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{{Short description|Pakistani film actress (1952-2013)}}
{{Short description|Pakistani film actress}}
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{{Infobox person
| name              = Aasia Begum
| name              = Aasia Begum
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| birth_date        = 13 November 1952<ref name=Dawn/>
| native_name        = آسیہ بیگم
| birth_name        = Firdous Begum
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1951|11|13|df=y}}<ref name=Dawn/>
| birth_place        = [[Patiala]], [[Punjab, India]]
| birth_place        = [[Patiala]], [[Punjab, India]]
| death_date        = 9 March 2013 (aged 60)<ref name=Dawn/>
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|2013|3|9|1951|11|13|df=y}}<ref name=Dawn/>
| death_place        = Canada
| death_place        = [[Long Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States
| nationality        = [[Pakistan]]i
| occupation        = Actress
| occupation        = Film actress
| years_active      = 1970–1991<ref name=Dawn/>
| yearsactive        = 1970–mid 1980s<ref name=Dawn/>
| spouse            =
| children          = 3
| awards            = 2 [[Nigar Award]]s
| awards            = 2 [[Nigar Award]]s
}}
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'''Aasia Begum''', better known as '''Aasia''', (13 November 1952 – 9 March 2013) was a [[Pakistan]]i [[film actress]] who was active in the 1970s and 1980s in the film industry.<ref name=Dawn/> She was born in 1952 as Firdous in [[Punjab, India]].<ref name=Dawn/> She emigrated from India to [[Pakistan]].<ref name=Dawn/> She resided in [[Canada]] after retiring from her career, where she died on 9 March 2013, aged 60.<ref name=Dawn/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/lahore/09-Mar-2013/veteran-pakistani-actress-aasia-dies-in-canada |title=Veteran Pakistani actress Aasia dies in Canada |last=INP |work=[[The Nation (Pakistan)|The Nation]] |accessdate=8 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005071530/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/lahore/09-Mar-2013/veteran-pakistani-actress-aasia-dies-in-canada |archive-date=5 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
'''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.<ref name=Dawn/>
 
==Early life==
Aasia was born in 1951 as Firdous in [[Patiala]], [[Punjab, India]].<ref name="Tribune">{{cite web |last=Khan |first=Sher |date=10 March 2013 |title=Transition: Aasia Begum passes away in Canada |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/518581/transition-aasia-begum-passes-away-in-canada |access-date=21 January 2022 |publisher=The Express Tribune (newspaper)}}</ref><ref name=Dawn/> She emigrated from India to [[Pakistan]].<ref name=Dawn/> She resided in [[New York (state)|New York]] after retiring from her career, where she died on 9 March 2013, aged 60.<ref name=Dawn/><ref name=TheNation>{{cite web |url=https://www.nation.com.pk/09-Mar-2013/veteran-pakistani-actress-aasia-dies-in-canada |title=Veteran Pakistani actress Aasia dies in Canada |last=INP |work=The Nation (Pakistani newspaper) |date=9 March 2013 |access-date=21 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005071530/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/lahore/09-Mar-2013/veteran-pakistani-actress-aasia-dies-in-canada |archive-date=5 October 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
She had made her debut in the [[Pakistani film industry]] in 1970.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/274126/lal-mohammad-iqbal-the-forgotten-hero-duo|title=Lal Mohammad Iqbal — the forgotten hero duo|author=Amjad Parvez|website=Daily Times|date=28 July 2018|access-date=3 March 2021}}</ref> She was introduced to Lollywood by film director [[Riaz Shahid]] in his movie ''Gharnata'' (1970).<ref name=Dawn>{{cite web |url=http://dawn.com/2013/03/10/film-star-aasia-is-no-more |title=Film star Aasia is no more |publisher=Dawn.com |date=10 March 2013 |accessdate=8 October 2016}}</ref> She acted in more than 179 [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] movies.<ref name=Dawn/> She starred in several Urdu and Punjabi films.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/711879/25th-death-anniversary-of-sultan-rahi-observed|title=25th death anniversary of Sultan Rahi observed|website=Daily Times|date=10 January 2021|access-date=2 February 2021}}</ref> Aasia is best remembered for her iconic role of 'Mukkho' in the Punjabi blockbuster [[Maula Jatt|''Maula Jatt'']] (1979). This role redefined the concept of 'Jatti' and 'Chaudhrani' in Pakistani Punjabi language films.<ref name=Dawn/>
She made her debut in the [[Pakistani film industry]] in 1970 in a film by producer [[Shabab Kiranwi]].<ref name=Tribune/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/274126/lal-mohammad-iqbal-the-forgotten-hero-duo |title=Lal Mohammad Iqbal — the forgotten hero duo |author=Amjad Parvez |website=Daily Times (newspaper) |date=28 July 2018 |access-date=21 January 2022}}</ref> In the same year, she also acted in director [[Riaz Shahid]]'s movie ''Gharnata'' (1970).<ref name=Dawn>{{cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/791639/film-star-aasia-is-no-more |title=Film star Aasia is no more |author=Shoaib Ahmed |newspaper=Dawn|location=Pakistan |date=10 March 2013 |access-date=21 January 2022}}</ref> Aasia acted in more than 179 [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]],<ref name=Dawn/> and several Urdu films.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/711879/25th-death-anniversary-of-sultan-rahi-observed |title=25th death anniversary of Sultan Rahi observed |website=Daily Times |date=10 January 2021 |access-date=21 January 2022}}</ref> 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 accent on the [[Sargodha]] and [[Jhang]] accents.<ref name=Dawn/><ref name=TheNation/><ref name=Tribune/>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
She had married a Karachi-based businessman, and they had four children together.<ref name=Dawn/>
She married a Karachi-based businessman, and they had four children together.<ref name=Dawn/>


