DIA MIRZA .......

Biography

Name: Dia Mirza

Dia Mirza Born on: December 9, 1981Place of

Birth: Hyderabad, Andra Pradesh,India

Occupation: Actress and Model



Nick Name : Dee

Achievements: Miss Asia Pacific for the year 2000.second runner up in the Miss India 2000 beauty contest.

Trade Mark: Her beautiful smile

Father : Frank Handrich

Mother: Deepa Mirza

Family: Bengali

The family lived in Khairatabad near Hyderabad and she completed her schooling in Vidyaranya High School and in Nasr School. Her step-father passed away during 2004.



Diya Mirza was introverted and unhappy as a child, and it was her parents, especially her mom, who instilled self-confidence and assisted her to break free from the barriers of low self-esteem.At the age of 16, after completing her 10th standard, she got a job with Sriven Multi-Tech in Hyderabad. This job paved her way to modeling assignments with Lipton, Emami amongst others.



With this exposure she was encouraged to participate in the 2000 Femina Miss India Beauty Pageant, which she did, came up the second runner-up and won three titles namely Femina Miss India-Pacific, Sony Viewer's Choice Award, and Miss Beautiful Smile. She went on to be crowned Miss Asia-Pacific on December 2, 2000 at Manila, making her the second Indian to win this award after a gap of 29 years.

Dia Mirza Educational Life . . . . . . . . .

Dia Mirza attended Vidyaranya High School For Boys And Girls, a school based on the teachings of Krishnamurti, and later Nasr School, in Kushnuma.



Dia Mirza Currently she lives in Bandra, Mumbai. To brush up on acting before Shootout at Lokhandwala, she took a one week course of cinema at New York



At the age of 16 she was working as a marketing executive at sriven Mult-tech in Hyderabad. She earned a monthly salary of Rs 5000, with a 15 per cent commision on every ad revenue She fetched for the company. She has done an advertising campaign which appeared in femina. After the pictures came out she was encouraged to participate in the Miss India competition. Thats when Miss India happned.



Her confidence belies her status in the industry. But it is her keen sense of direction and her intrinsic intelligence which makes her so poised and confident. She's all of 20 and yet has accomplished so much. Diya Mirza has a world of opportunities open to her and for the first time she's sure of what she wants to be.

Diya Mirza won the prestigious Miss Asia Pacific title at the beauty pageant held on 2 December, 2000, in Manila. She is the second Indian contestant to be crowned Miss Asia Pacific and the first in 29 years.



Her first film, opposite Madhavan - Rehaana Hai Tere Dil Mein did not make a big splash. But it spelt one thing - Diya Mirza had arrived.

Diya Mirza is currently working on a film with arjun rampal titled Deewanapan and she is extremly excited about the project.

For a 20 year old Diya has accomplished so much but Diya's dream has only just begun.



At the age of 16 she was working as a marketing executive at sriven Mult-tech in Hyderabad. She earned a monthly salary of Rs 5000, with a 15 per cent commision on every ad revenue She fetched for the company. She has done an advertising campaign which appeared in femina. After the pictures came out she was encouraged to participate in the Miss India competition. Thats when Miss India happned. She walked away with 3 titles Miss Beautiful Smile, The Sony Viewer's Choice Award and Femina Miss India-Asia Pacific.



Diya Mirza won the prestigious Miss Asia Pacific title at the beauty pageant held on 2 December, 2000, in Manila. She is the second Indian contestant to be crowned Miss Asia Pacific and the first in 29 years.



Her first film, opposite Madhavan Rehaana Hai Tere Dil Mein did not make a big splash. But it spelt one thing - Diya Mirza had arrived.

She is also independent and armed with a mind of her own. And with everyone’s confidence and encouragement egging on her, Diya has a good chance of bagging a crown India hasn’t won in 25 years.



Diya Mirza's success story began even before she entered the Miss India contest. At the age of 16 she was working as a marketing executive at Sriven Mult-tech in Hyderabad. She earned a monthly salary of Rs 5000, with a 15 per cent commision on every ad revenue she fetched for the company. She did an advertising campaign which appeared in Femina. After the pictures came out she was encouraged to participate in the Miss India competition. That's when Miss India happened. She walked away with 3 titles Miss Beautiful Smile, The Sony Viewer's Choice Award and Femina Miss India-Asia Pacific.

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Diya Mirza won the prestigious Miss Asia Pacific title at the beauty pageant held on 2 December, 2000, in Manila. She is the second Indian contestant to be crowned Miss Asia Pacific and the first in 29 years.



