"Firsts are always special but ''RHTDM'' is a film that was ahead of its time and packaged romance in a beautiful story," Dia had said ealier.
Bollywood actress Dia Mirza, who is expecting her first child with husband Vaibhav Rekhi, recently opened up about rampant sexism in the Hindi film industry. In fact, referring to her 2001 debut film 'Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein', Dia acknowledged that it had sexist elements.
In an interview with Brut India, while talking about living in a 'patriarchal society' Dia said, "People were writing, thinking and making sexist cinema and I was a part of these stories... Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein has sexism in it... I was acting with these people. I was working with these people. It's crazy. I will give you small examples. A makeup artist could only be a man, could not be a woman. A hairdresser only had to be a woman... When I started working in films there were at best about four or five women on any given crew with a unit strength of over 120... sometimes 180 people."
"We live in a patriarchal society and it is an industry largely led by men. So there is rampant sexism. And I think for a large part it is not even conscious sexism because there are so many men who are writers, who are directors, who are actors, who are not even aware of their sexist thinking," she added.
Earlier in a 2019 interview with IANS, the former beauty queen, while remembering her debut film fondly as it clocked 18 years had said the romantic drama was ahead of its time.
"Firsts are always special but ''RHTDM'' is a film that was ahead of its time and packaged romance in a beautiful story. Apart from being a memorable start to my acting career, it has given me lifelong relationships and friendships that I cherish every day. Even now, it is difficult to believe it has been 18 years since we shot the film," Dia had said.
The film revolved around the characters of Maddy (played by R. Madhavan) and Reena (Dia). It had Maddy impersonating Reena's love interest Rajeev (Saif Ali Khan) and wooing her. The film, directed by Gautham Menon, was a remake of his Tamil film "Minnale".
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