Tahira Wasti
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1944
- Actress
- writer
- newscaster
Tahira Wasti طاہرہ واسطی | |
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| Born | Tahira Bokhari 1944 |
| Died | 11 March 2012 (aged 67–68)[1] |
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| Years active | 1964-2012 |
| Spouse | Rizwan Wasti (husband)[2] |
| Children | Laila Wasti (daughter) Rehan 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 most popular Pakistani TV actresses of her time as well as one of the most successful actresses from the 1960s to the 1990s.[4][5] She is best known for her portrayal of Isabella of Castile in the historical TV drama Shaheen.[1]
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.[1][7] 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.[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 a special interest in science fiction.[6]
Personal life
She was the wife of TV actor and English language newscaster Rizwan Wasti; they are the parents of TV actress Laila Wasti.[1][15] Maria Wasti, a famous TV actress, is her niece.[9]
Illness and death
Filmography
Television series
- Afshan[3]
- Daldal
- Fishaar[1]
- Jaib Katra - 1968
- Jangloos
- Pyas - 1989[17]
- Kashkol - 1993[1]
- Shaheen[1]
- Raat
- Andhera Ujala
- Shikayatain Hakayatain
- Tipu Sultan
- Harjai
- Fanooni Lateefay
- Dil, Diya, Dehleez
- Maamta
- Shanakht
- Moorat
- Doraha
- Raat Gaye
- StarNite
- Chotay Baray Log
- Deewana
- Harjaee
- Aakhri Chatan
- Aawazain
- Chand Grehan
- Dil Ki Dehleez Par
- Nadan Nadia
- Khaleej
- Shaam Se Pehlay
- Noori Jam Tamachi
- Heer Waris Shah[3]
- Bushra Bushra
- Damad House
- Parsa
- Pukaar
Telefilm
Film
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.[19]