==Death==
==Death==
Aasia quit the film industry in the mid 1980s, and had been residing in Canada with her family.<ref name=Dawn/> She died on 9 March 2013 in Canada aged 60, from undisclosed causes.<ref name=Dawn/><ref name=Tribune>{{cite web |last=Khan |first=Sher |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/518581/transition-aasia-begum-passes-away-in-canada |title=Transition: Aasia Begum passes away in Canada |publisher=The Express Tribune newspaper |accessdate=8 October 2016}}</ref>
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 returned to [[Canada|New York]].<ref name=Dawn/> She died on 9 March 2013 in New York aged 60, from undisclosed causes.<ref name=Dawn/><ref name="Tribune" /><ref name=TheNation/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/518259/transition-maula-jutt-actor-aasia-begum-passes-away |title=Transition: Maula Jutt actor Aasia Begum passes away |website=The Express Tribune |date=26 March 2022}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
===Film===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes
|-
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" |Notes
| 1970 || ''Insaan Aur Aadmi'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Insaan Aur Aadmi]]'' || ||
| rowspan="6" | 1971 || ''Raja Rani'' || || Director and producer: Diljeet Mirza; in [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
|-
|-
| ''Yaaden'' || ||
|-
|-
| rowspan = "6" | 1971 || ''[[Raja Rani (1971 film)|Raja Rani]]'' || guest role|| Director and Producer: Diljeet Mirza; in [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pakistan Film Magazine |title=Punjabi film Raja Rani (1971) |url=https://www.pakmag.net/film/details.php?pid=1067 |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=www.pakmag.net}}</ref>
| ''Parai Aag'' || ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Yaaden]]'' || ||  
| ''Gharnata'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Parai Aag]]'' || ||   
| ''Charagh Kahan Roshni Kahan'' || ||   
|-
|-
| ''[[Gharnata]]'' || ||  
| ''Dil Aur Dunya'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Charagh Kahan Roshni Kahan]]'' || ||
| rowspan = "6" | 1972 || ''Main Akela'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Dil Aur Dunya]]'' || ||  
| ''Main Bhi To Insan Hun'' || ||  
|-
|-
| rowspan = "6" | 1972 || ''[[Main Akela]]'' || ||  
| ''Punnu Di Sassi'' || ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Main Bhi To Insan Hun]]'' || ||  
| ''Do Rangeelay'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Punnu Di Sassi]]'' || ||   
| ''Pazeb'' || ||   
|-
|-
| ''[[Do Rangeelay]]'' || ||  
| ''[[Umrao Jan Ada (film)|Umrao Jan Ada]]'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Pazeb]]'' || ||
| rowspan = "15" | 1973 ||''Khoon Da Darya'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Umrao Jan Ada]]'' || ||  
| ''Sheru'' || ||  
|-
|-
| rowspan = "15" | 1973 ||''[[Khoon Da Darya]]'' || ||  
| ''Mastana '' ||Female lead||Director: Al-Hamid; Producers: Khalifa Khursheed Ahmad, Khalifa Sarwar Saeed; in [[Urdu]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Sheru]]'' || ||  
| ''Sehray Kay Phool'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Mastana (1973 film)|Mastana]]'' ||Female lead||Director: Al-Hamid;
| ''Chaar Khoon De Pyasay'' || ||  
Producers: Khalifa Khursheed Ahmad, Khalifa Sarwar Saeed; in [[Urdu]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pakistan Film Magazine |title=Urdu film Mastana (1973) |url=https://www.pakmag.net/film/details.php?pid=1250 |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=www.pakmag.net}}</ref>
|-
|-
| ''[[Sehray Kay Phool]]'' || ||  
| ''Khuda Tay Maa'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Chaar Khoon day Pyasay]]'' || ||  
| ''Beimaan'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Khuda Tay Maa]]'' || ||  
| ''Daku Tay Insaan'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[BeImaan]]'' || ||  
| ''Maa Tay Qanoon'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Daku Tay Insaan]]'' || ||  
| ''Kehnday Nay Nainan'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Maa Tay Qanoon]]'' || ||  
| ''Ghairat Meray Veer Di'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Kehnday Nay Nainan]]'' || ||  
