Tahira Wasti طاہرہ واسطی | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tahira Shah 1944 |
| Died | 11 March 2012 (aged 67–68)
[1] |
| Nationality |
British Indian (1944–1947) Pakistani (1947–2012) |
| Occupations |
|
| Years active | 1964 - 2012 |
| Spouse | Rizwan Wasti (husband) [2] |
| Children |
Laila Wasti (daughter) Rehan Wasti (son) Adnan Wasti (son) |
| Relatives |
Maria Wasti (niece) Fahad Rehmani (son-in-law) |
Tahira Wasti ( Punjabi, Urdu: طاہرہ واسطی) (1944 – 11 March 2012) was a well-known Pakistani writer and television actress. [3] She was one of the leading actresses of Pakistan Television Screens. [4] She was one of the most popular actress of her time and was one of the most successful actress of 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. [5] [4] She is best known for portrayal of Isabella of Castile in the TV drama Shaheen. [1]
Tahira was born in 1944 at Sargodha, Punjab, ( British India) now in Pakistan. [6] She received her early education from Sargodha and later she moved to Lahore for higher education then Karachi. [6]
Tahira Wasti started her career with writing articles in a magazine at the age of 16 and she also worked as an English newscaster on PTV News in 1964. [1] [7] Tahira started working at Pakistan Television Corporation in 1968 by acting in a TV drama serial Jaib Katra based on a novel by Saadat Hasan Manto. [1] [8] [9] She appeared in a number of TV dramas from 1968 until the 1990s, most of them have become classics of PTV such as Kashkol, Jaangloos and Daldal. [10] [11] [12] Her prominent personality made her famous for playing regal roles suitable for representing royal, feudal or upper-class families, as in TV plays like Tipu Sultan: The Tiger Lord, Shaheen and Aakhri Chatan. [13] [14] [8]
She also wrote plays for television and showed special interest in science fiction. [6]
She was the wife of TV actor and English language newscaster Rizwan Wasti and was mother of TV actress Laila Wasti. [1] [15] Maria Wasti a famous TV actress is her niece. [9]
Tahira had developed heart ailments, depression because of her husband's death and diabetes. [6] She died of natural causes on 11 March 2012, in Karachi, at the age of 68. [1] [16]
- Afshan [3]
- Daldal
- Fishaar [1]
- Jaib Katra - 1968
- Jaangloos
- Pyas - 1989 [17]
- Kashkol - 1990s [1]
- Shaheen [1]
- Raat
- Andhera Ujala
- Shikayatain Hakayatain
- Tipu Sultan: The Tiger Lord
- Harjai
- Fanooni Lateefay
- Dil, Diya, Dehleez
- Maamta
- Shanakht
- Moorat
- Doraha
- Raat Gaye
- StarNite
- Chotay Baray Loag
- Deewana
- Harjaee
- Aakhri Chatan
- Aawazain
- Chand Grehan
- Dil Ki Dehleez Par
- Nadan Nadia
- Khaleej
- Shaam Se Pehlay (PTV drama serial)
- Noori Jam Tamachi
- Heer Waris Shah (PTV drama serial) [3]
- Bushra Bushra
- Damad House
- Parsa
- Pukaar
- Deemak (Long play)
- Parsa (screenplay writer)
- Hazaron Saal (co-writer)
- Bheegi Palkain (writer)
In 2021 on 16 August the Government of Pakistan named a street and intersection after her in Lahore. [19]
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1st Indus Drama Awards | Best Writer | Nominated | Bheegi Palkain | [20] |
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Renowned TV actress Tahira Wasti dies at age 68, Dawn (newspaper), Published 11 March 2012, Retrieved 14 June 2017
- ^ "Actor Rizwan Wasti is dead". Dawn News. 12 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d TV artist Tahira Wasti dies at 68, Dunya News website, Published 11 March 2012, Retrieved 14 June 2017
- ^ a b "تاریخی کرداروں سے غیرمعمولی شہرت حاصل کرنے والی اداکارہ طاہرہ واسطی کی برسی". ARY News. 23 September 2022.
- ^ "معروف اداکارہ طاہرہ واسطی کا انٹرویو". TV Times Magazine: 218.
