Zaira Wasim (born 23 October 2000) is an Indian former actress who worked in Hindi films. The recipient of numerous accolades, including a Filmfare Award and a National Film Award, Wasim was honoured with the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (formerly National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement) in 2017.[2][3]
Wasim made her film debut with the role of young Geeta Phogat in the biographical sports film Dangal (2016), which emerged as the highest-grossing Indian film, grossing more than ₹2,000 crore ($300 million) worldwide. She then starred as an aspiring singer in the musical drama Secret Superstar (2017), which became the highest-grossing Indian film with a female protagonist. Both were backed by Aamir Khan Productions and earned her numerous accolades, including the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the former and the Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics) for the latter. Her last film appearance was in The Sky Is Pink (2019), which garnered her a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Wasim announced her retirement from the film industry in 2019.[4]
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ZairaWasim (born 23 October 2000) is an Indian former actress who worked in Hindi films. The recipient of numerous accolades, including a Filmfare Award...
and Kiran Rao under the studio Aamir Khan Productions. The film stars ZairaWasim, Aamir Khan, Meher Vij and Raj Arjun. The film tells the coming-of-age...
United States, the film stars Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Farhan Akhtar, ZairaWasim and Rohit Suresh Saraf, and is based on the true story of Aisha Chaudhary...
movie is played by Fatima Sana Shaikh and her younger self is played by ZairaWasim. Wrestler Pooja Dhanda was screened and selected to play the role of...
starring Rani Mukerji. He then starred alongside Priyanka Chopra and ZairaWasim in the biographical drama The Sky Is Pink (2019). Reviewing the film...
Phira" and "Main Kaun Hoon", in the 2017 film Secret Superstar starring ZairaWasim, Meher Vij and Aamir Khan. She won Best Female Playback Singer for "Nachdi...
Bollywood movie The Sky Is Pink starring Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, ZairaWasim, Rohit Suresh Saraf was partially shot in Chandni Chowk as the main characters...
Actress (Critics) for ZairaWasim, Best Supporting Actress for Vij, and Best Playback Singer (Female) for Meghna Mishra. ZairaWasim also won the National...
Sugandha Joshi ‡ Vidya Balan – Tumhari Sulu as Sulochana "Sulu" Dubey † ZairaWasim – Secret Superstar as Insia Malik ‡ 2019 Alia Bhatt – Raazi as Sehmat...
Khan Mr Perfectionist, but I call him Mr Passionate: Secret Superstar ZairaWasim". Hindustan Times. 29 October 2017. Archived from the original on 5 January...
debut in 2017 with the film Secret Superstar featuring Aamir Khan and ZairaWasim in the lead. He also wrote the screenplay of the film. It was the highest-grossing...
Priyanka Chopra as Aditi Chaudhary, Farhan Akhtar as Niren Chaudhary, ZairaWasim as Aisha Chaudhary and Rohit Suresh Saraf as Ishan Chaudhary, was released...
begins shooting for The Sky Is Pink, shares selfies with Farhan Akhtar, ZairaWasim". Hindustan Times. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018. "Short Film...
eldest recipient, winning the award for Badhaai Ho (2018) at age 59. ZairaWasim is the youngest recipient, winning the award for Secret Superstar (2017)...
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highly rated on Douban. His next film, Secret Superstar (2017, starring ZairaWasim), broke Dangal's record for the highest-grossing opening weekend by an...
Actor Vidya Balan, Best Actress Amit V. Masurkar, Best Director Critics ZairaWasim, Best Actress Critics Rajkummar Rao, Best Actor Critics & Best Supporting...
Khan Mr Perfectionist, but I call him Mr Passionate: Secret Superstar ZairaWasim". Hindustan Times. 29 October 2017. "21 Things You Probably Didn't Know...
to release on 11 Oct 2019... Stars Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar and ZairaWasim... Directed by Shonali Bose... Produced by RSVP and Roy Kapur Films"...
November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017. Sen, Raja (4 January 2018). "ZairaWasim To Vidya Balan: A List Of 2017's Best Actresses". NDTV. Archived from...
Retrieved 15 January 2017. "Secret Superstar movie review: Aamir Khan, ZairaWasim's Diwali release is high on emotions". Hindustan Times. 18 October 2017...
speaker Aisha Chaudhary, starring Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar and ZairaWasim. The film was theatrically released on 11 October 2019 and was critically...
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