She debuuted with "Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein". Though the film did not do too well, it marked her arrival in the industry. After that, film offers continued to pour in. She did "Tumko Na Bhool Payenge", "Tehzeeb", "Dum" to name a few. Today she has several films to her credit and one thing rings clear out of it, she has arrived as an actress.



Dia Mirza Handrich, formerly known as Diya Mirza or Dia Mirza, nicknamed Dee, (born 9December 1981 in Hyderabad, India) is an Indian model and actress.
She took part in the Miss India 2000 beauty contest and was second runner up. She then went on to win the Miss Asia Pacific 2000 contest.

Her father was a German interior designer; her mother is Deepa Mirza, a Bengali. They separated when she was six years old. Her father died when she was nine and her mother remarried: Ahmed Mirza whose surname she took, died in 2004. Though she has a Muslim name, she is a Hindu, and a follower of Ganesh. When living in Khairatabad, Hyderabad, she attended the Vidyaranya, a school based on the teachings of Krishnamurti, and later Nasr School, in Kushnuma. Currently, she lives in Bandra, Mumbai.



Dia Mirza Biography :

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. She was also second runner up in the Miss India 2000 beauty contest.



Her father was a German interior designer; her mother is Deepa Mirza, a Bengali. They separated when she was six years old. Her father died when she was nine and her mother remarried: Ahmed Mirza whose surname she took, died in 2004. Though she has been brought up in a Muslim household, she does not consider herself a Muslim; in response to a question asking which Hindu deity 'appealed' to her most, she replied Ganesha. When living in Khairatabad, Hyderabad, she attended the Vidyaranya, a school based on the teachings of Krishnamurti, and later Nasr School,in Kushnuma. Currently, she lives in Bandra, Mumbai.



Diya Mirza is a true India beauty. She is today a well accomplished actress in the Bollywood film industry. She must have never thought that her fate has so much of fame stored in for her. She was born on December 9, 1981. She never dreamt that one day she will be Miss India and be employed as a film actress.



She was a introvert kind of girl working as a marketing executive at Sriven Multi-tech in Hyderabad. She earned a monthly salary of Rs. 5000, with a 15 per cent commission on every ad revenue She fetched for the company. She however did an advertising campaign which appeared in Femina. After the pictures came out she was encouraged to participate in the Miss India competition. That's when her success story began.



Life has changed in the 10 months since she won the Femina Miss India-Asia Pacific Crown. She has had to make choices over what most 18-year old girls are taken for granted – parents, education and paying bills.

As a career move, the Hyderabad girl shifted to Mumbai, away from home and family. Compromises have been difficult, but necessary.



Like with her education, for one. She opted to do her First Year Bachelor of Arts via correspondence, but as the Miss Asia Pacific competition drew closer, juggling work and studies became close to impossible, specially with her modeling assignments, traveling and training.



Traveling was a great pleasure for Diya because she mentions that traveling is a great source of learning to her.

Diya is all prepared to hitch her wagon to a star. She is a young woman who is caring, sensitive, beautiful and loving.



She is also independent and armed with a mind of her own. And with everyone’s confidence and encouragement egging on her, Diya has a good chance of bagging a crown India hasn’t won in 25 years.
Diya Mirza won the prestigious Miss Asia Pacific title at the beauty pageant held on 2 December, 2000, in Manila. She is the second Indian contestant to be crowned Miss Asia Pacific and the first in 29 years.



Her first film, opposite Madhavan - Rehaana Hai Tere Dil Mein did not make a big splash. But it spelt one thing - Diya Mirza had arrived.



Today Diya is working in numerous other films which are sure to bring her more and more success.

RAIMA SEN............

Raima Sen Biography :

Raima Sen (born Raima Dev Varma on 11 November 1979) is an Indian film actress. Raima Sen is the daughter of actress Moon Moon Sen and the granddaughter of legendary actress Suchitra Sen. Her younger sister, Riya Sen, is also in the Bollywood industry. Their father is Bharat Dev Varma , scion of the erstwhile royal family of Tripura State. Her paternal grandmother Ila Devi, was the princess of Cooch Behar (in Bengal), whose younger sister Gayatri Devi is the Maharani of Jaipur. Raima Sen made her debut in the film "Godmother", which was a critically acclaimed success, but her minor role may have been overlooked in favor of the protagonist, played by Shabana Azmi. She then starred in the film "Daman" playing Raveena Tandon's daughter, where her small performance was appreciated.