- ^ a b c d "BBC Urdu - فن فنکار - پاکستانی فنکارہ طاہرہ واسطی انتقال کرگئیں". BBC News website. 11 March 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ "Veteran actress Tahira Wasti remembered". Daily Times. 23 January 2021.
- ^ a b Tahira Wasti passes away, Daily Times newspaper, Published 12 March 2012, Retrieved 14 June 2017
- ^ a b "TV actress Tahira Wasti passes away". The Nation newspaper. 12 March 2012. Archived from the original on 20 November 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ South and Southeast Asia Video Archive Holdings, Issue 5. University of Wisconsin--Madison. p. 81.
- ^ Third World International, Volume 12. S. J. Iqbal. p. 39.
- ^ Third World International, Volume 12. S. J. Iqbal. p. 40.
- ^ Pakistan TV actress Tahira Wasti passes away, Times of Ummah (Newspaper), Retrieved 14 June 2017
- ^ Globe. A. Mahmood. p. 82.
- ^ "Geo Urdu - ٹی وی فنکارہ طاہرہ واسطی انتقال کرگئیں". Geo TV website (in Urdu language). 11 March 2012. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ "Veteran television actor Tahira Wasti passes away". The Express Tribune. 11 September 2021.
- ^ "Inmemoriam: Nusrat Thakur (1937-2009)". Dawn News. 4 July 2021.
- ^ Globe. A. Mahmood. p. 86.
- ^ "Lahore streets, intersections to be named after famous personalities". Dawn News. 25 February 2022.
- ^ "Best writer serial". daily motions. Indus TV Network. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- Tahira Wasti at IMDb
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
- 1944 births
- 2012 deaths
- Pakistani television actresses
- People from Sargodha District
- Pakistani television writers
- Actresses from Karachi
- Writers from Karachi
- Pakistani dramatists and playwrights
- Pakistani women dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century Pakistani actresses
- Pakistani film actresses
- 21st-century Pakistani actresses
- Women television writers
- Pakistani television newsreaders and news presenters
Tahira Wasti طاہرہ واسطی | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tahira Shah 1944 |
| Died | 11 March 2012 (aged 67–68)
[1] |
| Nationality |
British Indian (1944–1947) Pakistani (1947–2012) |
| Occupations |
|
| Years active | 1964 - 2012 |
| Spouse | Rizwan Wasti (husband) [2] |
| Children |
Laila Wasti (daughter) Rehan Wasti (son) Adnan Wasti (son) |
| Relatives |
Maria Wasti (niece) Fahad Rehmani (son-in-law) |
Tahira Wasti ( Punjabi, Urdu: طاہرہ واسطی) (1944 – 11 March 2012) was a well-known Pakistani writer and television actress. [3] She was one of the leading actresses of Pakistan Television Screens. [4] She was one of the most popular actress of her time and was one of the most successful actress of 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. [5] [4] She is best known for portrayal of Isabella of Castile in the TV drama Shaheen. [1]
Tahira was born in 1944 at Sargodha, Punjab, ( British India) now in Pakistan. [6] She received her early education from Sargodha and later she moved to Lahore for higher education then Karachi. [6]
Tahira Wasti started her career with writing articles in a magazine at the age of 16 and she also worked as an English newscaster on PTV News in 1964. [1] [7] Tahira started working at Pakistan Television Corporation in 1968 by acting in a TV drama serial Jaib Katra based on a novel by Saadat Hasan Manto. [1] [8] [9] She appeared in a number of TV dramas from 1968 until the 1990s, most of them have become classics of PTV such as Kashkol, Jaangloos and Daldal. [10] [11] [12] Her prominent personality made her famous for playing regal roles suitable for representing royal, feudal or upper-class families, as in TV plays like Tipu Sultan: The Tiger Lord, Shaheen and Aakhri Chatan. [13] [14] [8]
She also wrote plays for television and showed special interest in science fiction. [6]
