Moin Akhtar

Pride of Performance Award Recipient
Moin Akhtar was the recipient of the Pride of Performance Award 1996
Date	14-08-1996
Country	Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Presented by	Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

Moin Akhtar, (24 December 1950 – 22 April 2011) was a Pakistani television, film, stage actor, humorist, comedian, impersonator, and a host, writer, singer, director and producer who rose to fame in era of Radio Pakistan along with his co-actors Anwer Maqsood and Bushra Ansari. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona "Rosy" and is considered one of the most important figures in the history of the film industry of Sub Continent. His career spanned more than 45 years, from childhood in the Radio Pakistan era of modern film making until a year before his death in 2011.

Akhter was born in Karachi, Pakistan. His family had migrated to Pakistan after partition of India in 1947. He usually avoided vulgarity in his humor. Akhter was fluent in several languages, including English, Sindhi, Punjabi, Memoni, Pashto, Gujarati and Urdu.

Akhtar started his acting career as child actor at the age of 13, he played the character of Shylock in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice in theater.