA Awards 2011 (Toronto) - Dia Mirza! (Brought To You By )
Rozaana - Full Song [HD] - Love Breakups Zindagi (2011) - Ft. Dia Mirza, Zayed Khan
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