KARACHI: Pakistani entertainment legend Moin Akhtar’s fans celebrate 73rd birth anniversary .
Entertainment Icon Moin Akhtar was born in Karachi,He began his stage career at 16 years old and quickly became known for his masterful impersonations and side-splitting skits. After a breakout 1966 appearance on a popular Pakistani talk show, Akhtar became a household name.
Akhtar mastered several languages—English, Sindhi, Punjabi, Memoni, Pashto, Gujarati, and Bengali—and comedic delivery in each. This dedication to his wide-ranging craft fueled the steady success of a four-decade career on both stage and television. As versatile as he was funny, Akhter reached even higher levels of prestige with his performance as the woman protagonist in “Rosy,”
Moin teamed up with another iconic comedian Umer Sharif and starred in a series of stage plays, including Bakra Qiston Pe and Budha Ghar Pe Hai.
He hosted talk shows Yes Sir No Sir and Moin Akhter Show and set new standards in the field. In the show Loose Talk, he appeared as a different character in each episode with a total of more than 400 episodes along with Anwar Maqsood.
He was awarded Pride of Performance in 1996, Sitara-i-Imtiaz in 2011 and Best Actor at PTV Awards in 2000. Moin died on 22 April 2011
