Asha Posley

Biography

Asha Posley was born Sabira Begum in Patiala, Punjab, British India in 1927. She was given the film name Asha Posley by the renowned music director Ghulam Haider. She made her film debut in a Lahore-made Punjabi film Gawandi (1942) as a supporting actress.Later she played just a few female lead roles in some films starting with film Champa (1945) and then Kamli (1946) in British India. After independence of Pakistan in 1947, her whole family migrated to Lahore, Pakistan including her music director father Inayat Ali Nath and her 2 sisters- actress Rani Kiran and Kausar Perveen who later gained fame in Pakistan as a film playback singer. Her father was the music director for the first-ever released film in Pakistan Teri Yaad (1948) and Asha Posley played the female lead role in the film opposite Nasir Khan who was a brother of famous Indian actor Dilip Kumar.Later she was mostly cast in supporting roles opposite comedian actors Nazar and Asif Jah in films both in Urdu and Punjabi languages. She acted in 129 films in total in her career spanning over 4 decades (1942-1986). Asha Posley was awarded a Special Award for Excellence in 30 years of acting by the prestigious Nigar Awards organization in Pakistan in 1982.

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Teri Yaad

(1948) Playback Singer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1970	N/A	Insan Aur Aadmi 1970-05-15 Movie
1957	N/A	Murad 1957-07-09 Movie
1953	N/A	Shehri Babu 1953-06-13 Movie
1948	N/A	Teri Yaad 1948-08-07 Movie
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Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1948	Playback Singer	Teri Yaad 1948-08-07 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv