Asim Posted April 23, 2011 Posted April 23, 2011 Islamabad, April 22 (IANS) Prominent Pakistani television, stage and film actor Moin Akhtar, best known to audiences in the subcontinent for his role in comedy play 'Bakra Qiston Pe', died in Karachi Friday. Akhtar, 61, was undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) for heart disease, Geo TV reported. A versatile performer from Karachi, Akhtar made his TV debut Sep 6, 1966 in a show on state-run Pakistan TV (PTV) on the first defence day of Pakistan. Since then, he had performed numerous roles in TV shows. Akhtar was one of the most sought after actors in the Pakistani entertainment industry. He was fluent in several languages, including English, Bengali, Sindhi, Punjabi, Pushto, Gujarati and others. He also had a huge fan following in India due to 'Bakra Qiston Pe' opposite Pakistani comedian Umar Sharif in which they impersonated several sub-continental actors like Dilip Kumar, Shashi Kapoor and Raj Kumar. ============================= He was easily my most favorite Pakistani artist ever... A true one man show... Legendry artist of Pakistani television, film and stage, great comedian, best impersonator I ever seen, awesome host, writer, director and besides his all professional versatility he truly was a great great human being. I am not sure how many of you might even know him because I feel people in Ind have a better exposure with Omer Sharif only... Moin started his career in 1966 and without any doubt he was one rare artist who have each moment of his professional life as a "peak" point because of his perfection and commitment with the his roles he did. Unfortunately I cant see his most of great work uploaded on net, may be people start uploading it now from old archives but here are just few clips you might feel interesting, most of them from a show "loose talk" where in this show alone he appeared in 400+ characters with equally ultimate perfection. Umer Sharif comments after his death news: SG2kABS94ac a part from some very old show he was hosting, invited Dalip Kumar, at 1:50 Dalip Kumar comments about Moin: DOMkVNLEUzM Moin Akhtar as Indian PM CbBzI4kocrY as a BanglaDeshi cricketer who is member of Bangladesh team visiting Pak, Great performance: 41Oa5zMMbJg as a poet kmXSJpvKC9k Cricket special - a common man, "laughing person" : D YNzu9kqI2xA as a mental 60tXIGYJQPg Comedy mushaira live in Toronto, Moin starts at 4:38 eVJa-8TJs1k Moin & Javed Jafri as a Pakistani & Indian Behaari cricket fans: MulJFLSxyfs Few thoughtful and impressive words by Moin in some of his Last interview: BeNy08GcG7c
cricketlover Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 true legend and definitely as good as Umer Sharif. He is gone but he will not be forgotten. Rest in Peace
Rajiv Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 Oh man, RIP. This artist was simply awesome, multi-talented man. I respect such individuals as its very easy for many of the artist there to fall in bollywoods hands ( even the legendary Nadeem did a hindi movie ), he remained authentic My past fav is Khalid Abbas Dar, his drama Parchi was a riot and still looking for it Below is one of the scenes ( Coincidentally Nadeem is also there ) E2z2JALyG9Q&feature=related Here's another Video - Superb Artist YCscy65MDrY Check after 3:45 ( How Ppl Laugh ) For Pakistanis here, if anyone knows how to get PTV Drama - Parchi and Nadeem's Movie called Playboy
Gold 10 Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 I am Very disappointed when i listen the news Moin khan is Dead. He is Legend in the history of Drama Director as well as Actor.
Asim Posted April 25, 2011 Author Posted April 25, 2011 I am Very disappointed when i listen the news Moin khan is Dead. He is Legend in the history of Drama Director as well as Actor. "Moin Akhtar" actually... I remember so many times during any cricket match, Pakistani radio/TV commentators and even we people used to call Moin Khan as Moin Akhtar by mistake... But really it was such a sad and shocking news that nobody believed or to be honest nobody here was mentally ready to accept this news. He was one rare person in today's world for whom anybody can find any reason to not like him, he was truly living in our hearts and will always live.
Asim Posted April 27, 2011 Author Posted April 27, 2011 I dont know him but RIP. Heard his name first time...still R I P Never heard of him before. But RIP Just for your understanding, Moin Akhtar in Pakistan showbiz and entertainment industry was just like Wasim Akram in Pakistan sports...
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