| ''Jhalli'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Ghairat Meray Veer Di]]'' || ||  
| ''Jeera Blade'' || Azra ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Jhalli]]'' || ||  
| ''Khabardar'' || ||Director: Diljeet Mirza; Producer: Atta Ullah Bosan; in Punjabi
|-
|-
| ''[[Jeera Blade]]'' || Azra ||  
| ''Ghulam'' || ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Khabardar (1973 film)|Khabardar]]'' || ||Director: Diljeet Mirza;
| rowspan = "7" | 1974 ||''Shehanshah'' || ||
Producer: Atta Ullah Bosan; in Punjabi<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pakistan Film Magazine |title=Punjabi film Khabardar (1973) |url=https://www.pakmag.net/film/details.php?pid=1315 |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=www.pakmag.net}}</ref>
|-
|-
| ''[[Ghulam (1973 film)|Ghulam]]'' || ||
| ''Khana day Khan Prohnay'' || || Punjabi<ref>{{cite book |last=Gazdar |first=Mushtaq |author-link=Mushtaq Gazdar |year=1997 |title=Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=278 |isbn=0-19-577817-0}}</ref>
|-
|-
| rowspan = "22" | 1974 ||''[[Shehanshah]]'' || ||  
| ''[[Pyar Hi Pyar (1974 film)|Pyar Hi Pyar]]'' || ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Pyar Hi Pyar]]'' || ||  
| ''Tum Salamat Raho'' || || Urdu<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/481169/waheed-murad-remembering-the-chocolate-hero-of-pakistani-cinema-part-ii |title=Waheed Murad: remembering the Chocolate Hero of Pakistani cinema — Part II |website=Daily Times |date=24 January 2022}}</ref>
|-
|-
| ''[[Bhola Sajjan]]'' || ||  
| ''Sasta Khoon Mehnga Pani'' || Rano || Punjabi<ref>{{cite book |last=Gazdar |first=Mushtaq |author-link=Mushtaq Gazdar |year=1997 |title=Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=278 |isbn=0-19-577817-0}}</ref>
|-
|-
| ''[[Sikandra (1974 film)|Sikandra]]'' || ||[[Punjabi language]] film<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pakistan Film Magazine |title=Punjabi film Sikandra (1974) |url=https://www.pakmag.net/film/details.php?pid=1349 |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=www.pakmag.net}}</ref> 
| ''Bhola Sajjan'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Lottery (1974 film)]]'' || || in Punjabi  
| ''Sikandra'' || || Punjabi
|-
|-
| ''[[Pyar Di Nishani]]'' || ||  
| rowspan = "10" | 1975 || ''Khooni Khet'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Yaar Mastanay]]'' || ||  
| ''Haku'' || || Punjabi
|-
|-
| ''[[Tum Salamat Raho]]'' || ||  
| ''Rawal'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Sher Tay Daler]]'' || ||  
| ''[[Khanzada (film)|Khanzada]]'' || ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Babul Mor Muharan]]'' || ||  
| ''[[Sharif Badmash]]'' || Balil || Punjabi<ref>{{cite book |last=Gazdar |first=Mushtaq |author-link=Mushtaq Gazdar |year=1997 |title=Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=281 |isbn=0-19-577817-0}}</ref>
|-
|-
| ''[[Namak Haraam]]'' || ||  
| ''Sar-e-Aam'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Jigar Da Tukra]]'' || ||  
| ''Hathkari'' || ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Noukar Wohti Da]]'' || Razia ||  
| ''Sheeda Pastol'' || Najma ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Neelaam]]'' || ||  
| ''Doghla'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Hashu Khan]]'' || ||  
| ''Shoukan Melay Di'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Sasta Khoon Mehnga Pani]]'' || ||  
| rowspan = "17" | 1976 ||''Mout Khed Jawana Di'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Khana day Khan Prohnay ]]'' || ||  
| ''Ajj Di Taza Khabar'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Sohna Mukhra]]'' || ||  
| ''Yaar Da Sehra'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Sohna Daku]]'' || ||  
| ''Akhar'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Do Tasviren]]'' || ||  
| ''Hukam Da Ghulam'' || Razia ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Suhag Mera Lahu Tera]]'' || ||  
| ''[[Ultimatum (1976 film)|Ultimatum]]'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[10 Numbri]]'' || ||  
| ''[[Toofan (1976 film)|Toofan]]'' || || Punjabi
|-
|-
| rowspan = "21" | 1975 ||''[[Khooni Khet]]'' || ||  
