1. Moin Akhter, was a Pakistani television, film and stage artist, humorist, comedian, impersonator, host, writer, singer, director and producer who rose to fame in the era of Radio Pakistan along with his co-actors Anwar Maqsood and Bushra Ansari.
16 Facts About Moin Akhter
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Moin Akhter became an icon through his screen persona "Rozi" and is considered to be a one-of-a-kind parodist and the king of Urdu comedy.
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Moin Akhter's career spanned more than 45 years, from childhood in the Radio Pakistan era to work of great renown on television, film and stage until a year before his death in 2011.
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Moin Akhter started his acting career as child actor at the age of 13.
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Moin Akhter played the character of Shylock in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice in theatre.
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Moin Akhter made his television debut on 6 September 1966, in a variety show on Pakistan Television to celebrate the first Defence Day of Pakistan.
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Moin Akhter started as a comedian in 1966 by impersonating the Hollywood actor Anthony Quinn and mimicked one of the former USA's president John F Kennedy's speeches.
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Moin Akhter has performed several roles in television stage shows, later teamed with Anwar Maqsood and Bushra Ansari.
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Moin Akhter rose to the national spotlight and gathered critical acclaim for his performance in the drama Rozi in which he played the role of a female TV artist.
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Moin Akhter called it one of his favourite on-screen characters that he had played.
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Moin Akhter hosted shows involving major personalities and performed on stage alongside Indian legends including Dilip Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar and Madhuri Dixit.
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Moin Akhter acted in several films, sitcoms and dramas, and hosted many TV talk shows, including:.
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Moin Akhter hosted shows with invited dignitaries including King Husain of Jordan, Prime Minister of Gambia Dawoodi Al-Joza, Presidents Zia-ul-Haq, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, General Yahya Khan and Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and the legendary Indian film actor Dilip Kumar.
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Moin Akhter was survived by his wife, three daughters and two sons.
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Funeral prayers for Moin Akhter were offered in Tauheed Masjid near his residence.
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Many Bollywood actors paid tribute to Moin Akhter including Johnny Lever, Javed Akhtar, Javed Jaffrey and Shatrughan Sinha.