Aasia

Aasia

Aasia

Pakistani film actress

Aasia Begum, better known as simply Aasia, (13 November 1951 – 9 March 2013) was a Pakistani film actress who was active in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.[1]

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Early life

Aasia was born in 1951 as Firdous in Patiala, Punjab, India.[2][1] She emigrated from India to Pakistan.[1] She resided in New York after retiring from her career, where she died on 9 March 2013, aged 60.[1][3]

Career

She made her debut in the Pakistani film industry in 1970 in a film by producer Shabab Kiranwi.[2][4] In the same year, she also acted in film director Riaz Shahid's movie Gharnata (1970).[1] Aasia acted in more than 179 Punjabi movies,[1] including also several Urdu films.[5] Aasia is best remembered for her role of 'Mukkho' in the Punjabi film Maula Jatt (1979). This role redefined the concept of 'Jatti' and 'Chaudhrani' in Pakistani Punjabi language films. In that film, she had based her Punjabi language accent on the Sargodha and Jhang accents.[1][3][2]

Personal life

She married a Karachi-based businessman, and they had four children together.[1]

Death

Aasia quit the film industry in the mid 1990s, and had been residing in New York with her family. She had sought treatment for some health issue in 2011 at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi and then quietly went back to New York.[1] She died on 9 March 2013 in New York aged 60, from undisclosed causes.[1][3][2][6]

Filmography

Film

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Awards and honours

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See also

References

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    Shoaib Ahmed (10 March 2013). "Film star Aasia is no more". Dawn. Pakistan. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
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    Khan, Sher (10 March 2013). "Transition: Aasia Begum passes away in Canada". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Retrieved 21 January 2022.
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    INP. "Veteran Pakistani actress Aasia dies in Canada". The Nation (Pakistani newspaper). Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
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    "Transition: Maula Jutt actor Aasia Begum passes away". The Express Tribune. 26 March 2022.
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    "Waheed Murad: remembering the Chocolate Hero of Pakistani cinema — Part II". Daily Times. 24 January 2022.
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    "The Nigar Awards (1972 - 1986)". The Hot Spot Online website. 5 January 2003. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
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    "Pakistan's "Oscars"; The Nigar Awards". Desi Movies Reviews. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
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