Dia Mirza Handrich, popularly known as Diya Mirza or Dia Mirza, nicknamed Dee, (born 9 December 1981 in Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh, India) is an Indian model and actress and Miss Asia Pacific for the year 2000. Dia Mirza was also second runner up in the Miss India 2000 beauty contest.
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Besides acting in films, Diya Mirza has a talent for painting too.
Diya Mirza was introduced to painting in her early childhood by her late father Frank Handrich, who was a German painter. Although her father passed away when she was very young, Diya Mirza never gave up trying to sketch or paint.
Today, when she has made her own little place in Bollywood, Diya Mirza continues to paint in her free time. Painting paraphernalia like easel, palette, brushes and paints can be seen in her bedroom, which also serves as a workshop for Dia.
However, Diya doesn’t keep any of her works. She keeps gifting her canvas creations to friends and relatives.
According to a report, Dyia’s latest creation is a painting depicting moonlight reflected in the sea. Diya has also tried her hand at some portraits and abstract paintings. But she is humble enough to admit that she is still in learning stages.
Apart from Dyia, Bollywood actors Sushmita Sen and Salman Khan also paint in their free time.
Dia’s dream man?Â
One wonders, with whom the petite beauty Dia Mirza is going around? We have a long list of her alleged lovers, but still not able to trace who is the ‘one’.
Well, we can take them one by one. Rumour mills suggest that Sanjay Gupta is her Deewana no. 1, as he has offered her as many as three films consecutively. Ask Diya and she immediately clarifies: “Well, It has happened with me earlier also when people associated my name with Vasu Bhagnani.”
She pauses for a second and adds: “I am not sleeping with anyone to get roles. Sanjay’s offers were totally on professional ground and if he has offered me three films one after another, it doesn’t mean that I am going around with him.”
Alright, the next in out list is Anubhav Sinha. What she has to say about him? “I respect Anubhav Sinha a lot and I can’t think anything wrong about him.”
Fine, but she cannot deny her link-up with Kunal Kapoor. Afterall, Dia and Kunal are the talk of the town. She answers with gleamy eyes: “Kunal is not my lover but yes a very close friend who I am comfortable going out with at dinner and parties. If people misunderstand it, then I can’t help it.”
We have also heard that the sizzling siren has reunited with ex-lover Apoorva Lakhia? What is her take on this? “I am only working with him in a film Shootout at Lokhandwala. That’s it.”
“In fact Sanjay ji helped us to come together for this role. We met couple of times before doing the film and Apoorva showed a lot of professionalism. In fact I was quite nervous in the beginning. I kept thinking how he would behave with me on the set. But when I met him, all confusions were over. It was very nice working with him. But I want to make it very clear that we are only together for the sake of this film. I don’t have any intention to rekindle our relationship.”
Well, seems like, only time is going to tell who’s the dream man of this diva.
