In remembrance: Moin Akhtar’s third death anniversary

The third death anniversary of comedian and actor Moin Akhtar, who lives in the hearts of millions, is being observed today. He is remembered as a versatile artist and a very noble human being by all his fans and colleagues. Master parodist and king of Urdu comedy, the man had a million characters but one identity and that of a true showman, Akhtar was someone who had the power to turn a frown into a smile.

Akhtar stepped into the show business in the 60s and continued ruling various fields of performing arts with his spontaneous performances for over a half a century.

He was born in Karachi and his mother tongue was Urdu, but he performed with command in many other languages including Bengali, Sindhi, Memoni, Gujrati amd of course English.

During his career, the versatile actor performed over 1,000 different characters on television and theatre. He also hosted many talk shows which were greatly appreciated by his fans and viewers across the globe. Akhtar was a singer as well and he kept his audience in awe by singing hilarious parodies.

“Everything I did is a part of history now. To live with history is difficult but there will be people, who will say one day, there was a man who did it and did it so differently.” Those were the last words of the legendary Moin Akhtar, as recorded in an interview with The Express Tribune.

Akhtar was suffering from a heart disease during the last days of his life, which eventually lead to his death on April 22, 2011. The iconic comedian died at the age of 61, but he left behind an undisputed legacy.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 22^nd, 2014.

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