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Busy as a bee

Photo: Bhagya Prakash K.

Pretty woman Diya Mirza

Dia Mirza has been living out of suitcases, working on films back-to-back — there’s “Kissan” lined up for release this month, “Kaun Bola” in November and “Acid Factory” in October. “All the charac ters are versatile,” says a cheery Dia Mirza. Her other films “Alibaug” and “Fruit & Nut” will hit the screens in 2010.

Ask her about being a part of the multi-starrer, and she says: “Films are not an autobiography, where everything revolves around one person. What I look for is the strength of the characters I get to essay. The story and your role is what matters,” she reasons.

Her forthcoming film “Kissan”, which deals with farmers, she says, is one of a kind. “We have the largest population of farmers, and the film talks about the growing number of farmers’ suicides,” she says. In “Kaun Bola” she is paired with Arshad Warsi. “‘Fruit & Nut’ is a mad house comedy where I will be acting alongside Boman Irani and Cyrus Broacha. In ‘Acid Factory’, there are six heroes, and I play the female lead.”

Dia picks her cameo as Simran, who prioritises good values and morals over money in “Lage Raho Munnabhai”, as her favourite. “I would like to pick a film and not my role. ‘Lage Raho…’ is one of the films I’d want my children to watch, because of the content.”

Her role in “Parineeta” as Gayatri Tantia, the daughter of a rich businessman; the TV reporter Meeta Matu covering an encounter in “Shootout at Lokhandwala”; and the mentally challenged Nazneen in “Tehzeeb” are close to her heart. “I like to be associated with girl-next-door roles rather than glamorous ones,” she adds. On the style front, she calls herself a comfort person. “I believe in being dressed for the occasion. I will never wear a mini skirt and go to a vegetable market.” As for her style icons, she picks Arundhati Roy, Shobha De and Shabana Azmi as people who reflect what they wear in their attitude.

Dia Mirza, who started work more than seven years ago, says stardom hasn’t been easy. “It is the pitfalls in my career that has made me a better person,” she sums up.

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