Zaira Wasim shared the news on her social media accounts, asking for prayers for her father’s peace and forgiveness.

Zaira Wasim, known for her roles in Dangal and Secret Superstar, has revealed that her father, Zahid Wasim, has passed away. She shared the news on her social media accounts, asking for prayers for her father’s peace and forgiveness.

Zaira took to her social media handles on Tuesday and wrote, “My father, Zahid Wasim, has passed away. Please remember him in your prayers and ask Allah to forgive his shortcomings, make his grave peaceful, protect him from its torment, ease his journey from here ahead and grant him the highest level of Jannah and Maghrirah.”

Earlier this year, Zaira mourned the loss of her Dangal co-star Suhani Bhatnagar. She expressed her shock and offered heartfelt condolences to Suhani’s family. “I’m shocked beyond words by the news of Suhani Bhatnagar’s passing

My heart goes out to her family during this incredibly difficult time. The thought of what her parents must be experiencing fills me with so much sorrow. Utterly speechless. My heartfelt condolences,” she had written on X then.

Zaira made her Bollywood debut in 2016 at the age of 16. She played the younger version of Geeta Phogat, popular Haryanvi wrestler and the daughter of Mahavir Singh Phogat, veteran wrestler played by producer-actor Aamir Khan in Nitesh Tiwari’s blockbuster sports drama Dangal. The film, also starring Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Aparshakti Khurana, Sakshi Tanwar, and Suhani Bhatnagar, became one of the highest-grossing Indian films worldwide.