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Aasia
Born 13 November 1952[1]

Patiala, Punjab, India
Died 9 March 2013 (aged 60)[1]

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Pakistani
Occupation Film actress
Years active 1970–mid 1990s[1]
Awards 2 Nigar Awards

Aasia Begum, better known as Aasia, (13 November 1952 – 9 March 2013) was a Pakistani film actress who was active in the 1970s and 1980s in the film industry. She was born in 1952 as Firdous in Punjab, India. She emigrated from India to Pakistan. She resided in Canada after retiring from her career, where she died on 9 March 2013, aged 60.[1][2]




Contents






  • 1 Filmography


  • 2 Career


  • 3 Awards


  • 4 Personal life


  • 5 Death


  • 6 References





Filmography









































































Title Released Language
Do Rangeelay
 1972
 Punjabi

Naukar Wohti Da
 1974
 Punjabi

Sharif Badmash
 1975
 Punjabi

Chitra Te Shera
 1976
 Punjabi

Ranga Daku
 1978
 Punjabi

Maula Jatt
 1979
 Punjabi

Wehshi Gujjar
 1979
 Punjabi

Behram Daku
 1980
 Punjabi

Athra Puttar
 1981
 Punjabi

Sher Khan
 1981
 Punjabi

Medan
 1982
 Punjabi

Des Pardes
 1983
 Punjabi

Yeh Adam
 1986
 Punjabi


Career


She had made her debut in the Pakistani film industry in 1970. She was introduced to Lollywood by film director Riaz Shahid in his movie, Gharnata (1970).[1] She acted in more than 179 Punjabi movies. She starred in several Urdu and Punjabi films.[3] Aasia shot to fame after playing the iconic role of 'Makhoo' in the Punjabi super-hit film Maula Jatt (1979). This role made her truly a star because it redefined the concept of 'Jatti' and 'Chaudhrani' in Pakistani Punjabi language films. Film actress Anjuman said that she modeled herself after her role in that film. Aasia had adopted her Punjabi language accent for film Maula Jatt (1979) based on people's accent from Sargodha and Jhang areas of Punjab.[4]



Awards


She won 2 Nigar Awards- first for Best Actress in film Qanoon in 1977 and for Best Supporting Actress in film Aag in 1979.[5]



Personal life


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



Death


Aasia ended her film career in the mid 1980s, and had been residing in Canada with her husband and four children. She never tried to rejoin the film industry once she quit it. Although she had travelled back to Karachi a couple years before she died for treatment of her illness at Agha Khan Hospital. She died on 9 March 2013 in Canada aged 60, from undisclosed causes. She was survived by her husband and four children.[1][4]



References





  1. ^ abcdefg "Film star Aasia is no more". Dawn.com. 10 March 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ INP. "Veteran Pakistani actress Aasia dies in Canada". The Nation newspaper. Retrieved 8 October 2016.


  3. ^ "Aasia Filmography". IMDB. Retrieved 8 October 2016.


  4. ^ ab Khan, Sher. "Transition: Aasia Begum passes away in Canada". The Express Tribune newspaper. Retrieved 8 October 2016.


  5. ^ "Nigar Awards - Complete History". Retrieved 8 October 2016.












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