Raima Sen breakthrough role came when she starred in the Rituparno Ghosh's film "Chokher Bali". She won much praise for her role as the simple, submissive Ashalata. After a few more average movies Raima Sen had a critically acclaimed hit in 2005 with "Parineeta", where she played the younger cousin of the heroine, played by the debutante Vidya Balan. Since then Raima Sen has had two more hits with the action thriller "Dus" and the Bengali film "Antar Mahal" (where she had a very small role). Most recently, she appeared in the Hindi film "Eklavya" (again co-starring with Vidya Balan and Saif Ali Khan). She has yet, however, to play the leading role as an actress in a hit movie. Raima Sen continues to model, particularly for the Indian cosmetics giant Lakme.



Raima's public profile and image is much low-key and more demure than that of her sister Riya who had been compared more to their mother. Raima is also said to resemble her grandmother much more than either her mother or her sister. Journalists who meet her describe her as easy to talk to, and devoid of starry airs.



Raima Sen Biography

She is the daughter of actress Moon Moon Sen and the granddaughter of legendary actress Suchitra Sen. Her younger sister, Riya Sen, is also in the Bollywood industry. Their father is Bharat Dev Varma, scion of the erstwhile royal family of Tripura state.



Her paternal grandmother Ila Devi, was the princess of Cooch Behar (in Bengal), whose younger sister Gayatri Devi is the Maharani of Jaipur.



She made her debut in the film Godmother, which was a critically acclaimed success, but her minor role may have been overlooked in favour of the protagonist, played by Shabana Azmi. She then starred in the film Daman playing Raveena Tandon's daughter, where her small performance was appreciated. Her breakthrough role came when she starred in the Rituparno Ghosh's film Chokher Bali.
Bollywood Actress Raima Sen



Actress Raima Sen’s Bollywood roots run deep. Her grandmother is the legendary Bollywood actress Suchitra Sen, and her mother, Moon Moon Sen and sister Riya Sen are also in the Bollywood industry. But Raima says she won’t be competing with her glamorous sister.



“We both are doing quite different films. I will really have to buck up in order to compete with Riya who is very sexy and glamorous. She has breasts and hips truly measuring up to Bollywood standards.” Raima said in a recent interview.



Sen says she would like to be known as “a sexy Indian beauty,” and “will not mind shedding clothes for success of a film.”



Raima Sen Biography

27-year-old Raima Sen was born on November 11, 1979. As noted, Sen grew up in the Bollywood industry. Her father, Bharat Dev Varma , is a descendant of the royal family of Tripura state.



After a few minor film roles, Raima’s breakthrough came in a starring role as Ashalata in the film Chokher Bali.

Raima is often compared to her grandmother, legendary Bollywood actress Suchitra Sen.



She won much praise for her role as the simple, submissive Ashalata. After a few more average movies she had a critically acclaimed hit in 2005 with Parineeta. Since then she has had two more hits with the action thriller Dus and the Bengali film Antar Mahal.



Internet Girl that's what family and friends call Raima Sen, the dusky beauty from Kolkata. Raima Sen daughter of 'Munmun Sen' and Sister of 'Riya sen'.

Her debut film was Bachelors directed by Ajai Sinha. It that she had a lead role and co-star with her sister Riya Sen.



After that she had done a science-fiction Film Fun2sh which zooms into a prehistoric era. She personelly feel not to be a stereotyped actress.

She also done many bengali films. Recently Raima Sen, wowed the audiences with her naïve but sensuous biwi’s role in Choker Bali playing the ‘wronged wife’.



Her forthcoming film is off-beat thriller tittled 99.9 FM directed by Sanjay Bhatia. She plays the biwi of Shawar Ali, who is a popular radio jockey. Predictably, the hubby is drawn towards another woman Dipannita Sharma.



She is the daughter of Moon Moon Sen and the granddaughter of legendary actress Suchitra Sen. Her sister, Riya Sen, is also in the Bollywood industry. Their father is Bharat Dev Varma, scion of the erstwhile royal family of Tripura state.



Her paternal grandmother Ila Devi, was the princess of Cooch Behar (in Bengal), whose younger sister Gayatri Devi is the Maharani of Jaipur.



She made her debut in the film Godmother, which was a critically acclaimed success, but her minor role may have been overlooked in favour of the protagonist, played by Shabana Azmi. She then starred in the film Daman playing Raveena Tandon's daughter, where her small performance was appreciated.



Her breakthrough role came when she starred in the Rituparno Ghosh's film Chokher Bali. She won much praise for her role as the simple, submissive Ashalata. After a few more average movies she had a critically acclaimed hit in 2005 with Parineeta, where she played the playmate of the film's heroine, essayed by the debutante Vidya Balan.



Since then she has had two more hits with the action thriller Dus and the Bengali film Antar Mahal (where she had a very small role). Most recently, she appeared in the film The Bong Connection (co-starring Shayan Munshi). She has signed her first Tamil film and she is expected to do more south indian films. She has yet, however, to play the leading role as an actress in any hit movie.

