Tahira Wasti

Tahira Wasti (Punjabi, Urdu: طاہرہ واسطی) (1944 – March 11, 2012) was a well-known Pakistani writer and television actress.[3] She is best known for portrayal of Isabella of Castile in the TV drama Shaheen.[1]

Tahira Wasti
طاہرہ واسطی
Born
Tahira Shah

1944
Sargodha, Khushab, Punjab, British India
Died11 March 2012(2012-03-11) (aged 67–68)[1]
Karachi, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Writer
  • Newscaster
Years active1964 - 2012
SpouseRizwan Wasti (husband)[2]
ChildrenLaila Wasti (daughter)
Rehan Wasti (son)
Adnan Wasti (son)
RelativesMaria Wasti (niece)
Fahad Rehmani (son-in-law)

Early life

Tahira was born in 1944 at Sargodha, Punjab, (British India) now in Pakistan.[4] She received her early education from Sargodha and later she moved to Lahore for higher education then Karachi.[4]

Career

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][5] 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][6][7] 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.[8][9][10] 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.[11][12][6]

She also wrote plays for television and showed special interest in science fiction.[4]

Personal life

She was the wife of TV actor and English language newscaster Rizwan Wasti and was mother of TV actress Laila Wasti.[1][13] Maria Wasti a famous TV actress is her niece.[7]

Illness and death

Tahira had developed heart ailments, depression because of her husband's death and diabetes.[4] She died of natural causes on March 11, 2012, in Karachi, at the age of 68.[1][14]

Filmography

Television series

Telefilm
  • Operation Dwarka 1965[16]
  • Uss Ki Biwi (a telefilm)[3]
  • Karwat

Film

As a writer
  • Deemak (Long play)
  • Parsa (screenplay writer)
  • Hazaron Saal (co-writer)
  • Bheegi Palkain (writer)

Honour

In 2021 on August 16 the Government of Pakistan named a street and intersection after her in Lahore.[17]

Awards and nominations
YearAwardCategoryResultTitleRef.
20051st Indus Drama AwardsBest WriterNominatedBheegi Palkain[18]

References
  1. Renowned TV actress Tahira Wasti dies at age 68, Dawn (newspaper), Published 11 March 2012, Retrieved 14 June 2017
  2. "Actor Rizwan Wasti is dead". Dawn News. August 12, 2021.
  3. TV artist Tahira Wasti dies at 68, Dunya News website, Published 11 March 2012, Retrieved 14 June 2017
  4. "BBC Urdu - فن فنکار - پاکستانی فنکارہ طاہرہ واسطی انتقال کرگئیں". BBC News website. 11 March 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  5. "Veteran actress Tahira Wasti remembered". Daily Times. January 23, 2021.
  6. Tahira Wasti passes away, Daily Times newspaper, Published 12 March 2012, Retrieved 14 June 2017
  7. "TV actress Tahira Wasti passes away". The Nation newspaper. 2012-03-12. Archived from the original on 20 November 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  8. South and Southeast Asia Video Archive Holdings, Issue 5. University of Wisconsin--Madison. p. 81.
  9. Third World International, Volume 12. S. J. Iqbal. p. 39.
  10. Third World International, Volume 12. S. J. Iqbal. p. 40.
  11. Pakistan TV actress Tahira Wasti passes away, Times of Ummah (Newspaper), Retrieved 14 June 2017
  12. Globe. A. Mahmood. p. 82.
  13. "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.
  14. "Veteran television actor Tahira Wasti passes away". The Express Tribune. September 11, 2021.
  15. "Inmemoriam: Nusrat Thakur (1937-2009)". Dawn News. July 4, 2021.
  16. Globe. A. Mahmood. p. 86.
  17. "Lahore streets, intersections to be named after famous personalities". Dawn News. February 25, 2022.
  18. "Best writer serial". daily motions. Indus TV Network. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
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