Dia Mirza reveals Anil Kapoor was ‘responsible for convincing’ her to do films: He said ‘you’d be beautiful on screen'

Dia Mirza Rekhi revealed Anil Kapoor convinced her to enter films after meeting her post-Asia Pacific pageant.

Kapoor and Anupam Kher helped her get her first film role.

Mirza Rekhi and Kapoor reunited on screen in Alpha, 25 years later.

In Ikka, Mirza Rekhi worked with Sunny Deol and Akshaye Khanna.

She had previously approached Akshaye Khanna for a film she was producing, but it did not materialize.