RIYA SEN...........

Biography: Riya Sen is yesteryear’s actress’ Moon Moon Sen’s daughter, Suchitra Sen’s granddaughter and current actress Raima Sen’s sister. Her father, Bharat Dev Varma is a member of the Royal Family of Tripura. Ila Devi of Coochbehar, whose younger sister is Gayatri Devi, is Riya’s grandmother. Both sister’s use their maternal grandmother, Suchitra Sen’s surname. Riya is a student of Loreto House and Rani Birla College and she also did a stint at the National Institute of Fashion Technology. She designs most of her clothes in commercials and films. Riya was first noticed as the delicate beauty in Falguni Pathak’s video, Yaad Piya Ki Aane Lagi, though she made her film debut in Vishkanaya in 1991. She has appeared in many other music videos like Shaan’s Sutta Maro and Sonu Nigam’s Jeena Hai Tere Liye. While Riya does not have a good film career to boast of, she has established herself as a sex symbol. She wore a bikini in Shaadi No.1; she also kissed her co-stars Sharman Joshi and Ashmit Patel in Style and Silsilay respectively. She has appeared on magazine covers such as Savvy, Femina, Cosmopolitan and Elle and walked the ramp with her sis Raima at the Wills and Lakme Fashion Weeks from 2005 to 2007. Jhankaar Beats and Shaadi No. 1 are the only notable hits of her career. Riya is often compared to her mother Moon Moon Sen because of her sex symbol status. Riya Sen Biography: Riya Sen born as Riya Dev Varma on January 24th, 1981 in Kolkata, India is a promising Indian film actress and a former model. Widely regarded as the sexy star, Riya Sen has acted in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and English language movies. Riya Sen was born in the family of actresses. She is the daughter of Moon Moon Sen and a grand daughter of Suchitra Sen. Both famous Indian actresses of yesteryears. Her sister Raima Sen is also a noted actress. Her father Bharat Dev Varma hails from the Royal family of Tripura. A drop out from college, Riya Sen studied for a while at the National Institute of Fashion Technology. Riya Sen began her career as a child artist in film "Vishkanya" and bagged her major role at the age of fifteen in a Tamil movie, "Tajmahal" directed by Bharathiraaja. Her Bollywood debut began with a stalled movie, "Love You Hamesha" opposite Akshaye Khanna. Next "Style" {2001} came her way directed by N. Chandra, which became a box-office hit. She acted in several movies thereafter such as "Dil Vil Pyar Vyar" {2002}, "Jhankaar Beats" {2003}, "Dil Ne Jise Apna Kaha" {2004},"Tum... Ho Na"; "Silsiilay", "Shaadi No. 1" {All 2005 releases}, "Apna Sapna Money Money" {2006}, and "Hey Baby", which is due for release. She has also acted in a Bangladeshi movie, "Money Porey Tomakey". Her best film to date was "Ananthabhadram" {2005} directed by Santhosh Sivan. Besides movies Riya Sen also appeared in several music videos gyrating her body to the popular tunes in the background. As a model, Riya Sen successfully endorsed several brands such as Margarita King, Limca, Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate, Colgate, Lakme and Vatika. Riya Sen appeared partially nude in an Indian photographer Dabboo Ratnani's annual calendar. It generated tremendous response to the calendar as the photograph was too sexy and she became the only female to appear on the calendar for four years continually from 2004 to 2007. Riya Sen dated Ashmit Patel, her co-star in "Silsilay" and both were reportedly caught in an intimate position on a cell phone that was widely circulated through MMS and the Internet. However, Riya Sen denied saying, that it wasn't her in the MMS clip. The 5'1" tall, budding actress, Riya Sen is a grand daughter of legendary film actress Suchitra Sen and daughter of Moon Moon Sen. She lives with her mother and sister Raima Sen. She wishes to spend her time with Mom, Dad, Raima and her grandmother. Before come into the modelling, She studied in Rani Birla College at Calcutta. First offer for her film is Kailash Surendranath's Love You Hamesha. Her ideal men among actors are Keanu Reeves, Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan. She was in Jhankar Beats. The 5'1" tall, budding actress, Riya Sen is a grand daughter of legendary film actress Suchitra Sen and daughter of Moon Moon Sen. She lives with her mother and sister Raima Sen in a cosy apartment in Juhu, the north Mumbai suburb. She wishes to spend her time with Mom, Dad, Raima and her grandmother.But everyone is so busy with their lives, hardly get anytime to spend with each other. Before come into the modelling, She studied in Rani Birla College at Calcutta. First offer for her film is, Kailash Surendranath, Love You Hamesha.Her ideal men among actors are Keanu Reeves, Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan. Riya first appeared as a child artist in the film Vishkanya in 1991, where she played the role of the young Pooja Bedi. At the age of fifteen, National Film Awards winning director Bharathiraja's Tamil film, Taj Mahal (2000), which did not achieve commercial success.