Moin Akhtar

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

Moin Akhtar (Urdu: معین اختر) (born 1950) is a Pakistani television, film and stage actor, comedian, impersonator, host and singer. His name is also often spelled as Moeen. He is from Karachi and has starred in many TV dramas and live comedy events. He is rated among top artists in Pakistan. In 2005 he started work on talk show Loose Talk, in which he appears as a disguised guest every time and is interviewed humorously by writer Anwar Maqsood. Loose Talk airs on ARY Digital. Loose Talk is a show in which Moin Akhtar and Anwar Maqsood discuss real life situations in Pakistan along with a little humor.

His TV debut was on September 6, 1966, in a variety show held to celebrate first defense day of Pakistan‎.

He hosted "The Moin Akhtar Show" on PTV where he used to have celebrities come on the show with their spouses and have them answer questions, and also starred in the Television play, Rosi, which gained much fame because of Moin Akhtar's notable performance. Rosi was a plagiarized Urdu version of Tootsie and Moin Akhtar was the counterpart of Dustin Hoffman.

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