| ''Chor Nu Mor'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Haku (film)|Haku]]'' || ||In Punjabi<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pakistan Film Magazine |title=Punjabi film Haku (1975) |url=https://www.pakmag.net/film/details.php?pid=1446 |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=www.pakmag.net}}</ref>
| ''Jano Kapatti'' || Shanno ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Aadi Mujrim]]'' || ||  
| ''[[Anjaam (1976 film)|Anjaam]]'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Rawal]]'' || ||  
| ''Kothay Tapni'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Khanzada]]'' || ||  
| ''Dukki Tikki'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Jogi (1975 film)|Jogi]]'' || || In Punjabi<ref name="pkm-Aasia">{{cite magazine |last1=Pakistan Film Magazine |title=Aasia |url=https://www.pakmag.net/film/artist/Asiya.php |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=www.pakmag.net}}</ref>
| ''Mehboob Mera Mastana'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Ajj Di Gall]]'' || ||  
| ''[[Waada (1976 film)|Waada]]'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Reshma Jawan Ho Gayi]]'' || ||
| ''[[Dara (1976 film)|Dara]]'' || ||  
|-
| ''[[Sharif Badmash]]'' || Balli ||
|-
| ''[[Chhad Buray Di Yaari]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Wehshi Jatt]]'' || Mukkho Jatti ||
|-
| ''[[Ashiq Lok Soudai]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Shaheed]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Sar-e-Aam]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Hathkari]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Jor Tor Da Badshah]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Nawabzada]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Gunahgar]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Sheeda Pastol]]'' || Najma ||
|-
| ''[[Doghla]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Shoukan Melay Di]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan = "26" | 1976 ||''[[Mout Khed Jawana Di]]'' || || 
|-
| ''[[Ajj Di Taza Khabar]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Yaar Da Sehra]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Akhar]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Hukam Da Ghulam]]'' || Razia ||
|-
| ''[[Ultimatum]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Toofan (1976 film)|Toofan]]'' || || In Punjabi<ref name="pkm-Aasia"/>
|-
| ''[[Chor Nu Mor]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Jano Kapatti]]'' || Shaano ||
|-
| ''[[Anjaam]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Kothay Tapni]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Dukki Tikki]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Mehboob Mera Mastana]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Waada]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Dara]]'' || ||  
|-
| ''[[Warrant (1976 Punjabi film)|Warrant]]''<ref name="pkm-Aasia"/> || ||(Not to be confused with the 1975 Hindi-language film ''[[Warrant (film)|Warrant]]'')
|-
|-
| ''[[Chitra Te Shera]]'' || Amina ||  
| ''[[Chitra Te Shera]]'' || Amina ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Baghi Tay Farangi]]'' || ||
| ''Hashar Nashar'' || ||  
|-
| ''[[Pathar Tay Moti]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Badtameez]]'' || Shazia / Zareena ||
|-
| ''[[Club Dancer]]'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Truck Driver (1976 film)|Truck Driver]]'' || ||in Punjabi<ref name="pkm-Aasia"/>
| rowspan = "17" | 1977 ||''Dharti Lahu Mangdi'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Jagga Gujjar]]'' || ||  
| ''Dildar Sadqay'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Ajj Da Badmash]]'' || ||  
| ''Aakhri Medan'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Reshma Tay Shera]]'' || ||  
| ''April Fool'' || || [[Urdu]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Hashar Nashar]]'' || ||  
| ''Fraud'' || || Punjabi
|-
|-
| rowspan = "17" | 1977 ||''[[Dharti Lahu Mangdi]]'' || ||  
| ''Lahori Badshah'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Dildar Sadqay]]'' || ||  
| ''Haji Khokhar'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Aakhri Medan]]'' || ||  
