When Salman Khan Told Dia Mirza She’ll Play His Mother’s Role One Day

Mumbai: Actress Dia Mirza, who played the leading lady opposite Salman Khan in ‘Tumko Na Bhool Payenge’ shared in a recent interview that the film holds a special place in her heart.

Recollecting memories from the sets, Diya told Connect Cine that while shooting for the film, Salman told her she will be playing the role of his mother one day.

“Hum shoot kar rahe the Rajpal Yadav ke saath and bahut funny scene chal raha tha. Scene ke time pe jo lady Salman ki mother play kar rahi thi woh bhi thi. She was waiting for her shot. Salman aise hi mujhse kehte hain, ‘Tumko pata hain ki ek time pe this lady who is playing my mother was my heroine!’ I said kya (We were shooting with Rajpal Yadav, and during that scene, the actor who was playing Salman’s mother was waiting for her shot. Salman then told me that the same lady played the heroine in one of his early films! I was like what)? I was shocked, I could not believe it! He was like yeah she was my leading lady in a film. I was like, then she is your age and she is playing your mother? He was like, yeah and one day, you will play my mother!” said Diya.

“I was like ‘I hope that day never comes!’ Of all my memories working with Salman, this was a distinct one because this was so hilarious! I was so baffled by that, but I remember him being extremely protective and caring… at that, there was no gender-balance on sets. There were very less women on set,” she added.

Dia had made her Bollywood debut with Gautham Vasudev Menon’s ‘Rehna Hai Terre Dil Mein’, opposite R. Madhavan.

Dia has acted in films like ‘Dum’, ‘Tehzeeb’, ‘Tumsa Nahin Dekha’, ‘Parineeta’, ‘Dus’, ‘Fight Club – Members Only’, ‘Alag’, ‘Lage Raho Munna Bhai’, ‘Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd’, ‘Sanju’, ‘Thappad’ and ‘Bheed’.

Diya was last seen in the Netflix India series ‘IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack.’