Dia Mirza
Dia Mirza started working at the age of 16 years while continuing her college education. The glam doll was highly appreciated for her debut performance in movie 'Rehnaa Hai Tere Dil Mein'. Her small yet powerful role in 'Lage Raho Munnabhai' also brought her the much-needed media attention. The former Miss India Asia-Pacific, Dia might not have done too many films, but has been enjoying her stint in the industry. Dia has been involved with several charity works including Cancer Patients Aid Association, Spastics Society of India, and has worked extensively to spread HIV awareness.
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 Hindu
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
married Ahmed Mirza, who died in 2004. She adopted her stepfather's
surname and has recently adopted the last name of her birth-father,
becoming Dia Mirza Handrich.
When living in Khairatabad, Hyderabad district, she attended Vidyaranya High School for Boys and Girls, a school partly based on the teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti, and later Nasr School, in Khairtabad. She attended Stanley Junior College and completed her graduation in Bachelors of Arts from Andhra Pradesh Open University, Hyderabad.
Dia 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.
Dia Mirza won the IIFA 2012 'Green Award' for her contribution for working towards a greener environment.
Dia Mirza started working at the age of 16 years while continuing her college education. The glam doll was highly appreciated for her debut performance in movie 'Rehnaa Hai Tere Dil Mein'. Her small yet powerful role in 'Lage Raho Munnabhai' also brought her the much-needed media attention. The former Miss India Asia-Pacific, Dia might not have done too many films, but has been enjoying her stint in the industry. Dia has been involved with several charity works including Cancer Patients Aid Association, Spastics Society of India, and has worked extensively to spread HIV awareness.
When living in Khairatabad, Hyderabad district, she attended Vidyaranya High School for Boys and Girls, a school partly based on the teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti, and later Nasr School, in Khairtabad. She attended Stanley Junior College and completed her graduation in Bachelors of Arts from Andhra Pradesh Open University, Hyderabad.
Dia 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.Dia Mirza won the IIFA 2012 'Green Award' for her contribution for working towards a greener environment.
