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'''Anita Ayoob''' (also written as '''Anita Ayub''' and '''Aneeta Ayoob''') is a former Pakistani actress and model, who appeared in [[Bollywood]] films, [[Pakistani films]], television and advertisements in the 1980s and 1990s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anita Ayub's back |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/860574/anita-ayub-s-back |publisher=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |date=4 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Nazir Ali |first1=Rashid |title=Aneeta Ayoob approached by television producers |url=https://reviewit.pk/aneeta-ayoob-approached-by-television-producers/ |publisher=Reviewit.pk |date=3 September 2014}}</ref> She had a brief, but a controversial career in India and Pakistan and was rumoured to have a close relationship with underworld don, [[Dawood Ibrahim]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mandal |first1=Suchayan |title=Mafia wars of heart |url=https://www.businessinsider.in/mafia-wars-of-heart/articleshow/47867106.cms |publisher=[[BusinessInsider]] |date=29 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhattacharya |first1=Rohit |title=10 Times Bollywood Actors Crossed Paths With The Underworld |url=https://www.scoopwhoop.com/inothernews/bollywood-underworld-connection/ |publisher=[[ScoopWhoop]] |date=11 August 2015}}</ref> She made her Bollywood debut in 1993 with film ''[[Pyar Ka Tarana]]'', which was written and directed by [[Dev Anand]]. However, she made her acting debut with a Pakistani television serial ''Gardish''. She acted again in [[Dev Anand]]'s 1994 film, ''[[Gangster (1994 film)|Gangster]]''. She also appeared in Pakistani TV series, ''Hasina-E Alam'' in 1992.<ref>{{cite web |title=Anita Ayub |url=https://nettv4u.com/celebrity/hindi/movie-actress/anita-ayub |website=Nettv4u}}</ref>


'''Anita Ayoob''' (also Known as '''Anita Ayub''' and '''Aneeta Ayoob''') is a former Pakistani actress and model. She appeared in [[Bollywood]] films and [[Pakistani films]] also working in television dramas and advertisements in the 1980s and 1990s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anita Ayub's back |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/860574/anita-ayub-s-back |publisher=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |date=4 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Nazir Ali |first1=Rashid |title=Aneeta Ayoob approached by television producers |url=https://reviewit.pk/aneeta-ayoob-approached-by-television-producers/ |publisher=Reviewit.pk |date=3 September 2014}}</ref>
As a model, she represented her country in [[Miss Asia Pacific International]] beauty pageant held in [[Manila]], [[Philippines]] in 1989. She was forced to withdraw from the beauty contest when she made a controversial remark on [[polygamy]] during the contest.<ref name=Asiaweek>[[Asiaweek]], Volume 19, 1993]</ref><ref name=Taylor/><ref>{{cite web |title=Miss Asia Pacific 1980-1989 - Pageantopolis |url=http://www.pageantopolis.com/1980-1989.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120203126/http://www.pageantopolis.com/1980-1989.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=20 January 2016}}</ref>


== Career ==
After appearing in some movies in [[India]] and [[Pakistan]], she has settled in New York, when she could not get her working visa extended in India.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cancelled |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/signposts/story/19931215-himachal-governor-gulsher-ahmed-resigns-811935-1993-12-15 |publisher=[[India Today]] |date=15 December 1993}}</ref><ref name=ibt>{{cite news |last1=Jha |first1=Shefali |title=Mamta Kulkarni to Monica Bedi: Actresses with underworld connection |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/mamta-kulkarni-monica-bedi-actresses-underworld-connection-811337 |publisher=[[IBTimes]] |date=7 January 2020 |quote=She later quit Bollywood and moved to New York over visa issues.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Srinivasan |first1=V S |title=Jinxed! |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/1998/may/18pak.htm |work=[[Rediff.com]] |date=18 May 1998 |quote=Worse was the case of Anita Ayub, another Pakistani who had hoped to make it big in Bollywood. Unfortunately, her sister was caught on the India-Pakistan border along with a man with a string of espionage cases against him. Anita, who had exposed her physique generously in a Dev Anand film, was taken away for questioning, her passport was impounded and she was warned in the nastiest possible terms that she couldn't leave the country.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mir |first1=Amir |title=Row over bikini contestant rages |url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pakistan/row-over-bikini-contestant-rages-1.255267 |publisher=[[Gulf News]] |date=16 September 2006}}</ref>
She started working as a model and also worked in Hindi and Urdu films.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mandal |first1=Suchayan |title=Mafia wars of heart |url=https://www.businessinsider.in/mafia-wars-of-heart/articleshow/47867106.cms |publisher=[[BusinessInsider]] |date=29 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhattacharya |first1=Rohit |title=10 Times Bollywood Actors Crossed Paths With The Underworld |url=https://www.scoopwhoop.com/inothernews/bollywood-underworld-connection/ |publisher=[[ScoopWhoop]] |date=11 August 2015}}</ref> In 1987 she made her debut as an actress in drama ''Gardish'' which was aired on PTV then she worked in drama ''Hasina-E-Alam'' with [[Rizwan Wasti]], Amber Ayub and [[Rabia Noreen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tellychakkar.com/movie/movie-news/shocking-dev-anands-heroine-controversy-actress-linked-dawood-accused-of-being|title=Shocking! From Dev Anand's Heroine to Controversy: THIS actress linked to Dawood, accused of being a Pakistani spy, the producer who rejected her, tragically shot|website=Telly Chakkar|date=January 20, 2024}}</ref> She made her Bollywood debut in 1993 with film ''[[Pyar Ka Tarana]]'', which was written and directed by [[Dev Anand]] later she worked with [[Dev Anand]] again in film ''[[Gangster (1994 film)|Gangster]]'' in 1994 which was a box office success.<ref>{{cite web |title=Anita Ayub |url=https://nettv4u.com/celebrity/hindi/movie-actress/anita-ayub |website=Nettv4u}}</ref>


