Moin Akhter

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Screenshot from a comedy drama. Moin Akhtar is on the left.

Moin Akhter (Urdu: معین اختر), (Alt spelling, Moeen Akhtar), (Pride of Performance, Sitara-e-Imtiaz, born 1950) is a Pakistani television, movie and stage actor, as well as a comedian, impersonator, and a host. He is also a play writer, singer, film director and producer.

A highly dynamic and versatile performer from Karachi, the largest city of Pakistan, he made his debut for television on September 6, 1966, in a variety show held on PTV to celebrate first defense day of Pakistan‎. Since then he has performed a great many roles in TV plays/shows, later making a team with Anwar Maqsood and Bushra Ansari.

Whether on the stage or on the screen, Moin Akhtar is one of the most ingenious performers to entertain and amuse his audience/viewers. His sharp wit and humor keep the audience spellbound. He is an inspiration for the generations to come and is one of the few that stand out so distinguishably. He has parodied in several languages, including English, Bengali, Sindhi, Punjabi, Memon, Pushto, Gujarati and others, while in the Urdu-speaking world, he is beloved for providing great humor for people of all ages, and with an etiquette that remains unmatched. He, therefore, is admired and acclaimed not only in Pakistan but in the other side of border, India, too. It would not be wrong to say that his ardent fans are spread all around the globe.

To mention a few of Moin's great performances, which are really 'feather in his cap', the first comes to mind is a comedy play Rosy /Rozy, an instant success, in which he played a role of a female TV artist. Rozy, actually, was an adaptation of Hollywood movie Tootsie starring Dustin Hoffman. Moreover, in a talk-show namely Loose Talk, began in 2005 by ARY Digital, he, appearing as a different disguised guest, is interviewed by Anwar Maqsood, the writer and the host of the program.