| ''Sher Babbar'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[April Fool (1977 film)|April Fool]]'' || || in [[Urdu]]<ref name="pkm-Aasia"/>
| ''Qanoon'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Fraud (1977 film)|Fraud]]'' || ||in Punjabi<ref name="pkm-Aasia"/> 
| ''Pehli Nazar'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Lahori Badshah]]'' || ||  
| ''BeGunah'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Haji Khokhar]]'' || ||  
| ''Jeenay Ki Rah'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Sher Babbar]]'' || ||  
| ''Ghairat Di Mout'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Qanoon]]'' || ||  
| ''Baray Mian Deewanay'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Pehli Nazar]]'' || ||  
| ''Baghi Tay Qanoon'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[BeGunah]]'' || ||
| ''Himmat'' || || Punjabi
|-
| ''[[Jeenay Ki Rah]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Ghairat Di Mout]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Baray Mian Deewanay]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Baghi Tay Qanoon]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Himmat(1977 film)|Himmat]]'' || ||in Punjabi<ref name="pkm-Aasia"/> 
|-
|-
| ''[[Aakhri Goli]]'' || ||  
| ''[[Aakhri Goli]]'' || ||  
|-
|-
| rowspan = "14" | 1978 ||''[[Nidarr]]'' || ||  
| rowspan = "14" | 1978 ||''Nidarr'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Wafadar]]'' || ||  
| ''Wafadar'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Elaan (1978 film)|Elaan]]'' || || in Punjabi<ref name="pkm-Aasia"/>
| ''Elaan'' || || Punjabi
|-
|-
| ''[[Bohat Khoob]]'' || ||  
| ''Bohat Khoob'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Guarantee]]'' || ||  
| ''Guarantee'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Heera Tay Basheera]]'' || ||  
| ''Heera Tay Basheera'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Prince (1978 film)|Prince]]'' || ||  
| ''Prince'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Ibrat]]'' || ||  
| ''[[Ibrat (film)|Ibrat]]'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Jashan]]'' || ||  
| ''[[Jashan (1978 film)|Jashan]]'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Goga (1978 film)|Goga]]'' || || in Punjabi<ref name="pkm-Aasia"/>
| ''Goga'' || || Punjabi  
|-
|-
| ''[[Puttar Phannay Khan Da]]'' || ||  
| ''Puttar Phannay Khan Da'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Ranga Daku]]'' || ||  
| ''[[Ranga Daku]]'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Boycott (1978 film)|Boycott]]'' || || in Punjabi<ref name="pkm-Aasia"/>
| ''Boycott'' || || Punjabi  
|-
|-
| ''[[Lalkara]]'' || ||  
| ''Lalkara'' || ||  
|-
|-
| rowspan = "19" | 1979 ||''[[Notan Nu Salam]]'' || ||  
| rowspan = "16" | 1979 ||''Notan Nu Salam'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Moula Jatt]]'' || Mukkho Jatti ||  
| ''[[Maula Jatt]]'' || Mukkho Jatti ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Chalaan]]'' || ||  
| ''Chalaan'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Muqabla (1979 Punjabi film)|Muqabla]]'' || || in Punjabi<ref name="pkm-Aasia"/> (Not to be confused with the 1979 Hindi-language film ''[[Muqabla (1979 film)|Muqabla]]'')
| ''Muqabla'' || || Punjabi
|-
|-
| ''[[Goga Sher]]'' || ||  
| ''Goga Sher'' || || <ref>{{cite book |last=Gazdar |first=Mushtaq |author-link=Mushtaq Gazdar |year=1997 |title=Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=294 |isbn=0-19-577817-0}}</ref>
|-
|-
| ''[[Attal Faisala]]'' || ||  
| ''Attal Faisala'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Do Jeedar]]'' || ||  
| ''Do Jeedar'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Hathiar]]'' || ||  
| ''[[Hathiar]]'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Makhan Khan]]'' || ||  
| ''Makhan Khan'' || ||
|-
| ''Aag'' || || Urdu
|-
|-
| ''[[Jatt Da Kharak]]'' || ||  
| ''Jatt Da Kharak'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Bakka Rath]]'' || ||  
| ''Bakka Rath'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Permit (film)|Permit]]'' || ||  
| ''[[Permit (film)|Permit]]'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Dada Pota]]'' || ||  
| ''Dada Pota'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Ghunda Act]]'' || ||  