As a model, she represented her country in [[Miss Asia Pacific International]] beauty pageant held in [[Manila]], [[Philippines]] in 1989.<ref name=Asiaweek>[[Asiaweek]], Volume 19, 1993]</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Miss Asia Pacific 1980-1989 - Pageantopolis |url=http://www.pageantopolis.com/1980-1989.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120203126/http://www.pageantopolis.com/1980-1989.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=20 January 2016}}</ref>
[[Fashion Central]], a Pakistan based online fashion magazine wrote that Ayub was blamed to be Pakistani spy, was allegedly involved in [[1993 Bombay bombings|Bombay blast]].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Saher |title=Pakistani Stars Troubled In India |url=https://www.fashioncentral.pk/blog/2012/01/07/pakistani-stars-troubled-in-india/ |publisher=[[Fashion Central]] |date=7 January 2012 |quote=Anita Ayub is another controversial character who was blamed to be Pakistani spy and was involved in Bombay blast. Even spending a long and successful career she was forcefully sent out by the orthodox shiv sena.}}</ref>


She had a long and successful career in [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] after appearing in some movies and she also worked in popular dramas in Pakistan which aired on PTV and then she moved to New York and settled there with her family.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cancelled |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/signposts/story/19931215-himachal-governor-gulsher-ahmed-resigns-811935-1993-12-15 |publisher=[[India Today]] |date=15 December 1993}}</ref><ref name=ibt>{{cite news |last1=Jha |first1=Shefali |title=Mamta Kulkarni to Monica Bedi: Actresses with underworld connection |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/mamta-kulkarni-monica-bedi-actresses-underworld-connection-811337 |publisher=[[IBTimes]] |date=7 January 2020 |quote=She later quit Bollywood and moved to New York over visa issues.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Saher |title=Pakistani Stars Troubled In India |url=https://www.fashioncentral.pk/blog/2012/01/07/pakistani-stars-troubled-in-india/ |publisher=[[Fashion Central]] |date=7 January 2012 |quote=Anita Ayub is another controversial character who was blamed to be Pakistani spy and was involved in Bombay blast. Even spending a long and successful career she was forcefully sent out by the orthodox shiv sena.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Srinivasan |first1=V S |title=Jinxed! |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/1998/may/18pak.htm |work=[[Rediff.com]] |date=18 May 1998 |quote=Worse was the case of Anita Ayub, another Pakistani who had hoped to make it big in Bollywood. Unfortunately, her sister was caught on the India-Pakistan border along with a man with a string of espionage cases against him. Anita, who had exposed her physique generously in a Dev Anand film, was taken away for questioning, her passport was impounded and she was warned in the nastiest possible terms that she couldn't leave the country.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mir |first1=Amir |title=Row over bikini contestant rages |url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pakistan/row-over-bikini-contestant-rages-1.255267 |publisher=[[Gulf News]] |date=16 September 2006}}</ref>
== Filmography and television ==
* 1995, ''Doosra Raasta'' (TV Series)
* 1994, ''Sub Ke Baap''
* 1994, ''[[Gangster (1994 film)|Gangster]]'' (as Anita Ayoob)
* 1994, ''Chaltee Ka Naam Gaari''
* 1994, ''Maria'' (Short)
* 1993, ''[[Pyaar Ka Tarana]]''
* 1992, ''Hasina-E Alam'' (TV Series)
* 1987, ''Gardish'' (TV Series)


