Zaira Wasim
Actor · Born October 23, 2000 (26) · Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Zaira Wasim is a former Indian actress who worked in Hindi films. The recipient of numerous accolades, including a Filmfare Award and a National Film Award, Wasim was honored with the National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement by Ram Nath Kovind, the President of India, at a ceremony in New Delhi in 2017. Wasim made her film debut with the role of young Geeta Phogat in the biographical sports film Dangal (2016), which emerged as the highest-grossing Indian film, grossing more than ₹2,000 crores ($300 million) worldwide. She then starred as an aspiring singer in the musical drama Secret Superstar (2017), which became the highest-grossing Indian film with a female protagonist. Both were backed by Aamir Khan Productions and earned her numerous accolades, including the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the former and the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress for the latter. Her last film appearance was in The Sky Is Pink (2019), which garnered her a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination, despite underperforming commercially.
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 23, 2000 (26)
- Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
- Actor
- 3 on MovieCove · 4 credits in all
What are Zaira Wasim's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Heroas Insia in Secret Superstar (2017)
- Heraldas Aisha Chaudhary in The Sky Is Pink (2019)
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Zaira Wasim's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on Netflix (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Zaira Wasim's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
4 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
The Sky Is Pink(2019)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Secret Superstar(2017)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Dangal(2016)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all filmsSapney (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Career shape
Star power in the 88th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 4 titles from 2015 to 2019.
Film career
Top draw in 1 MovieCove title.
- 2016Screen debut· Dangal
- 2017First top-billed film· Secret Superstar
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.
How do Zaira Wasim's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 94th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 93rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
Shape of the crowd
1 of their 3 titles is Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the acting 86/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 92, detractors 53. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Zaira Wasim's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Zaira Wasim work with?
People who share at least 2 of Zaira Wasim's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Aamir Khan shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Aamir KhanShared titles: Secret Superstar (2017), Dangal (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Aamir Khan
Producers
- Siddharth Roy KapurShared titles: The Sky Is Pink (2019), Dangal (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Siddharth Roy Kapur
- Kiran RaoShared titles: Secret Superstar (2017), Dangal (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Kiran Rao
