Dia Mirza cannot touch her next co-star

After a gap of five years, Dia Mirza will be returning to acting with an Indo-Iranian film titled ‘Salaam Mumbai’. The actress says that she will not be allowed to touch her co-star in the film due to censorship in Iranian cinema.

Speaking to Mumbai Mirror, Mirza said, “They are honest filmmakers and tell pertinent stories about a culture we are unfamiliar with. We were to start shooting Salaam Mumbai last year but they could come down only in January. It’s fascinating shooting with a crew drawn from India, Los Angeles and France…��The women have to wear a hijab and at a time when physical demonstrations of affection are common in Hindi cinema, in this film I cannot touch my co-star. These are things we take for granted here.”

The project is being directed by Iranian director��Ghorban Mohammadpour.

Mirza was last seen on the big screen in her own production, ‘Love Breakups Zindagi’ (2011).

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