While the former Miss India Asia Pacific (2000) has been paired with older heroes on a regular basis -- Salman Khan (Tumko Na Bhool Payenge), Ajay Devgan (Blackmail), Saif Ali Khan (Parineeta) and Suneil Shetty (Cash), she has been consigned to play the sister to heroes of her generation even before she gets a chance to romance them.

Dia appeared as Abhishek Bachchan's sister in Anubhav Sinha's Dus (2005) and reprised her sisterly act a year later in Vikram Chopra's Fight Club, this time playing Dino Morea's sibling.

Now consider this: Abhishek has appeared as the leading man opposite Dia's contemporaries and the other beauty queens of 2000 -- Lara Dutta (Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom) and Priyanka Chopra (Bluffmaster and the forthcoming Drona), while Dino was paired with Priyanka in Aap Ki Khatir. That makes Dia plain unlucky.

But Dia did get a chance to romance Abhishek -- even if it was just for a couple of minutes -- in Rajkumar Hirani's cult classic Lage Raho Munna Bhai.

And the award for the Best Bollywood Sibling goes to...

Suneil Shetty: This one isn't rigged. He definitely deserves it! :)

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