Dia Mirza - Biography

Introduction

In this article, we are going to talk about Dia Mirza. Here we tell you about her life, family, film career, height, weight, and husband. She is a stunning actress and model recognized in India and globally, and also Dia Mirza is a social worker. Mirza won Miss Asia Pacific International in the year 2000. Her first film as an actress was Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein. She appeared in movies like Dus, released in 2005; Lage Raho Munna Bhai, released in 2006; and Sanju, released in 2018.

Born Free Entertainment, an Indian motion film production firm in Mumbai, was co-owned by her ex-husband Sahil Sangha. Love Breakups Zindagi, their first movie, was released on October 7, 2011, and following their divorce in December 2019, she started her own production company, "One India Stories." In 2019, she also had an appearance in the web series Kaafir.

The Early Life Of Dia Mirza

On December 9, 1981, Mirza was born in Hyderabad, India. Her dad, Frank Handrich, is a visual and imaginative industrial designer, interior designer, architect, and artist based in Munich, and her mother, Deepa, is an interior designer and gardener. Her mother is Bengali. When she was at the age of four and a half, her parents divorced. After that, her mother married again to a Muslim person, Ahmed Mirza from Hyderabad, which is her stepfather. In 2003, he passed away.

About Dia Mirza's Education

Dia Mirza attended Vidyaranya High School at an earlier stage. She later finishes studying at the girls' day school Nasr in Khairtabad. She continued her education at Stanley Junior College after earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from Ambedkar Open University in Hyderabad.

About Dia Mirza's Marriage

She married Sahil Sangha, a former business friend, on October 18, 2014, at Sahil Sangha's farmhouse in Chattarpur, just outside of Delhi. Mirza disclosed their divorce in August 2019.

Mirza remarried businessman Vaibhav Rekhi on February 15, 2021, in Bandra, Mumbai. On May 14, 2021, she gave birth to her newborn son, Avyaan Azaad Rekhi, who was born prematurely. Samaira Rekhi, a child of Rekhi's first marriage, is also Mirza's stepdaughter.

Profile Of Dia Mirza

• Real Name:  Dia Handrich
• Nickname: Dia
• Date of birth: December 9, 1981
• Birth Place:  Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (India)
• Age:  42 years
• Profession: Model, Actress, Film Producer, Social Worker
• Marital status: Married
• Husband Name:
  • First Husband: Sahil Sangha
  • Second Husband: Vaibhav Rekhi
• Father Name: Frank Handrichc
• Step-Father Name: Ahmad Mirza
• Mother: Deepa Mirza
• Son name: Avyaan Azaad Rekhi
• Stepdaughter Name: Samaira Rekhi
• Zodiac sign:  Sagittarius
• Nationality:  Indian
• Home Town:  Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (India)

The Physical Appearance Of Dia Mirza

• Weight: 55 kg
• Height: 5 ft 6in        
• Measurement: 34 – 30 – 34   
• Hair Color: Black 
• Eye Color: Black 

Educational Qualification Of Dia Mirza

• School Name:
  • Nasr School, Hyderabad
  • Vidyaranya High School, Hyderabad
  • Stanley Girls High School, Hyderabad

• Educational degree: Graduation (BA)
• College Name:  Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad

Favorite Things Of Dia Mirza

• Favourite Cuisine: Punjabi, Italian, Hyderabadi, European and Thai
• Favourite Actor:  Amitabh Bachchan and   Salman Khan
• Favourite Actress:   Nargis
• Favourite Food: Keema, Mutton Kebab, Hyderabad Biryani, and Khatti Daal with Lassi
• Favourite Films: Lamhe and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam,
• Favourite Song: Lag Jaa Gale
• Favourite Musician Person:  Kailash Kher, Neha Kakkar, Elton John, Enrique Iglesias, and Shubha Mudgal
• Favourite Book:
  • The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan
  • The Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
  • A New Earth: Create a Better Life by Eckhart Tolle
  • The Secret Life of Beesby Sue Monk Kidd
• Favourite Holiday & Festivity Destination: Peru, Leh, Africa, and Cambodia
• Favourite Color: White
• Hobbies:  Cooking, Traveling, Dancing, Reading, and Photography.

Modeling Career Of Dia Mirza

She worked as a multimedia executive at Neeraj's Multimedia Studio throughout her graduation. While performing there, she received several modelling assignments and advertising for firms such as Emami, Lipton, and Wall's ice cream.

In 2000, she was second runner-up in Miss India and proceeded to win Miss Asia Pacific the same year. She starred in RHTDM (Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein) in Bollywood, where she impressed everyone with her performance.

About Mirza's Marriage Ceremony

Dia Mirza and Vaibhav Rekhi married in front of a female pandit on February 16, 2021. Dia looked stunning in a red and gold zari saree, which she matched with a red dupatta with embroidered border. In a white sherwani kurta with golden pagdi, the groom looked stunning.