| ''Ghunda Act'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Wehshi Gujjar]]'' || ||  
| ''[[Wehshi Gujjar]]'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Ik Sharif 100 Badmash]]'' || ||  
| rowspan = "7" | 1980 ||''Dushman Mera Yaar'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Jatt Soorma]]'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Aag (1979 film)|Aag]]'' || || in Urdu<ref name="pkm-Aasia"/>
| ''Haseena Maan Jaye Gi'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Machlay Khan]]'' || ||
| ''Do Toofaan'' || ||  
|-
|-
| rowspan = "12" | 1980 ||''[[Dushman Mera Yaar]]'' || ||
| ''Yaar Dushman'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Haseena Maan Jaye Gi]]'' || ||  
| ''Mann Mauji'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Do Toofaan]]'' || ||
| ''Ladla Puttar'' || ||  
|-
| ''[[Yaar Dushman]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Mann Mauji]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Ladla Puttar]]'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Behram Daku]]'' || Taji ||  
| ''[[Behram Daku]]'' || Taji ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Sardar (1980 film)|Sardar]]'' || ||
| rowspan = "3" | 1981 || ''[[Khan-e-Azam]]'' || ||  
|-
| ''[[Double Cross (1980 film)|Double Cross]]'' || || in [[Urdu]]<ref name="pkm-Aasia"/>
|-
| ''[[Do Nishan]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Jhagra]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Raju Rangbaz]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan = "14" | 1981 ||''[[Shart (1981 film)|Shart]]'' || || in Punjabi<ref name="pkm-Aasia"/>
|-
| ''[[Khan-e-Azam]]'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Anokha Daaj]]'' || ||  
| ''[[Anokha Daaj]]'' || ||  
|-
| ''[[Gabhroo]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Sher Medan Da]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Moula Dad]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Sheran day Puttar Sher]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Toofan Tay Chattan]]'' || ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Athra Puttar]]'' || Lachhi ||
| ''[[Athra Puttar]]'' || Lachhi ||
|-  
|-  
| ''[[Khar Damagh]]'' || ||
| rowspan = "4" | 1982 || ''[[Ik Doli]]'' || ||  
|-
| ''[[Qanoon Shikan]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Basheera Tay Qanoon]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Rustam]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Jatt in London]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan = "4" | 1982 ||''[[Bharia Mela]]'' || ||  
|-
|-
| ''[[Ik Doli]]'' || ||  
| ''Lalay Di Jan'' || || Punjabi
|-
|-
| ''[[Medan]]'' || ||
| ''[[Medan]]'' || ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Lalay Di Jan]]'' || ||
| ''Bharia Mela'' || || Punjabi
|-
|-
| rowspan = "2" | 1983 ||''[[Des Pardes (1983 film)|Des Pardes]]'' || Rano ||   
| rowspan = "2" | 1983 ||''[[Des Pardes (1983 film)|Des Pardes]]'' || Rano ||   
|-
|-
| ''[[Nazra ]]'' || ||  
| ''[[Nazra (film)|Nazra]]'' || ||  
|-
|-
| rowspan = "2" | 1984 ||''[[Shanakhti Card]]'' || ||
| rowspan = "2" | 1984 || ''Shanakhti Card'' || || Punjabi
|-
|-
| ''[[Ilaqa Incharge]]'' || ||
| ''Ilaqa Incharge'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Angara (film)|Angara]]'' || ||Directed and produced by Mohammad Ikram; in Punjabi
| 1985 || ''[[Angara (film)|Angara]]'' || ||Directed and produced by Mohammad Ikram; in Punjabi
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| rowspan = "2" | 1986 ||''[[Baghi Sipahi (1986 film)|Baghi Sipahi]]'' || Pareeto || Directed and produced by Fiaz Sheikh; in Punjabi
| rowspan = "2" | 1986 ||''[[Baghi Sipahi (1986 film)|Baghi Sipahi]]'' || Pareeto || Directed and produced by Fiaz Sheikh; in Punjabi
|-
|-
| ''[[Yeh Adam]]'' || ||  
| ''[[Yeh Adam]]'' || ||
|-
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Meri Hathjori]]'' || ||
| 1989 || ''Meri Hathjori'' || || Directed by Masood Butt
|-
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Dushmani (1990 film)|Dushmani]]'' || || in Punjabi<ref name="pkm-Aasia"/>
| 1990 || ''Dushmani'' || || Punjabi
|-
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Chann Meray]]'' || ||
| 1991 || ''Chann Meray'' || || Punjabi
|}
|}


