Dia Mirza aur beauty standards ka kissa
Saal 2000, yaad hai? India ke liye beauty pageants mein ek kamaal ka saal tha. Dia Mirza ne Miss Asia Pacific ka crown jeeta, Priyanka Chopra Miss World bani, aur Lara Dutta Miss Universe. Wah! Teeno ne desh ka naam roshan kiya.
Dia Mirza ne apna Bollywood debut ‘Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein’ se kiya, R Madhavan ke opposite. Box office pe film jyada nahi chali, but baad mein cult classic ban gayi. Log aaj bhi is film ko pasand karte hain.
Dia, jo apni khubsurati ke liye famous thi, unhone bataya ki uss time ke beauty standards ke hisaab se ढलने ke liye kitni mehnat karni padti thi. Woh ab apni purani films dekh kar uncomfortable feel karti hain, kyunki unhone light-coloured lenses tak pehne.
Aishwarya Rai se comparison?
Dia ne yeh bhi bataya ki unki tulna aksar purani beauty queens se hoti thi, khaaskar Aishwarya Rai Bachchan se. Zoom ko diye interview mein Dia ne kaha, “Jab maine acting shuru ki, toh meri tulna former beauty queens se bahut hoti thi, especially Aishwarya Rai se. 19 saal ki umar mein yeh ek bada compliment tha, kyunki main naye naye industry mein aayi thi. But, yeh ek dangerous trend bhi tha.”
Dia ne aage kaha, “Is comparison ki wajah se mujhse expect kiya jata tha ki main bhi Aishwarya jitni refined aur beautiful dikhun. Lekin, mujhe jaldi hi samajh aa gaya ki beautiful dikhne ke liye light-eyed aur light-skinned hona zaroori nahi hai. Aap apne aap mein puri tarah se beautiful ho sakte ho.”
Unhone kaha ki woh uss time khud ko comfortable mehsoos nahi karti thi.
Ab kya kar rahi hain Dia?
Dia Mirza ko last time ‘Bheed’ mein dekha gaya tha, Rajkummar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar, Pankaj Kapur, Kritika Kamra, Ashutosh Rana aur Dia Mirza ke saath.
Kuch aur baatein
Yeh news entertainment industry ke liye important hai. Dia ka yeh statement beauty standards ke bare mein ek important discussion shuru kar sakta hai. Aaj ke time mein yeh bahut zaroori hai ki hum natural beauty ko appreciate karen.
