Updated On: 11 May, 2024 06:22 PM IST | Mumbai | Oshin Fernandes
This Mother’s Day, Dia Mirza gets candid with mid-day.com on her journey to motherhood, finding strength in the most trying times with her son Avyaan, and more.

Dia Mirza with son Avyaan Pic/Instagram
Mother’s Day 2024: Multifaceted achiever Dia Mirza dons multiple hats - actor, climate crusader, and mother. She recalls having a very strong maternal instinct for as long as she can remember, with her friends and family enjoying the benefits of it. “My co-stars have always called me Ammi Jaan,” she laughs. The actress had a tough wait though when it came to her being a mother for real. This Mother’s Day, the ‘Dhak Dhak’ star gets candid with mid-day.com on her journey to motherhood, finding strength in the most trying times with her son Avyaan, and more.
The ‘Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein’ star asserts that she was very clear early on in life that she wanted to have a child, although it took a long time for her to get there. “When I did discover that I was pregnant, it was the most beautiful moment of my life. It felt like everything that I had hoped for and wanted was finally going to happen. You don`t quite fully understand the depth of that emotion until you start living with your child, physically. And of course, the moments of the movement in your womb and just that knowing that, Oh my God, there`s a being inside me that`s growing. But the magic is in the interactions when the first smile that your child gives you, latches on to you, falls asleep in your arms, says, ‘Mama’, says, ‘I love you’.”