Aasia

Aasia Begum, better known as Aasia, (13 November 1952 – December 2020) 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]

Aasia
Born13 November 1952[1]
Patiala, Punjab, India
Died9 decamber 2020 (aged 80)[1]
lahore, punjab, pakistan
NationalityPakistani
OccupationFilm actress
Years active1970–mid 1990s[1]
Awards2 Nigar Awards

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. 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.[3]

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][3]

Filmography
YearTitleRoleNotes
1972Do Rangeelay
1973Jeera BladeAzra
1974Naukar Wohti DaRazia
1975Sheeda PastolNajma
Sharif BadmashBalli
Wehshi JattMukkho Jatti
1976Hukam Da GhulamRazia
BadtameezShazia / Zareena
Jano KapattiShaano
Chitra Te SheraAmina
1978Ranga Daku
1979Maula JattMukkho Jatti
Wehshi Gujjar
1980Behram DakuTaji
1981Maula Jatt in LondonMukkho Jatti
Athra PuttarLachhi
Sher Khan
1982Medan
1983Des PardesRano
1986Yeh Adam

Awards and honours
Nigar Awards

Won

See also

References
  1. "Film star Aasia is no more". Dawn.com. 10 March 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  2. INP. "Veteran Pakistani actress Aasia dies in Canada". The Nation newspaper. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  3. Khan, Sher. "Transition: Aasia Begum passes away in Canada". The Express Tribune newspaper. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  4. Actress Aasia's 2 Nigar Awards on janubaba.com website Retrieved 6 June 2019


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