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Ayoob married Saumil Patel, an Indian [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] businessman in the late 1990s. After her marriage, she shifted to New York. She has a son named Shazer with Saumil Patel. After her divorce with Patel, she was married to Subak Majeed, a Pakistani businessman. She also has a half brother<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nazir Ali |first1=Rashid |title=Pakistanis Who Married Indians From Across The Border |url=https://reviewit.pk/indo-pak-weddings/ |publisher=Reviewit.pk |date=15 October 2018}}</ref>
Ayoob married Saumil Patel, an Indian [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] businessman in the late 1990s. After her marriage, she moved to New York. She has a son named Shazer with Saumil Patel. After her divorce with Patel, she married Subak Majeed, a Pakistani businessman.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sen |first1=Somit |title=Girlfriend: Smokescreens for mafia |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Girlfriend-Smokescreens-for-mafia/articleshow/1026093.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=20 February 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=Andrew Rippin |authorlink1=Andrew Rippin |title=Muslims: The contemporary period |date=1993 |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |isbn=9780415045285 |pages=105, 104 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=erOh3zXi9U4C&q=Anita+Ayub&pg=PA102}}</ref> She also has a half brother and actress Amber Ayub is her sister.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nazir Ali |first1=Rashid |title=Pakistanis Who Married Indians From Across The Border |url=https://reviewit.pk/indo-pak-weddings/ |publisher=Reviewit.pk |date=15 October 2018}}</ref>


== Filmography ==
== The underworld connection ==
=== Television series ===
Ayoob was reported to be very close to [[Dawood Ibrahim]].<ref name=ibt/> A producer named Javed Siddique was allegedly shot dead by [[D-Company|Dawood's gang]] in 1995, when the producer refused to cast Anita in a Hindi film.<ref name=timesofindia>{{cite news |last1=Sen |first1=Somit |title=Girlfriend: Smokescreens for mafia |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Girlfriend-Smokescreens-for-mafia/articleshow/1026093.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=20 February 2005}}</ref>
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|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Year
! scope="col"|Title
! scope="col"|Role
! scope="col"|Network
|-
|1987
| ''Gardish''
| Shahida
| [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
|-
|1992
| ''Hasina-E Alam''
| Naila
| [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
|-
|1993
| ''Yes Sir, No Sir''
| Herself
| [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
|-
|1995
| ''Hip Hip Hurray Season 1''
| Herself
| [[Shalimar Television Network|STN]]
|-
|1995
| ''Doosra Raasta''
| Simi
| [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]
|}


== Controversy ==
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
In 1989, she participated in the [[Miss Asia Pacific International]] beauty pageant, where she made a controversial remark on [[polygamy]] during the contest in [[Manila]], [[Philippines]]. She was quoted as saying, "Muslim women should be allowed to have four spouses, just as Muslim men can take four wives at any one time." After her statement, she was forced to withdraw from the contest. She was accused of preaching immorality by outraged Pakistanis. In January 1989, 22 lawyers demanded that she should clarify her statement. A case was filed against her in Pakistan, terming her alleged statement "illegal and immoral".<ref name=Taylor>{{cite book |author1=Andrew Rippin |authorlink1=Andrew Rippin |title=Muslims: The contemporary period |date=1993 |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |isbn=9780415045285 |pages=105, 104 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=erOh3zXi9U4C&q=Anita+Ayub&pg=PA102}}</ref><ref name=Asiaweek/>
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Language
|-
|1993
| ''[[Pyaar Ka Tarana]]''
| Hindi
|-
|rowspan="5"|1994
|-
| ''[[Gangster (1994 film)|Gangster]]''
| Hindi
|-
| ''Sub Ke Baap''
| Urdu
|-
| ''Chalti Ka Naam Gari''
| Punjabi
|-
| ''Maria''
| Urdu
|}


== Awards and nominations ==
In 1995, producer Javed Siddique was allegedly killed by [[D-Company|Dawood's gang]] when he refused to cast Ayoob in his film.<ref name=timesofindia/>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Award !! Category !! Result !! Title !! Ref.
|-
| 1995 || ''STN Awards'' || ''Best New Talent'' || {{Won}} || ''Hip Hip Hurray Season 1'' ||<ref>{{cite journal|title=ہپ ہپ ہارے ایوارڈز جیتنے والوں کی فہرست|website=STN|date=October 6, 2023}}</ref>
|}


== References ==
== References ==
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Revision as of 13:26, 2 February 2024

Anita Ayoob
Born
Anita Ayoob
Other names
  • Aneeta Ayoob
  • Anita Ayub
  • Anita Ayub Majeed
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Model
Years active1987 - 2010
SpouseSubak Majeed (husband)
ChildrenShezap
RelativesAmber Ayub (sister)

Anita Ayoob (also Known as Anita Ayub and Aneeta Ayoob) is a former Pakistani actress and model. She appeared in Bollywood films and Pakistani films also working in television dramas and advertisements in the 1980s and 1990s.[1][2]

Career

She started working as a model and also worked in Hindi and Urdu films.[3][4] In 1987 she made her debut as an actress in drama Gardish which was aired on PTV then she worked in drama Hasina-E-Alam with Rizwan Wasti, Amber Ayub and Rabia Noreen.[5] She made her Bollywood debut in 1993 with film Pyar Ka Tarana, which was written and directed by Dev Anand later she worked with Dev Anand again in film Gangster in 1994 which was a box office success.[6]

As a model, she represented her country in Miss Asia Pacific International beauty pageant held in Manila, Philippines in 1989.[7][8]

She had a long and successful career in India and Pakistan after appearing in some movies and she also worked in popular dramas in Pakistan which aired on PTV and then she moved to New York and settled there with her family.[9][10][11][12][13]

Personal life

Ayoob married Saumil Patel, an Indian Gujarati businessman in the late 1990s. After her marriage, she moved to New York. She has a son named Shazer with Saumil Patel. After her divorce with Patel, she married Subak Majeed, a Pakistani businessman.[14][15] She also has a half brother and actress Amber Ayub is her sister.[16]

Filmography

Television series

Year Title Role Network
1987 Gardish Shahida PTV
1992 Hasina-E Alam Naila PTV
1993 Yes Sir, No Sir Herself PTV
1995 Hip Hip Hurray Season 1 Herself STN
1995 Doosra Raasta Simi PTV

Film

Year Film Language
1993 Pyaar Ka Tarana Hindi
1994
Gangster Hindi
Sub Ke Baap Urdu
Chalti Ka Naam Gari Punjabi
Maria Urdu

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result Title Ref.
1995 STN Awards Best New Talent Won Hip Hip Hurray Season 1 [17]

References

  1. ^ "Anita Ayub's back". Dawn. 4 July 2010.
  2. ^ Nazir Ali, Rashid (3 September 2014). "Aneeta Ayoob approached by television producers". Reviewit.pk.
  3. ^ Mandal, Suchayan (29 June 2015). "Mafia wars of heart". BusinessInsider.
  4. ^ Bhattacharya, Rohit (11 August 2015). "10 Times Bollywood Actors Crossed Paths With The Underworld". ScoopWhoop.
  5. ^ "Shocking! From Dev Anand's Heroine to Controversy: THIS actress linked to Dawood, accused of being a Pakistani spy, the producer who rejected her, tragically shot". Telly Chakkar. 20 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Anita Ayub". Nettv4u.
  7. ^ Asiaweek, Volume 19, 1993]
  8. ^ "Miss Asia Pacific 1980-1989 - Pageantopolis". Archived from the original on 20 January 2016.
  9. ^ "Cancelled". India Today. 15 December 1993.
  10. ^ Jha, Shefali (7 January 2020). "Mamta Kulkarni to Monica Bedi: Actresses with underworld connection". IBTimes. She later quit Bollywood and moved to New York over visa issues.
  11. ^ Saher (7 January 2012). "Pakistani Stars Troubled In India". Fashion Central. Anita Ayub is another controversial character who was blamed to be Pakistani spy and was involved in Bombay blast. Even spending a long and successful career she was forcefully sent out by the orthodox shiv sena.
  12. ^ Srinivasan, V S (18 May 1998). "Jinxed!". Rediff.com. Worse was the case of Anita Ayub, another Pakistani who had hoped to make it big in Bollywood. Unfortunately, her sister was caught on the India-Pakistan border along with a man with a string of espionage cases against him. Anita, who had exposed her physique generously in a Dev Anand film, was taken away for questioning, her passport was impounded and she was warned in the nastiest possible terms that she couldn't leave the country.
  13. ^ Mir, Amir (16 September 2006). "Row over bikini contestant rages". Gulf News.
  14. ^ Sen, Somit (20 February 2005). "Girlfriend: Smokescreens for mafia". The Times of India.
  15. ^ Andrew Rippin (1993). Muslims: The contemporary period. Taylor & Francis. pp. 105, 104. ISBN 9780415045285.
  16. ^ Nazir Ali, Rashid (15 October 2018). "Pakistanis Who Married Indians From Across The Border". Reviewit.pk.
  17. ^ "ہپ ہپ ہارے ایوارڈز جیتنے والوں کی فہرست". STN. 6 October 2023.
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