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Tahira Wasti (Punjabi, Urdu: طاہرہ واسطی) (1944 – 11 March 2012) was a well-known Pakistani writer and television actress. She was one of the most popular Pakistani TV actresses of her time as well as one of the most successful actresses of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. She is best known for her portrayal of Isabella of Castile in the TV drama Shaheen.
Early life
Tahira was born in 1944 in Sargodha, Punjab, (British India), now in Pakistan. She received her early education from Sargodha, and later moved to Lahore for higher education, then Karachi.
Career
Tahira Wasti started her career with writing articles in a magazine at the age of 16, and also worked as an English newscaster on PTV News in 1964. Tahira started working as an actor in the 1968 Pakistan Television Corporation in 1968 drama serial Jaib Katra based on a novel by Saadat Hasan Manto. 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. 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.
She also wrote plays for television and showed a special interest in science fiction.
Personal life
She was the wife of TV actor and English language newscaster Rizwan Wasti; they are the parents of TV actress Laila Wasti. Maria Wasti, a famous TV actress, is her niece.
Illness and death
Tahira had developed heart ailments, diabetes and had been deeply affected by her husband's death in January 2011. She died of natural causes on 11 March 2012, in Karachi, at the age of 68.
Filmography
= Television series
=Afshan
Daldal
Fishaar
Jaib Katra - 1968
Jaangloos
Pyas - 1989
Kashkol - 1990s
Shaheen
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)
Bushra Bushra
Damad House
Parsa
Pukaar
= Telefilm
=Operation Dwarka 1965
Uss Ki Biwi (a telefilm)
Karwat
= Film
=Kyun Tum Say Itna Pyar Hai
= As a writer
=Deemak (Long play)
Parsa (screenplay writer)
Hazaron Saal (co-writer)
Bheegi Palkain (writer)
Honour
In 2021 on 16 August the Government of Pakistan named a street and intersection after her in Lahore.
Awards and nominations
References
External links
Tahira Wasti at IMDb
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Tahira Wasti
- Laila Wasti
- Maria Wasti
- Rizwan Wasti
- Wasiti
- Parsa (TV series)
- Kashkol (TV series)
- Fishaar
- Hazaron Saal
- Tipu Sultan: The Tiger Lord
