Mubeen Gabol (ﻣﺒﯿﻦ ﮔﺒﻮﻝ) also known as Matkoo (ﻣﭩﮑﻮ) is a Pakistani actor and comedian, known for his impressions of celebrities.

Career

He currently appears in TV show Khabardaar on the Express News. Gabol's initial success was for his five-year stint (2007–2011) as a cast member on the

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series

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. In 2011, Gabol and the other cast members left

and signed a contract with

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. They started a similar show named Banana News Network. Gabol became the star of the show with his impressions of various Pakistani public figures. He quit the show in 2014. Gabol became known by doing impressions of political and media celebrities on satirical television show

. His fictional character, "Matkoo" was one of the most popular characters of the show. Gabol interviewed many celebrities as Matkoo. In 2011, Gabol left the show and started a new program on

GEO TV Geo Television Network is a television channel based in Pakistan. It was established in May 2002 and is owned by the Jang Media Group. The channel began its test transmission on 14 August 2002, with regular transmission beginning on 1 October ...

called Banana News Network (BNN).

2015-present

In 2015, Gabol joined ''Khabardaar'', an

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comedy satire show. He also appeared on GNN ''Joke Dar Joke'' in 2018. Gabol made his

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debut in the movie Kataksha, a

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film.

''BNN'' and ''Khabardaar'' impressions

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* Veena Malik * Kamran Khan *

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* Shah Mahmood Qureshi *

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Filmography

Film

Television

Reality shows

Web shows

References

External links

* Living people Baloch people Comedians from Sindh Pakistani male television actors Pakistani stand-up comedians 1986 births Pakistani male comedians Pakistani impressionists (entertainers) {{Pakistan-actor-stub