Mirza's decision to marry her husband to a female pandit attracted much attention and admiration. She learned about this in childhood and was impressed by the revolutionary concept. There were no kanyadaan or bidaai ceremonies during the wedding. Even though the event was quite contemporary, they were very appreciative of the Vedic scriptures. During the process, her beloved companion carefully transcribed shlokas.

She strongly declared it was time to update the old ritual and included the female voice in this marriage. Her wedding was also good for the environment. She ensured that the event was organized responsibly, without using plastics or creating garbage. All of the garbage produced was biodegradable and disposed of properly.

Film Career Of Dia Mirza

Dia Mirza is the best and most popular actress all over the world. We enjoyed all of her movies because of her acting skill attracted towards her film. In En Swasa Kaatre Tamil film, she was represented as a dancer. Here we talk about her film.

1. Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein

Gautham Vasudev Menon wrote and directed RHTDM, a 2001 Hindi-language romantic drama movie starring Dia Mirza, R. Madhavan, and Saif Ali Khan. The movie is a remake of Minnale, a Tamil film directed by the same filmmaker. Dia Mirza portrayed Reena Malhotra.

2. Deewaanapan

Deewaanapan is a 2001 Bollywood love film released on November 16, 2001. It is directed by Ashu Trikha and stars Arjun Rampal and Dia Mirza, and Om Puri and Vinod Khanna play the Supporting parts. Mirza takes on the character of Kiran Choudhary.

3. Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge

Pankaj Parashar directed Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge, which was released in 2002. Salman Khan, Dia Mirza, and Sushmita Sen feature in the film. Dia Mirza in the role of Muskaan.

4. Tehzeeb

In 2003, Khalid Mohammed released the dramatic movie Tehzeeb. Shabana Azmi, Dia Mirza, Urmila Matondkar, Arjun Rampal, and Rishi Kapoor made guest appearances in the movie. Shabana and Urmila received appreciation for their performances. It was influenced by his 1978 Swedish film Autumn Sonata.  Dia Mirza in the role of Nazneen Jamal.

5. Praan Jaaye Par Shaan Na Jaaye

Sanjay Jha's 2003 Indian black humour movie Praan Jaaye Par Shaan Na Jaaye explores different aspects of Mumbai's chawl lifestyle. The Malayalam movie Vietnam Colony gave its motivation, and Raj Lalchandani, Mahesh Manjrekar, Asoo Nihlani, and Sagoon Wagh contributed to co-producing this movie.

Aman Verma and Rinke Khanna are the movie's leads, while a large Bollywood supporting cast is also present, and Dia is the character of Saundarya.

6. Tumsa Nahin Dekha: A Love Story

Emraan Hashmi and Dia Mirza play the lead characters in Anurag Basu's 2004 romantic drama movie Tumsa Nahin Dekha: A Love Story, which also stars Sharat Saxena, Uday Tikekar, Surekha Sikri, Atul Parchure, and Anupam Kher in minor roles. The film was written by Subodh Chopra and produced by Mukesh Bhatt. Dia represented the character of Jiya.

7. Naam Gum Jaayega

Amol Shetge wrote and directed the 2005 Indian Hindi love dramatic movie Naam Gum Jaayega. The lead actors are Dia Mirza and Raqesh Vashisth, and The movie had a terrible box office performance.  Dia Mirza represented Natasha / Geetanjali.

8. Dus

A 2005 Indian Bollywood action thriller named Dus is focused on the life of seven imaginary Indian Special Investigation Team (SIT) members. Nitin Manmohan is the film's producer, while Anubhav Sinha is the director. In the key roles are Sanjay Dutt, Abhishek Bachchan, Sunil Shetty, Zayed Khan, Esha Deol, Shilpa Shetty, Dia Mirza, and Raima Sen.

The movie follows the leader of the imaginary Anti-Terrorist Cell, performed by Dutt and his squad as they set out on a mission to stop a fatal terrorist attack prepared by an international terrorist and criminal, Jamwaal, with just seven days to do so. On May 10, the action was expected to happen, which explains the film's title. Dia Mirza represented the role of Anu Dheer.

9. Koi Mere Dil Mein Hai

Deepak Ramsay directed the Indian Bollywood movie Koi Mere Dil Mein Hai in 2005, and  Priyanshu Chatterjee and Dia Mirza played significant roles in the movie. Dia Mirza appeared in the movie of Simran.

10. Alag

Bollywood science fiction film Alag, starring Akshay Kapoor and Dia Mirza, was made by Subi Samuel and directed by Ashu Trikha. A protagonist is a man who possesses incredible magical talents but has no hair on his body. Despite the film's box office flop, Akshay Kapoor's work earned favourable reviews. The story is based mainly on the movie Powder(American science fiction ). Dia Mirza takes on the character of Purva Rana.

11. Shootout At Lokhandwala

2007, Shootout at Lokhandwala is an Indian Bollywood thriller film directed and co-produced by Sanjay Gupta, alongside producer Ekta Kapoor and writer Suresh Nair.

