- By Swati Singh
- Thu, 17 Apr 2025 06:24 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Dia Mirza’s 2019 web series Kaafir is set to re-release as a movie. The actress played the role of a Pakistani woman who unknowingly crosses the Indian border. She is then imprisoned like a militant. Recently, the actress opened up about the rape scene in Kaafir which was emotionally exhausting for her. “When you take your entire body into the truth of that moment, you feel it. You feel it to its full extent,” she said.
Dia Mirza opens up about the rape scene in her Zee5 web series Kaafir
In a conversation with News18 Showsha, Dia Mirza said, “I remember when we shot the rape scene, it was so hard. I was shaking physically after we got done with filming that scene. I remember throwing up. I vomited after we finished rolling that entire sequence. That’s how emotionally and physically demanding those situations were.”
“There were many, many, moments in it which were really hard. We were filming in like the most poetically beautiful environment. We were shooting in Himachal in the most beautiful locations, and we actually shot 360 pages over 45 days. So we’re clocking something between 15 to 18 minutes of springtime a day. It is a lot. So work days were long, they were gruelling, but my God, they were just so rewarding because it’s not often that a part like this comes to you. It’s one in a lifetime opportunity. These stories don’t really get told. So it was just a win, win, win, win at every level,” she further explained.
Talking about the emotional turmoil she went through after the rape scene in Kaafir, Mirza said, “I think the first and most important thing one needs to feel as an artist is empathy towards the character that you’re playing and embodying. So that when you play, you’re absolutely true to the story and to everything within it. Playing Kainaaz actually made me a mother much before I became a biological mother. It was because of the kind of intensity and ferocity and love and protectiveness I felt for her while working on the show.”
Kaafir is a 2019 Indian web TV series which has been directed by Sonam Nair. It is inspired by the true story of Shehnaz Parveen. The series has been written by Bhavani Iyer and stars Dia Mirza and Mohit Raina in lead roles. Kaafir has 8 episodes which premiered on June 15, 2019 on Zee5.