Diya is an actress.

Career

Diya was born into a Brahmin family in

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, and her family settled in Chennai when she was two years old. She trained as a dancer through lessons at the

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, while also completing a bachelor's degree in psychology, a course in fashion technology, and a postgraduate course in computer science. Her first lead role came through Vishnuvardhan's ''

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'' (2003), and she subsequently played a similar glamorous role alongside

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in ''

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'' (2004). The actress was married in 2006 and subsequently opted out of the several unreleased projects she had committed to, including ''Seven'', ''Sooravali'' and ''Century Raagam'' and thus ended her acting career. She married software engineer Aravind.

Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Diya Living people Actresses from Kolkata Indian film actresses 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses in Telugu cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema Place of birth missing (living people) Actresses in Malayalam cinema 1985 births