[1] She was scheduled to make her Bollywood film debut in Love You Hamesha, opposite actor Akshaye Khanna; however, the film was stalled, and she ultimately made her debut in N. Chandra's Style (2001).[2] This low-budget sex comedy[3][4] was the first commercial success in over a decade for the director, whose previous successes included Ankush (1986) and Tezaab (1988).[5] A launch pad for Riya, cast in the female lead along with fellow-newcomers, Sharman Joshi, Sahil Khan and Shilpi Mudgal, the film pioneered a trend of commercial success for small budget films in India.[6][7] Riya and the second female lead of the film were replaced by aspirant actresses Sunali Joshi and Jaya Seal in Xcuse Me, the sequel of Style.[8][9] Her next success was Jhankaar Beats, a comedy revolving around the music of legendary composer R D Burman, which saw her playing a small and glamorous role[10] alongside Shayan Munshi, Juhi Chawla, Rahul Bose, Rinke Khanna and Sanjay Suri. Produced by Pritish Nandy, publishing director of The Times of India, and directed by debutant director Sujoy Ghosh,[11] the film was made on a budget of Rs. 25 million (US$525,000),[11] marking the sixth in a row of small to medium budget films made by Pritish Nandy Communications (PNC).[12] Despite being part of a wave of offbeat films that mostly failed to make an impact at the box office,[13][14 it surprisingly drew public attention upon its release, which led to a commercial success among a restricted audience targeted by a selective release in twenty cities.[12][15] It was one of the first films made in Hinglish, a mixture of Hindi and English.[16][17] In 2005, she starred in Shaadi No. 1, which saw her sharing screen time with Esha Deol, Soha Ali Khan and Ayesha Takia, without anyone getting established as the female lead.[18] This comedy, which is based on the theme of modern marriage, was directed by David Dhawan, a renowned film director from this genre.[19][20] Although films like Style and Jhankar Beats succeeded commercially, most of her later films have generated less revenue.[21][22] A number of them remained unfinished. While many of her appearances have been item numbers and cameos,[23][24][25] few of her leading roles have been in low-budget films.[26] Though she had small roles in Dil Vil Pyar Vyar (2002), Qayamat (2003) and Plan (2004), attention was drawn to her item numbers in all three, especially the one in Qayamat that featured her in a bubble-bath.[21][27][28] Besides this, she performed another item number in James (2005) on director-producer Ram Gopal Varma's behest, who has a history of casting aspirant actress-models like Sameera Reddy, Isha Koppikar and Koena Mitra in similar roles.[29] Furthermore, she took part in a dance number for Sajid Khan's Heyy Babyy (2007) that featured several mainstream Bollywood actresses such as Amisha Patel, Diya Mirza, Neha Dhupia, Amrita Rao and Celina Jaitley, among others.[30] Riya was born to Bharat Dev Varma and Moonmoon Sen. Riya, who hails from a family of actors including her grandmother Suchitra Sen, mother Moon Moon Sen and sister Raima Sen, began her acting career in 1991 as a child artiste in the film Vishkanya. Her first commercial success in her film career was with Style, a 2001 Hindi low-budget sex comedy directed by N. Chandra. Some of her other films include producer Pritish Nandy's musical film, Jhankaar Beats (2001) in Hinglish, director David Dhawan's comedy film, Shaadi No. 1 (2005) and director-cinematographer Santhosh Sivan's Malayalam horror film Ananthabhadram (2005). Riya has worked as an activist and appeared in an AIDS awareness music video with the aim of dispelling popular myths about the disease. She also helped raise funds for pediatric eye-care. Riya has faced controversies such as a MMS clip with actor Ashmit Patel, her semi-nude photograph on photographer Dabboo Ratnani's annual calendar and her on-screen kisses in a conservative Indian film industry. Daughter of actress Moon Moon Sen and Bharat Dev Varma, a descendant of the royal family of Cooch Behar. Her maternal grandmother is the legendary actress Suchitra Sen. Sister of actress Raima Sen. First stepped into the limelight at the age of 15 when she faced the camera for the Tamil film 'Taj Mahal' directed by 'Bharati Raja'. She studied at the Rani Birla College in Calcutta. Has starred in a number of music videos in the Indipop circuit.