Anita Ayoob
Anita Ayoob | |
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| Born | Anita Ayoob |
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| Years active | 1987 - 2010 |
| Spouse | Subak Majeed (husband) |
| Children | Shezap |
| Relatives | Amber 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][9]
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.[10][11][12][13][14]
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. She also has a half brother and actress Amber Ayub is her sister.[15]
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 | |
| Chalti Ka Naam Gari | Punjabi / Urdu | |
| Sub Ke Baap | Urdu | |
| Maria | Urdu |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | STN Awards | Best New Talent | Won | Hip Hip Hurray Season 1 | [16] |
The underworld connection
Ayoob was reported to be very close to Dawood Ibrahim.[11] A producer named Javed Siddique was allegedly shot dead by Dawood's gang in 1995, when the producer refused to cast Anita in a Hindi film.[17]
Controversy
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".[8][7]
In 1995, producer Javed Siddique was allegedly killed by Dawood's gang when he refused to cast Ayoob in his film.[17]
References
- ^ "Anita Ayub's back". Dawn. 4 July 2010.
- ^ Nazir Ali, Rashid (3 September 2014). "Aneeta Ayoob approached by television producers". Reviewit.pk.
- ^ Mandal, Suchayan (29 June 2015). "Mafia wars of heart". BusinessInsider.
- ^ Bhattacharya, Rohit (11 August 2015). "10 Times Bollywood Actors Crossed Paths With The Underworld". ScoopWhoop.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Anita Ayub". Nettv4u.
- ^ a b Asiaweek, Volume 19, 1993]
- ^ a b Andrew Rippin (1993). Muslims: The contemporary period. Taylor & Francis. pp. 105, 104. ISBN 9780415045285.
- ^ "Miss Asia Pacific 1980-1989 - Pageantopolis". Archived from the original on 20 January 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Cancelled". India Today. 15 December 1993.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mir, Amir (16 September 2006). "Row over bikini contestant rages". Gulf News.
- ^ Nazir Ali, Rashid (15 October 2018). "Pakistanis Who Married Indians From Across The Border". Reviewit.pk.
- ^ "ہپ ہپ ہارے ایوارڈز جیتنے والوں کی فہرست". STN. 6 October 2023.
- ^ a b Sen, Somit (20 February 2005). "Girlfriend: Smokescreens for mafia". The Times of India.
External links
- Anita Ayoob at IMDb
- Aneeta Ayoob Exclusive, an interview on Lehren