==Awards and honours==
==Awards and honours==
;[[Nigar Awards]]
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
'''Won'''
! Year !! Award !! Category !! Result !! Title !! Ref.
* [[List of Nigar awards#1977|Nigar Awards 1977]] - [[List of Nigar awards#1977|Best Actress]] for ''Qanoon''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.desimoviesreviews.com/index.php/2017/11/24/pakistans-oscars-nigar-awards/ |title=Pakistan's "Oscars": The Nigar Awards (scroll down for year 2000)|author=Swami Ji|website=The Hot Spot Film Reviews website|date=24 November 2017|access-date=13 June 2020}}</ref>
|-
* [[List of Nigar awards#1979|Nigar Awards 1979]] - [[List of Nigar awards#1979|Best Support Actress]] for ''Aag''<ref>[http://www.janubaba.com/c/forum/topic/20869/1/Lollywood/Nigar_Awards__Complete_History Actress Aasia's 2 Nigar Awards on janubaba.com website] Retrieved 6 June 2019</ref>
| 1977 || ''[[Nigar Award]]'' || ''Best Actress'' || {{Won}} || ''Qanoon'' ||<ref name=HOT2>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehotspotonline.com/moviespot/bolly/Lollywood/NigarAwards2.htm |date=5 January 2003 |archive-date=25 July 2008 |website=The Hot Spot Online website |title=The Nigar Awards (1972 - 1986) |access-date=21 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725090554/http://www.thehotspotonline.com/moviespot/bolly/Lollywood/NigarAwards2.htm}}</ref><ref name=Tribune/>
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Nigar Award]]'' || ''Best Supporting Actress'' || {{Won}} || ''Aag'' ||<ref name=HOT2/><ref name=Tribune/><ref>{{cite web |title=Pakistan's "Oscars"; The Nigar Awards. |url=https://www.desimoviesreviews.com/index.php/2017/11/24/pakistans-oscars-nigar-awards |website=Desi Movies Reviews |access-date=28 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722111654/https://www.desimoviesreviews.com/index.php/2017/11/24/pakistans-oscars-nigar-awards |archive-date=22 July 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|}


