Latest interview of DIYA MIRZA RETURNS TO GLORY 2011

After being crowned Miss Asia Pacific, Beautiful Diya Mirza traveled from Hyderabad to Bollywood but via modeling. She followed in the footsteps of other beauty queens like Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai. In a very short time, she grabbed a number of film offers and those too under big banners. It is said that Diya Mirza is a gift of Vashu Bhagnani to the film industry because she began her career with Vashu's film. And Vashu raised her to the status of a superb actress. This Hyderabad girl had completely floored Vashu so much so that he fell for her.

However, the marriage of convenience between the two was short lived. Vashu Bhagnani had second thoughts after Diya's 'Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein', 'Deewanapan' and 'Tumko Naa Bhool Payenge' bombed at the box office. Vashu decided to drop her from his forthcoming ventures. Consequently, in Anupam Kher's 'Om Jai Jagadish', Diya Mirza was missing. In spite of this, Diya didn't lose heart and continued her efforts to reach her past glory. As luck had it, she succeeded in E Nivas's 'Dum' starring Vivek Oberoi.

Now, she has a number of films in her bag, and is anxiously waiting for their release. Maybe Diya's films failed but she remaine alive and relevant to her fans because of the rumors of her romance with each and every hero she worked with. Interestingly, her romance ended with the end of the movie. Apparently, she didn't feel the need either to deny or to confirm her affairs with her heroes. During the shooting of 'Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein', she reportedly romanced with her hero Madhvan hailing from the South. Later in 'Deewanapan' she come too close with Arjun Ramphal. In 'Tumko Naa Bhool Payenge', Diya Mirza attracted Salman Khan. This is to recall that during the shooting of this movie, Salman Khan developed such a fancy for Diya Mirza that he forgot his the then ladylove Aishwarya Rai. In 'Dum' she was said to be in romance with Vivek Oberoi.

Some excerpts of her talk with Smashits:

Who are the heroes you want to pair with?

I have a cherished dream of working with Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan in films.

Who's your favurite hero?

Aamir Khan is my favorite hero. It's for nothing that I saw Aamir Khan's movie 'Qayaamat Se Qayaamat Tak' thirty times.

What have you to say for your flop films?

My movies 'Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein', 'Deewanapan' and 'Tumko Naa Bhool Payenge' may have bombed at the box office, but I consider them good films. I don't bother whether a film had proved hit or otherwise. I consider my performance in a film as more important. I feel that 'Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein' has my best performance.
What kind of role you like most?

I like to do the role of Madhuri in 'Tezaab', of Sridevi in 'Chaalbaaz', of Meenakshi Sheshadari in 'Damini' and of Kareena Kapoor in 'Asoka'. I like these kinds of roles, and look forward to doing them in near future.

Don't you agree that beauty queens don't succeed in films?

I don't agree with this. Those who succeeded in beauty contests have done extremely well. From Zeenat Amaan onwards, all the beauty queens have been charming the audiences. However, we cannot expect every movie of every one of them to be a hit. But beauty queens have proved beyond doubt that they can succeed on the big screen too. In fact, Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai have blasted this myth that beauties cannot be good actresses.