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'{{short description|Pakistani actress}} {{EngvarB|date=February 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Anita Ayoob | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pronunciation = | birth_name = Anita Ayoob | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|09|17|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]] | other_names = {{Hlist | Aneeta Ayoob | Anita Ayub | Anita Ayub Majeed}} | education = University of Karachi | occupation = {{Hlist | Actress | Model | Host}} | years_active = 1987 - 2010 | spouse = Subak Majeed (husband) | parents = Mumtaz Ayub (mother)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chowk.com/Views/Rise-and-Fall-of-a-Silver-Screen-Hero |title=Chowk: : Rise and Fall of a Silver Screen Hero |access-date=2014-01-20 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525095253/http://www.chowk.com/Views/Rise-and-Fall-of-a-Silver-Screen-Hero |archive-date=25 May 2011 }}. Rise and fall of a silver screen hero. Retrieved on 2008-09-10.</ref><ref name="dawn2">{{cite news |url=http://dawn.com/weekly/images/archive/061126/images3.htm |title=The man who changed cinema |date= 26 November 2006 |access-date=16 June 2021|url-status=dead |author=Omair Alavi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201065133/http://dawn.com/weekly/images/archive/061126/images3.htm |archive-date=1 February 2009|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)}}</ref> | children = Shazer (son) | relatives = Amber Ayub (sister) }} '''Anita Ayoob''' (also Known as '''Anita Ayub''' and '''Aneeta Ayoob''') is a Pakistani actress and model. She appeared in [[Hindi cinema|Bollywood films]] and [[Cinema of Pakistan|Lollywood 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> == Early life == Anita was born in [[Karachi]] at [[Pakistan]] and she studied from a Private Girls College and graduated from University of Karachi with a master's degree in English literature.<ref name=WeeklyNigarKarachi/> Anita's family were close friends with [[Waheed Murad]]'s family.<ref name=WeeklyNigarKarachi>{{cite journal |title=مشہور ماڈل و اداکارہ انیتا ایوب کا انٹرویو |journal=Weekly Nigar Karachi |year=1999 |issue=Golden Jubilee Number |page=177}}</ref> She was discovered by a modeling agent to model for advertising and she agreed.<ref name=WeeklyNigarKarachi/> Anita also went to India to study acting and was studying acting in Roshan Taneja School of Acting at [[Mumbai]] there she was trained in acting by [[Roshan Taneja]].<ref name=WeeklyNigarKarachi/> == Career == She started working as a model in her early teens 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=[[Business Insider]] |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 name=TellyChakkar>{{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> In 1993 she went to India for a commercial shooting and there Dev Anand, who was looking for a new actress, saw her commercial and he cast her for his film ''Pyaar Ka Tarana''.<ref name=WeeklyNigarKarachi/> She made her Bollywood debut in 1993 with film ''[[Pyaar Ka Tarana]]'', which was written and directed by [[Dev Anand]] the film received averaged reviews but later turned out to be successful at the box office.<ref name=WeeklyNigarKarachi/> Then she was offered a lead role in film ''Bulandi'' with [[Salman Khan]] before it was called ''Nihatta'' and then she completed some shooting scenes with Salman Khan but after sometime she refused to work in the movie because director M.R. Shahjahan made many changes and she couldn't accept it so she left it then [[Somy Ali]] was cast in the lead role instead she signed a film with Dev Anand.<ref name=WeeklyNigarKarachi/> Later she worked with [[Dev Anand]] again in film ''[[Gangster (1994 film)|Gangster]]'' in 1995 which was a box office success.<ref name=WeeklyNigarKarachi/><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> 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><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> In [[New York City|New York]] she hosted morning shows and guest shows on AT&T TV.<ref name=WeeklyNigarKarachi/> == Personal life == Ayoob married Saumil Patel, an Indian [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] businessman in 1995.<ref name=WeeklyNigarKarachi/> 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. == Filmography == === Television series === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col"|Year ! scope="col"|Title ! scope="col"|Role ! scope="col"|Network |- |1987 | ''Gardish'' | Shahida | [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]<ref name=TellyChakkar/> |- |1992 | ''Hasina-E Alam'' | Naila | [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]<ref name=TellyChakkar/> |- |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]] |} === Film === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Language |- |1993 | ''[[Pyaar Ka Tarana]]'' | Hindi |- |rowspan="4"|1994 |- | ''Sub Ke Baap'' | Urdu |- | ''Chalti Ka Naam Gari'' | Punjabi |- | ''Maria'' | Urdu |- |1995 | ''[[Gangster (1994 film)|Gangster]]'' | Hindi |} == Awards and nominations == {| 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 == {{reflist|30em}} == External links == * {{IMDb name|1304076|Anita Ayoob}} * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6IzvvuC2Ug Aneeta Ayoob Exclusive], an interview on [[Lehren]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Ayoob, Anita}} [[Category:1970 births]] [[Category:20th-century Pakistani actresses]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Pakistani film actresses]] [[Category:Actresses in Hindi cinema]] [[Category:Pakistani television actresses]] [[Category:Actresses in Punjabi cinema]] [[Category:21st-century Pakistani actresses]] [[Category:Actresses in Urdu cinema]] [[Category:Pakistani expatriate actresses in India]]'