EXCLUSIVE: Dia Mirza Reveals How Tumsa Nahin Dekha Changed Her, Recalls Stripping Bare In Front Of 100 Men On Sets; Admits, “I Wasn’t So Confident In My Body”

Dia Mirza has opened up about performing bold roles and scenes during the early years of her career, reflecting on how the experience shaped her as an actor and helped her overcome personal inhibitions. Recalling her work in Tumsa Nahin Dekha, the actress revealed that the film, particularly the song “Mujhe Tumse Mohabbat Hai,” proved to be a liberating experience while speaking exclusively to Bollywood Bubble. Coming from a conservative background, Dia admitted she was initially not confident about her body. She also recalled the challenges of filming the song while feeling completely supported and safe on set. Looking back on 25 years in the industry, she credited these experiences for shaping her artistic journey. Scroll down to read the full story.

Dia Mirza On Performing Bold Roles

Speaking about performing bold roles or scenes then vs now, Dia Mirza answered, “Waise characters utne likhe nahi jaate the, especially mainstream format mein. Of course, maine aisi films mein bhi kaam kiya hai jahan par… Lete? Tumsa nahi dekha, which was like which was inspired by Pretty Woman. And it was very interestingly done. It was a very interesting film for me to work on. Because I always actually think back to that film, and I think of how liberating it was as an experience.”

She continued, “Because there were lots of, you know, preconceived concepts aur ideas that I shed when I worked on that film. I was a girl who came from Hyderabad. I came from a very conservative background. And, I was very, I wasn’t so confident in my body. That film made me really confident in my body, because there is that one song, ‘Mujhe Tumse Mohabbat Hai.’ That really unshackled me.”

Dia Mirza On How Mujhe Tumse Mohabbat Hai Liberated Her

The actress said, “It kind of liberated me in ways that I would have never imagined. And the confidence with which I was able to perform the song came from, of course, the fact that Vaibhavi Merchant, who is the choreographer of the song. And everyone working on it made me feel so safe. But it was possibly one of the most difficult things that I’ve ever done as a girl. Because I had to strip bare, almost down to underwear and a bra, in front of hundreds of men on set.”

She continued, “And it could have felt like a very… how do I explain it? It felt, but it didn’t, because by then, by the time we shot the song, I had become so aware of how important it is to find an actor’s character truth and what you are conveying through a character, that it didn’t matter to me whether there were 500 people or 1,000 people in the room.”

Concluding, Dia said, “And I feel like there are lots of things like that that are connected to earlier parts of my career that have informed the artist that I have become today. And if I’m able to bring nuance and texture, or like a lived truth, to a moment, it comes because of the things that I have been able to overcome within myself over this journey of 25 years. And I think it’s also a continuous process, right? Hopefully, I will keep learning, and I will keep getting better.”

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