"Funniest Comedian KHALID ABBAS DAR vs RHYS DARBY"

Khalid Abbas Dar (born 1942 )is an actor, playwright, director, theatre producer, entertainer, mimic, one-man show and a television host in Pakistan. He was born into a Dar family to Abdul Malik Dar, director sports at the Islamia College, who was vehemently opposed to his dreams to join the entertainment industry from the early years, eventually excluding him from his social circle when he did. Khalid Abbas Dar is an entertainer; who performs on radio, television and theater. He is an actor, mimic, entertainer, theatrical figure, film star, anchor person, stage and theater director and producer. He has worked for over five and a half decades and today Khalid Abbas Dar is recognized as a well-known entertainer in Pakistan. His career spans from 1955 to date. From his earliest recordings for Radio Pakistan, he prospered onto television, the silver screen, on stage and numerous live performances on leading Award Shows of National & International significance. His achievements are numerous, and can overfill pages. From his early recognition with the Roll of Honor in 1966 by the Government College Lahore for his talents in “mimicry and one man show” – which remains the first and last such award to be presented to an artist in over one and a half century, to another rare distinction of being awarded Presidential Award for Pride of Performance in 1998-99 and another National Award significantly with the Sitara-e-Imtiaz in 2006-07 given by the Government of Pakistan. Khalid Abbas Dar started his career as a child performer on Radio Pakistan in 1955, and was the first ever “One Man Show” performer of PTV ever since its inception in 1964. Considering his par excellence, Governor West Pakistan, Ameer Muhammad Khan of Kalabagh called him for a show at the Governors House. He was then asked by the GHQ to perform for the Pakistan troops after the ceasefire of the 1965 war between Pakistan & India with other leading cultural figures such as Mehdi Hassan, Ustaad Amanat Ali, Fateh Ali Khan, Naseem Begum, Fareeda Khanum, Roshan Ara Begum. Khalid Abbas Dar conducted 33 such events for the Pakistan Army, Air Force & Navy at different locations including one on the INS Saraswati which was captured by the Pakistan Navy, adored by the then Vice Admiral A.R. Khan. After half a million troops being entertained, the then President of Pakistan Field Marshal General Ayub Khan honored the show on 20 September 1966 at the Ayub National Park Rawalpindi. His versatility is such that be it radio, television, cinema or stage, success has followed Khalid Abbas Dar wherever he has ventured. It is the hard work and talent meshed into one that has paved the way all through these decades leading up to the present day. Numerous personal achievements showcase his career. Be it his innumerable radio & television performances to his on-stage prowess which includes the production of the cultural show presented to 45 Heads of State at the Islamic Conference of 1974 at Lahore, assigned to him by the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.

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Rhys Montague Darby (born 21 March 1974) is a New Zealand actor and comedian, known for his energetic physical comedy routines, telling stories accompanied with mime and sound effects of things such as machinery and animals. He was nominated for the Billy T Award in 2001 and 2002. He also won the 2012 Fred (Dagg) award at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival, for best NZ show. Darby is best known for playing Murray Hewitt, the band manager of Flight of the Conchords in the television series, a role he originally played in the BBC radio series under the name Brian Nesbit, and for playing the boss of Jim Carrey's character in Yes Man, as well as roles in What We Do in the Shadows, The Boat That Rocked, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Voltron: Legendary Defender, Psycho Sam in Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Crash Bandicoot in Skylanders Academy, and Half-Life: Alyx. Darby was born in Auckland and brought up in its Pakuranga suburb. He attended Edgewater College. A former soldier (signaller trained in morse code), he left the New Zealand Army in 1994 and began studies at the University of Canterbury. In 1996 he formed a comedy duo, Rhysently Granted, with Grant Lobban. After winning an open mic contest at Southern Blues Bar in Christchurch, they began performing at local venues.

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