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0007545}}
* {{IMDb name|0007545}}
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{{NigarAwardBestSupportingActress }}


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Aasia Begum
آسیہ بیگم
Born
Firdous Begum

(1951-11-13)13 November 1951[1]
Patiala, Punjab, India
Died9 March 2013(2013-03-09) (aged 61)[1]
Long Island, New York, United States
OccupationActress
Years active1970–1991[1]
Children3
Awards2 Nigar Awards

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]

Early life[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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 director Riaz Shahid's movie Gharnata (1970).[1] Aasia acted in more than 179 Punjabi,[1] and 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 accent on the Sargodha and Jhang accents.[1][3][2]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

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

Death[edit | edit source]

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 returned to New York.[1] She died on 9 March 2013 in New York aged 60, from undisclosed causes.[1][2][3][6]

Filmography[edit | edit source]

Film[edit | edit source]

Year Film Role Notes
1970 Insaan Aur Aadmi
1971 Raja Rani Director and producer: Diljeet Mirza; in Punjabi
Yaaden
Parai Aag
Gharnata
Charagh Kahan Roshni Kahan
Dil Aur Dunya
1972 Main Akela
Main Bhi To Insan Hun
Punnu Di Sassi
Do Rangeelay
Pazeb
Umrao Jan Ada
1973 Khoon Da Darya
Sheru
Mastana Female lead Director: Al-Hamid; Producers: Khalifa Khursheed Ahmad, Khalifa Sarwar Saeed; in Urdu
Sehray Kay Phool
Chaar Khoon De Pyasay
Khuda Tay Maa
Beimaan
Daku Tay Insaan
Maa Tay Qanoon
Kehnday Nay Nainan
Ghairat Meray Veer Di
Jhalli
Jeera Blade Azra
Khabardar Director: Diljeet Mirza; Producer: Atta Ullah Bosan; in Punjabi
Ghulam
1974 Shehanshah
Khana day Khan Prohnay Punjabi[7]
Pyar Hi Pyar
Tum Salamat Raho Urdu[8]
Sasta Khoon Mehnga Pani Rano Punjabi[9]
Bhola Sajjan
Sikandra Punjabi
1975 Khooni Khet
Haku Punjabi
Rawal
Khanzada
Sharif Badmash Balil Punjabi[10]
Sar-e-Aam
Hathkari
Sheeda Pastol Najma
Doghla
Shoukan Melay Di
1976 Mout Khed Jawana Di
Ajj Di Taza Khabar
Yaar Da Sehra
Akhar
Hukam Da Ghulam Razia
Ultimatum
Toofan Punjabi
Chor Nu Mor
Jano Kapatti Shanno
Anjaam
Kothay Tapni
Dukki Tikki
Mehboob Mera Mastana
Waada
Dara
Chitra Te Shera Amina
Hashar Nashar
1977 Dharti Lahu Mangdi
Dildar Sadqay
Aakhri Medan
April Fool Urdu
Fraud Punjabi
Lahori Badshah
Haji Khokhar
Sher Babbar
Qanoon
Pehli Nazar
BeGunah
Jeenay Ki Rah
Ghairat Di Mout
Baray Mian Deewanay
Baghi Tay Qanoon
Himmat Punjabi
Aakhri Goli
1978 Nidarr
Wafadar
Elaan Punjabi
Bohat Khoob
Guarantee
Heera Tay Basheera
Prince
Ibrat
Jashan
Goga Punjabi
Puttar Phannay Khan Da
Ranga Daku
Boycott Punjabi
Lalkara
1979 Notan Nu Salam
Maula Jatt Mukkho Jatti
Chalaan
Muqabla Punjabi
Goga Sher [11]
Attal Faisala
Do Jeedar
Hathiar
Makhan Khan
Aag Urdu
Jatt Da Kharak
Bakka Rath
Permit
Dada Pota
Ghunda Act
Wehshi Gujjar
1980 Dushman Mera Yaar
Haseena Maan Jaye Gi
Do Toofaan
Yaar Dushman
Mann Mauji
Ladla Puttar
Behram Daku Taji
1981 Khan-e-Azam
Anokha Daaj
Athra Puttar Lachhi
1982 Ik Doli
Lalay Di Jan Punjabi
Medan
Bharia Mela Punjabi
1983 Des Pardes Rano
Nazra
1984 Shanakhti Card Punjabi
Ilaqa Incharge
1985 Angara Directed and produced by Mohammad Ikram; in Punjabi
1986 Baghi Sipahi Pareeto Directed and produced by Fiaz Sheikh; in Punjabi
Yeh Adam
1989 Meri Hathjori Directed by Masood Butt
1990 Dushmani Punjabi
1991 Chann Meray Punjabi

Awards and honours[edit | edit source]

Year Award Category Result Title Ref.
1977 Nigar Award Best Actress Won Qanoon [12][2]
1979 Nigar Award Best Supporting Actress Won Aag [12][2][13]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Shoaib Ahmed (10 March 2013). "Film star Aasia is no more". Dawn. Pakistan. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Khan, Sher (10 March 2013). "Transition: Aasia Begum passes away in Canada". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 INP (9 March 2013). "Veteran Pakistani actress Aasia dies in Canada". The Nation (Pakistani newspaper). Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  4. ↑ Amjad Parvez (28 July 2018). "Lal Mohammad Iqbal — the forgotten hero duo". Daily Times (newspaper). Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "25th death anniversary of Sultan Rahi observed". Daily Times. 10 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Transition: Maula Jutt actor Aasia Begum passes away". The Express Tribune. 26 March 2022.
  7. ↑ Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 278. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
  8. ↑ "Waheed Murad: remembering the Chocolate Hero of Pakistani cinema — Part II". Daily Times. 24 January 2022.
  9. ↑ Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 278. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
  10. ↑ Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 281. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
  11. ↑ Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 294. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "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.
  13. ↑ "Pakistan's "Oscars"; The Nigar Awards". Desi Movies Reviews. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2021.

External links[edit | edit source]

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