Mumbai, Oct. 19 -- From Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein to Operation Safed Sagar, Dia Mirza has spent 25 years in Bollywood playing women who are resilient, deeply in love, ambitious and too layered to be filed away neatly. We first encountered her on-screen as the innocent Reena Malhotra in the romantic cult classic which also marked her Bollywood debut, and now she's come far enough to play resilient women that have cast an impression in real lives and reel lives. If there's a thread in Mirza's choice of roles, it is undoubtedly the instinct to play women with agency. As she completes 25 glorious years in Bollywood, here's looking at her journey that's seen an upward trajectory.

Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein - Reena Malhotra

Dia Mirza stepped i...