Dia
Mirza
is
one
of
the
few
leading
ladies
in
Bollywood
who
has
never
away
from
speaking
her
mind.
In
a
recent
interview,
the
Sanju
actress
opened
up
about
sexism
in
the
Hindi
industry
and
admitted
that
her
debut
film
Rehnaa
Hai
Terre
Dil
Mein
also
had
sexist
elements
in
it.
For
the
unversed,
the
2001
film
which
starred
Dia
Mirza
and
R
Madhavan
in
leading
roles,
revolves
around
Maddy
(Madhavan)
who
impersonates
Rajeev
(Saif
Ali
Khan),
the
person
his
love
interest,
Reena
(Dia
Mirza),
is
about
to
marry
and
attempts
to
woo
her.
Speaking
about
being
a
part
of
sexist
cinema,
Dia
told
Brut
India,
"People
were
writing,
thinking
and
making
sexist
cinema
and
I
was
a
part
of
these
stories...
Rehnaa
Hai
Terre
Dil
Mein
has
sexism
in
it...
I
was
acting
with
these
people.
I
was
working
with
these
people.
It's
crazy.
I
will
give
you
small
examples.
A
makeup
artist
could
only
be
a
man,
could
not
be
a
woman.
A
hairdresser
only
had
to
be
a
woman...
When
I
started
working
in
films
there
were
at
best
about
four
or
five
women
on
any
given
crew
with
a
unit
strength
of
over
120...
sometimes
180
people."
Dia
further
mentioned
that
we
live
in
a
patriarchal
society
and
talked
about
the
prevalence
of
'rampant
sexism'
in
an
industry
that
is
'largely
led
by
men'.
"We
live
in
a
patriarchal
society
and
it
is
an
industry
largely
led
by
men.
So
there
is
a
rampant
sexism.
And
I
think
for
a
large
part
it
is
not
even
conscious
sexism
because
there
are
so
many
men
who
are
writers,
who
are
directors,
who
are
actors,
who
are
not
even
aware
of
their
sexist
thinking," the
actress
told
the
portal.
After
winning
the
title
of
Miss
Asia
Pacific
International
in
2000,
Dia
Mirza
made
her
debut
in
Bollywood
in
Gautam
Menon's
romantic
comedy
Rehnaa
Hai
Terre
Dil
Mein
in
2001.
In
a
career
spanning
over
two
decades,
Mirza
starred
in
films
like
Deewaanapan,
Tumko
Na
Bhool
Paayenge,
Parineeta,
Thappad
and
others.
With
respect
to
her
personal
life,
the
actress
tied
the
knot
with
businessman
Vaibhav
Rekhi
earlier
this
year,
and
the
couple
is
expecting
their
first
child.