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Maria Wasti
File:Maria Wasti.jpg
Maria Wasti in 2010
Born
Maria Wasti

(1980-08-14) August 14, 1980 (age 43)[1]
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Years active1997–present
AwardsLux Style Awards
2006 Best Satellite Actress
[citation needed]

Maria Wasti (born 14 August 1980)[2] is a Pakistani film and television actress. Most of her roles in television serials portray her as a Pakistani woman going through difficult times and have landed her great respect in the eyes of critics and fans alike.

Biography

Early years

Wasti was born in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, where she lived and went to school for 7 years. She has originally wanted to study Business Management but instead started acting by chance.[3] In her early days, Wasti's parents wanted their daughter to become a doctor.[4] In the day, the only television network active in the country was the government-owned Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV). It would be later in the 1980s that Network Television Marketing (NTM), the country's first privately owned channel, showcased content specifically targeted to the younger generation and Wasti got interested in acting.

First teleplay

In mid-1990s,[5] she was approached by Bakhtiar Ahmed, the programme manager PTV Lahore Centre to be cast in a play called Sarah Aur Ammara alongside Resham, a film actress. The teleplay highlighted a story around two sisters going through the turmoil of arranged marriages.[4] The show was received well with the critics as never before had a show captivated the true essence of gender divide and Wasti's acting admired. She has since done over 50 serials and around the same number of assorted plays.[6]

Acting as a career

Where her parents initially wanted her to be a doctor, they were supportive after her acting skills were adorned. Wasti recalls that her first experience in acting was for the passion of art, but later her parents told her to pursue the career in a professional manner.[4] After her first stint, Wasti began receiving roles in various other plays in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad centres for PTV. In a short span of time, she was commended for being an extremely exceptional actress. She reminisces that people were sceptical when she stepped into acting, but once she proved herself they started accepting her.[4]

She considers Bano Qudsia's Kallo[7] one of her most memorable plays where she had to ‘put on tonnes of make-up to look really dark’ to play a dark-skinned girl who falls in love with a fairer man.[4] This role brought her instant success. In other equally applauded roles, she played a woman victim in Baadlon Par Basera, who is forcefully led into marriage with a man in the United States of America on the phone and when she meets him for the first time, she realises the man is older than the picture she saw him in.[8]

Maria is usually seen playing unglamorous roles involving sensitive issues regarding women in Pakistan. She has played roles depicting prominent women like Salma Murad and Lenin Peace Prize winner[9] Bilquis Edhi.[4][10]

Maria is known for being outspoken on various of issues women's rights, gender equality and prejudice.[11]

Recent ventures

Wasti has expressed that newer Pakistani plays should portray issues in today's Pakistan. She names drugs and AIDS being amongst the most sensitive.[4] She also cites the reason for the decrease in the quality of drama serials as being the lack of a supply of actors, actresses, writers, directors and producers.[12]

In view of these thoughts, Wasti opened up a production house in 2002, where she has successfully produced several serials and a dozen plays.[5] Her productions aim at the revival of television in Pakistan through better quality and content rivalling the glamour filled television plays from across the border in India.

Filmography

Drama serials

PTV

  • Aashiyaana (1991-1995)
  • Kabhi kabhi (1998-2000)
  • Moorat (1995)
  • Sarah Aur Ammara (1999)
  • Boota from Toba Tek Singh (2000)
  • Neend (1990)
  • Baadlon Par Basera
  • Kaali Aankhain
  • Dharkan
  • Ahsaas

Geo TV

  • Buri Aurat
  • Kuch Dil Ne Kaha
  • Barish Kay Ansoo
  • Sheeshay Ka Mehal
  • Ruswa
  • Behkawa
  • Mohabbat
  • Dil
  • Khuda Ki basti (The Remake)

AAJ TV

  • TV3 Karachi

ARY Digital

  • Meri Laadli
  • Tere Liye
  • Tujh Pe Qurban
  • Aangan Bhar Chandni
  • Kuch Ankahi Baatain
  • Riyasat
  • Diya Jaley
  • Khandaan
  • Aey Ishq Hamain Barbad Na Ker
  • Band Baje Ga

Hum TV

  • Woh Chaar
  • Love Kay Liye
  • Thori door Saath Chalo

Indus Vision

  • Jab Hatheli Per Chand Likhna

Telefilms

  • Kallo
  • Parinda
  • Ae Bhai Zara Dekh Kay
  • Mama I Love You

Film

[13]==References==

  1. ^ "Maria Wasti - Pakistani Actress". Koolstars.com. 1980-08-14. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  2. ^ "Rendezvous". The Saturday Post. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
  3. ^ By admin on January 28th, 2009 (2009-01-28). "Spotlight: Maria Wasti". Tvmasty.com. Retrieved 2012-08-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Oh, Maria!". DAWN Newspaper. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
  5. ^ a b "Playing the field". DAWN Newspaper. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
  6. ^ Rendezvous: Maria Wasti
  7. ^ "INSTEP Magzine". Jang.com.pk. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  8. ^ "Maria Wasti's biography". Retrieved 2008-06-27.
  9. ^ "Bilquis Edhi". Femina Pakistan. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
  10. ^ "Maria Wasti". Mag4U. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
  11. ^ [1][dead link]
  12. ^ "Interview with Maria Wasti". Scribd.com. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  13. ^ "Maria Wasti beautiful bold shoot pictures". showbizpakistan. Retrieved December 18, 2012.

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