Moin Akthar was born on 24 December 1950 in
Karachi, Sindh province, Pakistan. His father’s name was Muhammad Ibrahim
Mehboob, who was an elder person but didn’t live alive when his son Moheen
Akhtar died. He passed away at the age of 92 years a few months later after his
son’s death. The father of Moin Akhtar was born in Muradabad India. He owned
his printing press and also served in the garments trade. When Pakistan emerged
on the map of the world. He migrated to Karachi. Moin Akhtar age was 60 years when died on
22 April 2011.
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H He was the asset of Pakistan Television, who possessed all qualities as an actor. Moin was a comedian, copycat, host, writer, singer, director, and producer. Apart from having so many qualities he used to speak many languages with fluency like Bengali, Urdu, Pashto, Sindhi, Punjabi, Gujrati, and Momeni. He started his work with co-actors Bushra Ansari and Anwar Maqsood in the period of Radio Pakistan. A chain of his programs and other plays started which came to an end after 45 years i.e this outstanding man spent the forty-five years of his life for PTV. He won the hearts of the viewers and popularity with his drama Rozi in which he played the role of the female with unbelievable performance.
MOIN AKHTAR FAMILY
Moin had two sons
and one daughter. Moin Akhtar son Mansoor Akhtar was elder and his younger son was Sharjeel Akhar and his daughter
Nausheen Akhtar. He has two brothers namely Shafiqe Anwar and Muhammad Aslam.
Sharjeel the second son of this unusual star did his graduation from New York,
USA and presently employed at the Habib University Karachi. Some of moin
akhtar family pics are:
Moin’s Career
He started his career when he was
a kid of 13 years. he played the role of Shylock in
Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice in the theater. The funny side of Akthar was
very active and multitalented. For the first time, he appears on television on 6th
September 1966 in a show in the celebration of Pakistan’s defense day. In 1966, he attracted the attention of viewers
when imitated the Hollywood actor Anthony Quinn and one of John F Kennedy’s
speeches. In that show, Moin also showed a parody of the former president.
Subsequently, he played the magic of skills in numerous roles in stage shows
aired on PTV.
Among moin akhtar drama list,
the best was a classical drama Rozi telecasted on PTV back in 1990. It was
basically an adaption of an American film called “Tootsie” (1982). This
drama gave a deep meaning and ridicule to the public. Akthar played the leading
character of Rozi, a female in this drama. Rozi drama cast or co-actors were Fazeela Qazi (Nazia), Fariha
Altaf (Shahana), Akbar Subhani (Rasheed), Hameed Wayne (Nazia’s father), Latif
Kapadia (doctor), and Sahira Kazmi (Miss Fozia). The writer was Imran Saleem and
director Sahira Kazmi.
Moin
hosted many more shows but it’s a matter of pride for him that he hosted such
shows in which notable personalities were invited. Like Prime Minister of
Gambia, Dawoodi Al-joza, former president Zia-ul-Haq (late), former Prime
Minister of Pakistan Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (late), former president Ghulam Ishaq
(late), former president General Yahya
Khan (late), former president Pervez Musharraf, Indian film star Dilip Kumar.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:
1. Honorary Citizenship of Dallas in
1996
2. Special Award for Comedy in 2005
3. Pride of Performance in 1996
4. Sitara-i-Imtiaz in 2011
LAST MOMENTS/DEATH:
Moin
Akhtar death cause/reason
was heart disease. He was a heart patient
who suffered a heart attack before and was under treatment. On 22 April 2011 at evening, he again suffered from a heart attack, and this time he didn’t survive
and died leaving one widow, two sons, and a daughter. The funeral procession of
Moin was attended by thousands of VIPs. Thought Pakistan the people expressed
deep grief for his demise. The Indian actors also remarked his life conveyed
their sorrows to Pakistan. His funeral prayer was offered on Saturday in
Tauheed Masjid in DHA Phase II, Malir Cantt, near his home.
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