Mani Liaqat
Mani Liaqat (, born 25 April 1984) is a Manchester-based British-Asian actor and comedian. He is known for his bizarre rants, portly figure, witty voice and mixture of Punjabi/Urdu/Hindi and British everyday humour.
Mani is known for winning The Great Indian Laughter Challenge UK on Star One, Star Plus Production Sky Channel 783. Mani has been awarded the title of UK's Funniest Asian Comedian.
Alongside his comedy Mani is concentrating on his acting and presenting career as well. More recently he has made a successful move into dramatic world of acting. He has already appeared in Bollywood feature film Pusher (Nasha) 2010 alongside actress Mahima Chaudhry directed by Assad Raja
Also playing a cameo character alongside fellow mancunian actor Ali Khalid, Abid Ali, and Noman Ijaz in a Pakistani drama serial Sard Aag, directed by Yasir Akhtar based on British Pakistanis, which aired on global satellite channel Hum TV and later in the UK on Venus TV.
Most Recently Mani was invited as The Best British Asian Comedian to appear on Geo TV's talk show, The Nadia Khan Show .
Mani Liaqat also gave a performance for Miss Bollywood UK 2009 at Birmingham’s biggest venue, ICC on Broad Street. Reena Patel was crowned Miss Bollywood 2009. At the event were present professionals from the industry such as Manisha Koirala, Michelle Collins (EastEnders), Joseph Marcell (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), Lisa Lazarus (Actress in Veer (film)), Rohit Verma (Designer), Raza Malal (Writer/Director), Karl Ude-Martinez (actor), Harvinder "Harry" Anand (Music director), Taz (singer) (Stereo Nation), Karl George (Adjudicator) Hakille (dancer) and hosted by Raj& Pablo (BBC Asian Network).