Aasia

Aasia Begum (actress)
Born	1952/1953 Patiala, Punjab, India
Died	9 March 2013 Canada
Occupation	Film actress,
Years active	1970–1980
Awards	Nigar Award

Aasia Begum, known as Aasia, (born 1952/1953 – 9 March 2013) was a Pakistani film actress who was active in the 1970s and 1980s in the film industry. She was given major roles by many directors. She was born in 1951 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.

Filmography

Title	Released	Language
Do rangeelay	1972
Naukar Wohti Da	1974	Punjabi
Sharif Badmash	1975	Punjabi
Chitra Te Shera	1976	Punjabi
Ranga Daku	1978	Punjabi
Maula Jatt	1979	Punjabi
Wehshi Gujjar	1979	Punjabi
Behram Daku	1980	Punjabi
Athra Puttar	1981	Punjabi
Des Pardes	1983	Punjabi
Yeh Adam	1986	Punjabi

Aasia's last movie

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). She acted in more than 179 Punjabi movies. She starred in several Urdu and Punjabi films.

Awards

She had won Nigar Award for best actress in film Qanoon in 1977 and for best supporting actress in film Aag in 1979.

Personal life

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

Death

Aasia had long been living in Canada. Aasia ended her film career in 1980, and had been residing in Canada with her husband and four children. She died on 9 March 2013. aged 61, from undisclosed causes. She was survived by her husband and four children.