The deaths of comedians of extremely high standard in Pakistan have left the comic scene as saddened as never before with a vacuum that can never be filled up.
From TV to theatre, Moin Akhtar, Murtaza Hasan Alias Mastana, Babbu Baral and Liaquat Soldier - all comedians who brought non-stop laughter to everyone left their fans crying. "Death of these artists is unable to make them dead in the hearts of people where they will remain alive but the comedy industry and theatre will suffer as it lost main characters of the comedy," said Tauqeer Nasir, Director General PNCA and the backstage colleague of the comedians.
The comedians were not only the characters that brought life in comedy, but they are real assets for maintaining the identity of comic life in Pakistani stage and TV. "The artists who learnt and presented their experiences from 60s are still the source of learning for the new artists and our showbiz can hardly produce such generation", he said adding, "These comedians were the institutions of comic art and specially Moin Akhtar was an academy that became inspiration for many of today's comedians."
He further said that Radio Pakistan, theatre and ultimately PTV is the main contributors to bring and maintain respectful comedy and quality acting for entertainment lovers and this era is an inspiration for the generations to come. As an anchor, Moin Akhtar left a lesson for today's anchors to give respect to their guests as well as criticise the unjust in a soft humorous manner. He said that we should acknowledge the skills of these artists in their life and pass on their skills to upcoming artists in order to create moral values in social services.
Nasir recalled that Moin Akhtar's programmes like 'Loose Talk' can never be produced with same personality in which the artist disguised as different characters and presented all of those characters in a complete way. These four comedians had the quality of making improvement in correction of the society with their humorous acts, which lacks in today's actors and directors while youth should take them as role model for their dedication towards social services.
Talking more about Moin Akhtar, DG PNCA said that he was a `cultured personality' - well dressed, well behaved and well mannered. Death of this personality is such a loss and vacuum, which can never be filled. Mastana and Babbu Baral were like `oxygen' for rural theatre as they entertained the deprived, worker class and rural masses and dedicated their entire life for them. "Making people laugh is indeed serving the oppressed humanity and making their life balanced with entertaining mood," he remarked.
"Works of these comedians who left us in a month will be an institution of learning for actors, comedians, anchors and directors in the coming ages. These comedians also created their style to avoid vulgarity in humour and were admired mostly in family audiences and people of all ages," he concluded.
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