Entertainment
Ten years on, Moin Akhtar’s legacy remains alive
Karachi: Legendary comedian Moin Akhtar is being remembered on his 10th death anniversary today.
It's been ten years since Moin Akhtar passed away but his legacy is proof that he may be gone but never forgotten.
Born on December 24, 1950, the veteran star entered the entertainment industry in 1966
His long-standing double act with writer Anwar Maqsood in ‘Loose Talk’ made him popular and when Bushra Ansari joined them the resulting comedy was matchless.
Akhtar used to work in plays for radio and received huge fame from Radio Pakistan as the comedy was matchless for his long-standing double act with writer Anwar Maqsood and Bushra Ansari in ‘Loose Talk’.
Moin performed not only in Pakistan but played several stage shows in India too including ‘Bakra Qiston Pe’ and ‘Buddha Ghar Pe Hai’.
He was believed to be an artist with extremely high standard in Pakistan along with experience of entertaining his audience for a long time.
Moreover, he was fluent in various languages, including English, Bengali, Sindhi, Punjabi, Memon, Pashto, Gujarati and Urdu.
Furthermore, the renowned humorist was awarded Pride of Performance and Sitara-i-Imtiaz in 1996 and 2011 respectively by the Government of Pakistan.
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