Based on the 1991 Lokhandwala Complex gunfight, it includes Amitabh Bachchan, Sunil Shetty, Sanjay Dutt, Vivek Oberoi, Arbaaz Khan, Tusshar Kapoor, Arbaaz Khan, Rohit Roy, Shabbir Ahluwalia, Dia Mirza and Amrita Singh in significant characters. Dia Mirza plays the character of Meeta Mattoo.

12. Cash

Anubhav Sinha, director of the film Cash, a 2007 Indian Bollywood action thriller movie. The lead roles are Ajay Devgn, Ritesh Deshmukh, Shetty, Zayed Khan, Shamita Shetty, Esha Deol, and Dia Mirza, and the film premiered on August 3, 2007. Dia Mirza takes on the role of Aditi.

13. Kisaan

Kisaan is a 2009 Bollywood thriller directed by Puneet Sira that stars Sohail Khan, Jackie Shroff, Arbaaz Khan, Dia Mirza, and Nauheed Cyrusi. Dia Mirza plays Priya's role. The film was a commercial flop when it was released on August 28, 2009, with praises for Sohail Khan's acting.

14. Jai Veeru

Puneet Sira’s Jai Veeru is action movie. This movie played the leads Kunal Khemu, Fardeen Khan, and Anjana Sukhani, alongside Dia Mirza and Arbaaz Khan as antagonists. In 2009, The movie was released on March 13. The movie's title is inspired by the heroes Jai and Veeru from the Sholay movie. The movie's main attraction is the song Tennu le.

15. Fruit and Nut

Fruit and Nut is a 2009 Bollywood movie directed by Kunal Vijaykar and features Cyrus Broacha, Boman Irani, Dia Mirza, and Mahesh Manjrekar. And Dia Mirza played the role of Monica Gokhale.

16. Acid Factory

Acid Factory is a 2009 Bollywood action-thriller movie directed by Suparn Verma and produced by White Feather Films. The movie was released on October 9, 2009, and the film is a recreation of the Hollywood thriller Unknown. Dia Mirza takes on the role of Max.

17. Hum Tum Aur Ghost

Hum Tum Aur Ghost, directed by Kabeer Kaushik and produced by Arshad Warsi, stars Arshad Warsi and Dia Mirza as the lead protagonists. The movie was also impacted by the Hollywood blockbusters The Sixth Sense and Heart & Souls in 1993. Dia Mirza takes on the character of Gehna Sinha.

18. Love Breakups Zindagi

Love Breakups Zindagi is a Hindi love movie directed by Sahil Sangha and produced by Zayed Khan under the Sahara Motion Pictures and Born Free Entertainment banners. It starred Zayed Khan and Dia Mirza in prominent roles; she represented Naina's character.

19. Paanch Adhyay

Paanch Adhyay is a Bengali romance story set in Kolkata that was released in 2012. Dia Mirza, a Bollywood actress, makes her Bengali language début in the film. Pratim D. Gupta wrote and directed the film. Dia Mirza plays the role of Ishita.

Paanch Adhyay was nominated for the New Voice in the Indian Cinema category of the Mumbai Film Festival and the Centerpiece Premiere at the South Asian International Film Festival in New York. At the Kalakar Awards, Paanch Adhyay was also named Best Film.

20. Salaam Mumbai

Ghorban Mohammadpour directed the 2016 Iranian-Indian drama movie Salaam Mumbai. The film's primary actors are Iranian actor Mohammad Reza Golzar and Indian actress Dia Mirza, who plays Karishma's character.

21. Sanju

Rajkumar Hirani directed the 2018 Indian Hindi-language biographical drama movie Sanju. The movie depicts the life of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, including his drug addiction, arrest for his involvement in the 1993 Bombay bombings, relationship with his father, return to the industry, and final removal of Bombay bombing charges.

Ranbir Kapoor plays the lead role and is joined by Dia Mirza, Vicky Kaushal, Paresh Rawal, Anushka Sharma, and Jim Sarbh. Dia Mirza represented the character of Manyata Dutt.

22. Kaafir Web series

Dia Mirza and Mohit Raina are the main characters in the Kaafir web series. The series, set in Kashmir, tells the story of the journey of a journalist/lawyer seeking justice for a suspected terrorist.

Dia portrays an accused terrorist who has been imprisoned for several years. We also see her small daughter, who was born in prison. Mohit Raina, a well-known television actor, plays a journalist's role in the web series. He's also a lawyer who has re-started his profession for just this case.

Bhavani Iyer wrote the series. The events shown here are based on a true tale. Sonam Nair directed the series.

Dia Mirza as producer

Bobby Jasoos is a comedy-drama film produced by Dia Mirza. It follows Bilqees Ahmed, a Hyderabadi lady who wants to be a detective despite many challenges.

Dia Mirza's funny series Mind the Malhotras is inspired by the Israeli comedy La Famiglia. It follows the Malhotra family, who have many reasons to be happy but struggle with a mid-life problem and require counselling.