Since her acting debut with the 2001 film Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein, Dia Mirza has featured in some memorable Hindi movies. Last seen in Operation Safed Sagar, Dia recently joined Zoom for an exclusive conversation on its Spotlight Sessions. During a candid chat with us, the Bollywood actress recalled working on Tumsa Nahin Dekha directed by Anurag Basu. Dia admitted that she not only enjoyed doing the film with Emraan Hashmi, but also learned a lot from it. She further spoke about stripping for a song in the 2004 movie. Read on to know more.
Dia Mirza On Tumsa Nahin Dekha Song
On Spotlight Sessions, revealed she learned how to feel safe, comfortable and strong in her body while working on Tumsa Nahin Dekha. The actress even learned how not to feel ‘objectified’ even if she was baring it. Dia shared that the film was being directed by Anurag, which later got completed by Mohit Suri. On the other hand, Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt were the producers.
She further gave an example of song where she had to strip. “Bhatt sahab used to be on the set a lot because he kind of worked on it. I really enjoyed working on that movie. I remember this song that Vaibhavi Merchant shot with us and that is the only thing I told the producers. It was a song that I had to strip my clothes in and it had to come down to basically a bra and underwear – I needed to feel comfortable,” she said.
The actress continued to mention, “We had a crowd of 500 people, which was all men and crew of 200 people, which was also mostly men. Aur mujhe iss gaane mein jo mila vo shayad hi apne kisi aur film ke through mila hoga. I realised I could be totally and completely unaffected by the male gaze and revel and celebrate my own feminine energy and my beauty and not be minimised by that gaze.”
Dia Mirza
Dia admitted that the entire experience was ’empowering’. According to her, it is the kind of people you work with who need to make you feel right. In her experience, it was choreographer Vaibhavi, her perception of the song and the way she was shot in the track. “It was Bhatt sahab, Anurag and Emraan and just everyone there who made me realise that it’s not always about that, but much more.”
Dia Mirza Work Front
On the work front, Dia was last seen in . The actress played the role of Kamalpreet Kaur Dhanoa in the series, which is streaming on Netflix.