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Dia Mirza 
Dia Mirza at Navy Queen Beauty ContestBorn Dia Handrich
9 December 1981
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaResidence Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Other names Diya Mirza
Diya
DeeOccupation Actress, model, Film Producer Years active 2001-present Parents Frank Handrich
Deepa MirzaDia Mirza Handrich (Hindi: दिया मिर्ज़ा Telugu: దియా మీర్జా ,Urdu: دیا میرزا) nicknamed Dee and more popularly known as Dia Mirza, (born on December 9, 1981)[1][2] is a Indian model and actress who appears in Bollywood films. She was a second runner up at Femina Miss India, 2000 and was subsequently sent to Miss Asia Pacific, 2000, where she won. She completed the hat-trick of India winning international pageants in the year 2000 (Lara Dutta won the Miss Universe title and Priyanka Chopra won the Miss World title in the same year) when she won the Miss Asia Pacific title on 3 December 2000 in Manila, Philippines, also making her the first Indian contestant to win this title in 29 years.[3] The actress along with her boyfriend Sahil Sangha and good friend Zayed Khan has started her own production house, Born Free Entertainment,[4] and is making the first film Love Breakups Zindagi [5] under the banner.
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Personal life and education
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.[6] She attended Stanley Junior College and completed her graduation in Bachelors of Arts from Andhra Pradesh Open University, Hyderabad.[7]
Career
Mirza started working at the age of 16 years while continuing her college education.[8] She worked as a marketing executive in a multi-media firm called Dr. Neeraj’s Multi media studio.[9] She simultaneously modeled for the print and television advertisement campaigns of various brands such as Walls, Lipton, Emami etc.[10] Mirza 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.[11] She is proficient in Telugu, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, and English.[12]
Film career
Mirza made her cinematic debut with Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein opposite R. Madhavan.[13] 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.[14]
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.[15]
Community Services
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.[16] She recently adopted 2 cheetah cubs at the Prince of Wales zoological park in Lucknow.[17]
Controversies
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.[18]
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 Dus Anu Dheer Koi Mera Dil Mein Hain 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 Johnny Mastana[19] Filming Alibaug[20] Filming References
- ^ "Pageant Bureau News Archive October 2000". http://www.pageant.com. http://www.pageant.com/news/archive/news2000q4.html. Retrieved 9 June 2006.
- ^ "Pageant Bureau News Archive December 2000". http://www.pageant.com. http://www.pageant.com/news/archive/news2000q4.html. Retrieved 20 January 2007.
- ^ "ENDURING BEAUTIES". The Times Of India. http://feminamissindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-4941257,curpg-5.cms.
- ^ Parasara, Noyon Jyoti. "Production is not a joke: Dia Mirza". Ticket Please News Desk. http://www.ticketplease.com/interview/bollywood_movie/story/Production_is_not_a_joke_Dia_Mirza.aspx. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ^ "Dia Mirza - Model to super-woman". kheladi.com. http://kheladi.com/News/2011/4/27/Dia_Mirza___Model_to_super_woman. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ "Diya Mirza- MissAsia Pacific/Indian film Actress". http://www2.sholay.com/. http://www2.sholay.com/women/womenewsmakers.htm. Retrieved 9 June 2006.
- ^ "Dia Mirza - 2000-1991! - Miss India Winners 2009-1964 - Archives - Femina Miss India". Indiatimes. http://feminamissindia.indiatimes.com/archives/miss-india-winners-2009-1964/2000-1991/Dia-Mirza/articleshow/7883217.cms. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
- ^ "Diya Mirza Biography". http://in.movies.yahoo.com/artists/Diya-Mirza/biography-3925.html.
- ^ "Diya Mirza Biography and Marriage". http://showbiz99.com/diya-mirza-biography-and-marriage.
- ^ "Dia Mirza Biography". http://www.screenindia.com/fullcoverage/dia-mirza/247/.
- ^ "Dia Mirza Biography". Madeinatlantis.com. http://madeinatlantis.com/dia_mirza/bio.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
- ^ "Facts of Dia Mirza". Madeinatlantis.com. http://madeinatlantis.com/dia_mirza/facts.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
- ^ "Diya Mirza". http://www.hotbollywoodactress.net/cat-diya-mirza-18.htm. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
- ^ "Diya Mirza in Sonu Nigam’s latest album". indiafm.com. http://www.indiafm.com/news/2005/11/09/6171/index.html. Retrieved 11 October 2006.
- ^ "I am a femme fatale who is also a gangster". http://www.gomolo.in/features/article.aspx?ArticleID=210.
- ^ "I adopt anywhere between two to four cancer patients every year". http://www.bollywood.com/i-adopt-anywhere-between-two-four-cancer-patients-every-year-dia-mirza.
- ^ "Actress Dia Mirza adopts leopard cubs". The Times Of India. 13 April 2010. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Actress-Dia-Mirza-adopts-leopard-cubs/articleshow/5789961.cms.
- ^ "BJP blasts Diya Mirza for anti-dam stand". http://www.rediff.com/. http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/apr/24narmada.htm. Retrieved 24 May 2006.
- ^ "Johnny Mastana,Apunkachoice, URL Retrieved on 8 April 2010
- ^ "Diya Mirza's Triplet". http://www.glamsham.com/. http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/06/jul/24dia.asp. Retrieved 4 August 2006.
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