She was the wife of TV actor and English language newscaster Rizwan Wasti and was mother of TV actress Laila Wasti. [1] [15] Maria Wasti a famous TV actress is her niece. [9]
Tahira had developed heart ailments, depression because of her husband's death and diabetes. [6] She died of natural causes on 11 March 2012, in Karachi, at the age of 68. [1] [16]
- Afshan [3]
- Daldal
- Fishaar [1]
- Jaib Katra - 1968
- Jaangloos
- Pyas - 1989 [17]
- Kashkol - 1990s [1]
- Shaheen [1]
- Raat
- Andhera Ujala
- Shikayatain Hakayatain
- Tipu Sultan: The Tiger Lord
- Harjai
- Fanooni Lateefay
- Dil, Diya, Dehleez
- Maamta
- Shanakht
- Moorat
- Doraha
- Raat Gaye
- StarNite
- Chotay Baray Loag
- Deewana
- Harjaee
- Aakhri Chatan
- Aawazain
- Chand Grehan
- Dil Ki Dehleez Par
- Nadan Nadia
- Khaleej
- Shaam Se Pehlay (PTV drama serial)
- Noori Jam Tamachi
- Heer Waris Shah (PTV drama serial) [3]
- Bushra Bushra
- Damad House
- Parsa
- Pukaar
- Deemak (Long play)
- Parsa (screenplay writer)
- Hazaron Saal (co-writer)
- Bheegi Palkain (writer)
In 2021 on 16 August the Government of Pakistan named a street and intersection after her in Lahore. [19]
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1st Indus Drama Awards | Best Writer | Nominated | Bheegi Palkain | [20] |
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Renowned TV actress Tahira Wasti dies at age 68, Dawn (newspaper), Published 11 March 2012, Retrieved 14 June 2017
- ^ "Actor Rizwan Wasti is dead". Dawn News. 12 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d TV artist Tahira Wasti dies at 68, Dunya News website, Published 11 March 2012, Retrieved 14 June 2017
- ^ a b "تاریخی کرداروں سے غیرمعمولی شہرت حاصل کرنے والی اداکارہ طاہرہ واسطی کی برسی". ARY News. 23 September 2022.
- ^ "معروف اداکارہ طاہرہ واسطی کا انٹرویو". TV Times Magazine: 218.
- ^ a b c d "BBC Urdu - فن فنکار - پاکستانی فنکارہ طاہرہ واسطی انتقال کرگئیں". BBC News website. 11 March 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ "Veteran actress Tahira Wasti remembered". Daily Times. 23 January 2021.
- ^ a b Tahira Wasti passes away, Daily Times newspaper, Published 12 March 2012, Retrieved 14 June 2017
- ^ a b "TV actress Tahira Wasti passes away". The Nation newspaper. 12 March 2012. Archived from the original on 20 November 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ South and Southeast Asia Video Archive Holdings, Issue 5. University of Wisconsin--Madison. p. 81.
- ^ Third World International, Volume 12. S. J. Iqbal. p. 39.
- ^ Third World International, Volume 12. S. J. Iqbal. p. 40.
- ^ Pakistan TV actress Tahira Wasti passes away, Times of Ummah (Newspaper), Retrieved 14 June 2017
- ^ Globe. A. Mahmood. p. 82.
- ^ "Geo Urdu - ٹی وی فنکارہ طاہرہ واسطی انتقال کرگئیں". Geo TV website (in Urdu language). 11 March 2012. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ "Veteran television actor Tahira Wasti passes away". The Express Tribune. 11 September 2021.
- ^ "Inmemoriam: Nusrat Thakur (1937-2009)". Dawn News. 4 July 2021.
- ^ Globe. A. Mahmood. p. 86.
- ^ "Lahore streets, intersections to be named after famous personalities". Dawn News. 25 February 2022.
- ^ "Best writer serial". daily motions. Indus TV Network. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- Tahira Wasti at IMDb
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
- 1944 births
- 2012 deaths
- Pakistani television actresses
- People from Sargodha District
- Pakistani television writers
- Actresses from Karachi
- Writers from Karachi
- Pakistani dramatists and playwrights
- Pakistani women dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century Pakistani actresses
- Pakistani film actresses
- 21st-century Pakistani actresses
- Women television writers
- Pakistani television newsreaders and news presenters