Shiney Ahuja and Dia Mirza celebrate Children’s Day with Cancer affected kids at an event organized by CPAA Galaxy Co. Dia is looking too gorgeous in white dress in simple look.

Bollywood runs on herd mentality, acknowledging only the successful films of actors and not their talent,” said actress and former beauty queen Diya Mirza. Missing from the big screen since her cameo in the box office dud Krazzy 4, Diya hopes that her off-beat film Bits and Pieces, opposite Rahul Bose is released soon. She attributes her absence to the failure of her films and the industry’s “biased” attitude towards her.

“It was important for me to back off from films. I started my career on a good note with big banners, good producers and good actors, but the films didn’t do too well. We live in an industry that runs on herd mentality. It functions only on the number of successful films you have, not your talent,” Diya said.

In seven years, Diya has failed to deliver a memorable performance in the lead. She was, however, seen in cameos in hits like Parineeta, Lage Raho Munnabhai, Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd and Shootout at Lokhandwala. Not many know that the actress also worked in an offbeat project — National Award-winning director Manmohan Mahapatra’s Bits and Pieces opposite Rahul Bose. But the film is still awaiting release. “I am really sad people didn’t get to see the film despite its diverse story and strong characters. I hope it is released,” she said.

Diya currently has five projects in her kitty — Acid Factory, Johnny Mastana, Alibaug, Kaun Bola and Kisaan. The actress is more excited about Kaun Bola, which is Arshad Warsi’s first home production. “I play a girl called Gehna in the film. It is perhaps the meatiest role I have ever played. It is a character I instantly fell in love with. She is perhaps the most real character I’ve done in commercial movies. There is a lot of me in the film,” she said. The film is written by Arshad and also stars Boman Irani. “It is a funny, light-hearted as well as an emotional film. It is not a senseless comedy like we have these days.”

Diya says she is looking forward to exploring herself as an actor in her forthcoming projects. “Even if I do a small film, I need to explore myself now. Whatever I’m doing right now is satisfying me both personally and professionally. I am working very hard to get it right this time,” she said

Diya Mirza was recently invited at Sajid Khan’s chat show Sajid’s Superstars where the starlet made some very bold comments (probably it has something to do with her so called ‘bold’ makeover).In 2000, Miss Indias Lara Dutta, Priyanka Chopra and Dia Mirza all brought home international beauty crowns and did India proud. Sajid asked Dia as to who does she think is best of the three in Bollywood.

And Miss Loudmouth without battling an eye said ‘Me’ and she added that the collective potentials of Lara and Priyanka cannot match up to her talent.

I see… that is certainly not what your box office record tells us Ms. Mirza!