People seem to be loving her looks. Very rarely in Indian community people see a person with eyes like aishwarya.

and many just like her acting

but sushmita sen is mesmerizing too. they both ran against each other once or may be twice.. [ don’t know..i was too young then to be allowed to watch beauty pageant shows.] but i think have seen more of aiswharya movies than sushmita movies. First one was Biwi no 1 back in the 90s where she played the other woman .

winning miss universe and surviving in Bollywood are 2 different things. Sushmita sen is a great speaker but I don’t think she’s particularly good at anything that would help her Bollywood carrier. Like, she’s not an extraordinary actress or dancer. Aishwarya tho an average actress, can dance well. She signed the right films which made her utilize her talent. Sushmita sen’s talent lies in her amazing speaking skills

Why has Diya Mirza of RHTDM fame not become a top A list actress, alongside Aishwarya Rai and Sushmita Sen?

Okay, so I understand why Aishwarya Rai’s name propped up here, but I don’t understand why Sushmita Sen!

Sushmita Sen and Dia Mirza have both acted in main roles in 32–33 hindi films.

Perosnally I believe that Dia Mirza has chosen most of her films very carefully. She did not care about how big or small the role was but the role should have depth and meaning. And she protrayed those roles amazingly well. She slowed down after 2014, when she got married. In 2019, after her divorce, she acted in 2 web series and produced one. In 2020 she has come/coming in 2 movies.

So no, she is not an A-list (neither is Sushmita Sen), but I think that she is quite a successful actor/producer and takes her time to decide on a role.

Fun Fact: In an interview with Pinkvilla, she said that at one point, she was deemed “too pretty” for the modelling industry and would often get rejected. She could never understand the concept of too pretty and being rejected for being pretty 😛

Edit 1: Almost 500 upvotes! Thank you for showing so much love.

As many people below have mentioned, while Aishwarya Rai and Sushmita Sen debuted much earlier, Dia Mirza debuted much later.

Yes, she has not done many films, but she has done films close to her. She did not care if she was the main actor or a side actor, content mattered to her. She is focusing on causes she believes in like Animals and Environment. And she is great at what she does! Just like Sushmita Sen took a back seat to take care of her daughters and Aishwarya Rai for her daughter!