Shuhrat Abbosov

Shuhrat Abbosov
Born Shuhrat Solihovich Abbosov
(1931-01-16) January 16, 1931
Kokand, Uzbek SSR, USSR
Occupation actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer
Awards
  • Meritorious Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1965)
  • People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1974)
  • State Hamza Prize (1974)
  • People's Artist of the USSR (1981)
  • Shuhrat Medal (1994)
  • Order of People's Honor (1998)

Shuhrat Abbosov (sometimes spelled Shukhrat Abbasov in English) (Uzbek: Shuhrat Abbosov, Шуҳрат Аббосов; Russian: Шухрат Абба́сов) (born January 16, 1931) is an Uzbek actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Abbosov is best known for his film Mahallada duv-duv gap (1960) which is considered to be one of the best Uzbek films of all time.[1][2] He is also known for writing the screenplay for the highly-popular 1977 adventure film Shum bola.

Abbosov is celebrated as one of the founders of the Uzbek film making industry.[3][4][5] He has received many honorary titles and awards, including the titles People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR and People's Artist of the USSR.[6][7]

Life and work

Shuhrat Solihovich Abbosov was born on January 16, 1931, in Kokand, then the Uzbek SSR.[8] He graduated from the Tashkent Medical Vocational School in 1949. In 1954, Abbosov graduated from the Ostrovsky Tashkent Theater Arts Institute. Later he took graduate courses in film directing at Mosfilm. Abbosov started working at Uzbekfilm in 1959. As a director, he has also staged many plays, including Abdulla Qahhor's Ogʻriq tishlar (Hurting Teeth) and Komil Yashin's Nurxon.

Filmography

As director

As screenwriter

As actor

References

  1. "We should create characters based on our traditions". BBC's Uzbek Service (in Uzbek). 19 January 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  2. Hamroyev, Jasur (17 January 2012). "The beneficial work of Cinema.uz". Shov-Shuv (in Uzbek). Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  3. "Film screening: You are not an Orphan". School of Oriental and African Studies at University of London. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  4. Iskandar, Abdulla (27 January 2011). "Shuhrat Abbosov is 80". RFE/RL's Uzbek Service (in Uzbek). Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  5. "BBC's Guest - Shuhrat Abbosov". BBC's Uzbek Service (in Uzbek). 11 May 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  6. "Abbasov Shukhrat Salikhovich". Kino-Teatr (in Russian). Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  7. "Abbosov Shuhrat Solihovich". Ensiklopedik lugʻat (in Uzbek). 1. Toshkent: Oʻzbek sovet ensiklopediyasi. 1988. p. 5. 5-89890-002-0.
  8. "Abbosov Shuhrat Solihovich". Oʻzbekiston milliy ensiklopediyasi (in Uzbek). Toshkent: Oʻzbekiston milliy ensiklopediyasi. 2000–2005.

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