The recipient of numerous accolades, including a Filmfare Award and a National Film Award, Wasim was honoured with the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar in 2017.
16 Facts About Zaira Wasim
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Zaira Wasim made her film debut with the role of young Geeta Phogat in the biographical sports film Dangal, which emerged as the highest-grossing Indian film, grossing more than worldwide.
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Zaira Wasim then starred as an aspiring singer in the musical drama Secret Superstar, which became the highest-grossing Indian film with a female protagonist.
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Zaira Wasim announced her retirement from the film industry in 2019.
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Zaira Wasim was born on 23 October 2000 in the Downtown neighbourhood of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India into a Kashmiri Muslim family to parents Zahid and Zarqa Zaira Wasim.
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Zaira Wasim completed tenth grade from St Paul's International Academy in Sonwar, Srinagar.
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In June 2015, Zaira Wasim was signed by director Nitesh Tiwari to make her film debut with the biographical sports film Dangal.
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Co-starring with Aamir Khan, Meher Vij, and Raj Arjun, Zaira Wasim garnered critical acclaim for her performance and the film eventually emerged as her second consecutive release to earn over 9 billion worldwide, becoming the third highest-grossing Indian film and the highest-grossing Indian film featuring a female protagonist.
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On 30 June 2019, Zaira Wasim announced she would cease her acting career as it conflicts with her religious beliefs and faith.
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In November 2020, Zaira Wasim requested fans to take down her pictures from social media as she was trying to start a new chapter in her life.
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In 2016, publicity photos of Zaira Wasim surfaced showing her with trimmed hair for her role in the film Dangal.
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Subsequently, several Indian celebrities have voiced their support for Zaira Wasim, denouncing her critics.
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Zaira Wasim responded to Goel requesting him not to connect her to "such a discourteous depiction" and that women in hijab were "beautiful and free".
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In December 2017, Zaira Wasim alleged that she had been harassed mid-air on an Air Vistara flight UK981 between Delhi and Mumbai.
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Zaira Wasim posted a series of messages on her Instagram profile alleging that a man sitting behind her on the flight had caressed her neck with his foot while she was asleep.
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Zaira Wasim wrote that she had tried to record what the man was doing, but failed due to dim lights.