India, July 17 -- This year Dia Mirza Rekhi marks 25 years into films, and she does it with one of the busiest phases of her career. She recently had the release of Ikka with actors Sunny Deol and Akshaye Khanna, a cameo opposite actor Anil Kapoor in Alia Bhatt and Sharvari-starrer Alpha and now even a web series Operation Safed Sagar in the offing, which releases next month. While she gushes on the mention of the surge of work coming her way, it takes her back to the beginning of when it all began for her and reveals how it was Anil Kapoor who was actually responsible for her cinematic journey.

"Anil Kapoor was responsible for convincing me to become a part of films," the 44-year-old reveals, adding, "He met me right after my Asia Pacif...