Diya Mirza

Mumbai, Fab 14

Diya Mirza 's performance in "Shootout At Lokhandwala" as a deglamourised, no-nonsense news reporter fetched her rave reviews. To further improve her acting skills, the actress pursued a course in cinema in New York.

Diya said: "'Shootout At Lokhandwala' is the kind of cinema that I believe in. I played a serious, socially aware woman who doesn't want to attract attention to her physicality. She's a woman in a man's world. She wants her work to be the focus of her personality. Unfortunately we actors cannot hope for such invisibility in our profession. But I'm trying."

To brace herself for more realistic cinema, Diya went to the US to sharpen her acting skills. "I was in New York to participate in a seven-day workshop in acting at New York University. It's very important for every actor to renew and refurbish her skills," she said.

She returned to play a pivotal character in Sanjay Gupta's "Alibaug".

Before Diya, it was Manisha Koirala who had gone to the US to do a course in cinema.

Watch out for Sonu Nigam and Diya Mirza coming together on screen and having some fun. And no, before you think that acting bug has bitten Sonu yet again, then that's not the case as this time around Diya has been roped in for a music video. T-Series is coming up with an album titled 'Kajra Nite' that has the remix of the oldie 'Kajra Mohabbat Waala' as its opening number. Choreographed by Vaibhavi Merchant, it has Sonu Nigam singing as well as performing in the music video while Alisha Chinoy lends her voice for Diya. A glossy track with an 'Indian' feel to it throughout, the song is noticeable for Diya looking million bucks. One hopes that this 'Kajra' does the same magic for Diya as it did for Ash in 'Kajra Re' [Bunty Aur Babli]