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Diya Mirza

Date of Birth
9 December 1981, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Nickname
Dee
Height
5? 6? (1.68 m)
Diya Mirza ,nicknamed Dee, (born 9 December 1981 is an Indian model and Bollywood Actress and Miss Asia Pacific for the year 2000. She was also second runner up in the Miss India 2000 beauty contest.

Biography

Her father Frank Handrich was a German interior designer; her mother is Deepa Mirza, a Bengali[citation needed]. They diaseparated when she was six years old. Her father died when she was nine and her mother married Ahmed Mirza. She embraced the last name of her step-father who died in 2004. She stated that she suffered from “low self-esteem” as a child.She retained a Muslim name (Mirza), she attended Vidyaranya High School For Boys And Girls, a school based on the teachings of Krishnamurti, and later Nasr School, in Kushnuma.Currently, she lives in Bandra, Mumbai. To brush up on acting before Shootout at Lokhandwala, she took a one week course of Film at New York University 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.She likes babies and chocolates, her favorite dish include Italian Pasta. She is proficient in Urdu, Bengali, Hindi, English.She currently resides on Veronica Road, Bandra (West), Mumbai.
Personal Life
She was previously dating Endorsement Manager Bunty Sachdev (also known as Amit Sajdeh), after that she was linked with Actor Kunal Kapoor and then with Director Apporva Lakhia which also broke up two years back.

Her shoe size is 7, she has light brown eyes, brown hair, stands 5 ft 6 intall, weighs 52 kilos, and measures 33-25-36.
Career
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.

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In 2005, Mirza appeared in Parineeta, a Vidhu Vinod Chopra production. . 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.
Controversies
Mirza’s car was seized in 2006 for alleged evasion of custom duties.

In that same year, she 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:
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Her beautiful smile
Trivia
Won the Miss Asia-Pacific contest in 2000 and is considered one of the most beautiful actresses in Indian cinema.

Born to a German father and a Bengali mother

Titles: Miss Beautiful Smile, The Sony Viewers Choice Award.

Her interests other than acting are reading, writing, and music.

Indian Supermodel.

Filmography
Year                  Film                                              Role              Notes
2001                 Deewaanapan                              Kiran Choudhary
2001                 Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein           Reena Malhotra
2002                 Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge       Muskaan
2003                 Tehzeeb                                        Nazneen Jamal
2003                 Pran Jaaye Par Shaan Na Jaaye     Saundarya
2003                 Dum                                                Kaveri
2004                 Stop!                                               Shama
2004                 Tumsa Nahin Dekha                   Jia Khan
2004                 Kyun…! Ho Gaya Na                   Preeti     Special Appearance
2005                 Naam Gum Jaayega                    Natasha/Gitanjali
2005                 Blackmail                                     Anjali Mohan
2005                Parineeta

Gayatri Tantiya
2005     Dus     Anu Dheer
2005     Koi Mera Dil Mein Hain     Simran
2006     Fight Club - Members Only     Anu Chopra
2006     Phir Hera Pheri         Item number (song)
2006     Alag     Purva Rana
2006     Lage Raho Munna Bhai     Simran
2006     Prateeksha     Reena Brown     TV release
2007     Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.     Shilpa
2007     Shootout at Lokhandwala     Mita Matu
2007     Cash     Aditi
2007     Heyy Babyy         Special Appearance in a song
2007     Om Shanti Om         Special appearance
2007     Dus Kahaniyaan     Sia
2008     Krazzy 4     Shikha
2008     Kabhi Bhi Kahin Bhi         Filming
2008     Alibaug                     Announced
2008     Naa Naa Karte        Announced
2008     Familywala         (Earlier name ‘Dil Sachcha Aur Chehra Jhootha’) No release date as of yet
2008     Bidhaatar Lekha     Ria     Announced
2008     Kayanaat               Announced
2008     Bits & Pieces          Announced
2008     Aankh Micholi         Announced
2008     Fruit and nuts         Announced
Television career

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Diya Mirza appeared with her best friends Sameer and Rhea on the reality based game show Kaho Naa Yaar Hai on Star Plus on March 1 2008 This show is hosted by Karan Patel

Sajid Khan also appeared on the same show with his friends as competitors for Diya Mirza and her friends. Sajid also appeared 1 March 2008.