Abror Hidoyatov (3 October 1958) was a Soviet, Uzbek actor of theater and cinema and a singer.Khidoyatov Abrar // Great Soviet Encyclopedia: in 30 volumes ed. A. M. Prokhorov – 3rd ed. – M.: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969 He was honored with the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1945.
Biography Hidoyatov was born on 27 August 1900 (according to other sources, December 31 ) in the Degrez Mahalla in Tashkent. At the age of ten, he learned to play the dutar and soon became a singer. He began his stage career in 1918, working in the theatrical group "Turan," led by (from 1919, the K. Marx Troupe, and from 1920, the Exemplary Regional Drama Troupe).
In 1927, he graduated from the Uzbek State Drama Studio at the Uzbek House of Enlightenment (later the I. V. Stalin Uzbek Institute of Enlightenment) in Moscow, where he studied under Ruben Simonov, Lev Sverdlin, and Iosif Tolchanov. Graduates of this studio formed the core of the Hamza Uzbek Drama Theater. From 1927 until the end of his life, he was an actor in the Central State Exemplary Uzbek Troupe in Samarkand (from 1929, the Hamza State Uzbek Drama Theater in Tashkent, and from 2001, the ). He portrayed over 70 roles. He embodied on stage the finest examples of Russian, European, and Uzbek dramatic art. While being a theater actor, he performed folk songs at concerts and appeared in musical dramas and comedies. In 1936, he wrote a play titled "Avaz". He was a member of the Communist party (Bolsheviks) from 1922. He died from a stroke on 3 October 1958, in Tashkent. He was buried at the .
Family Hidoyatov was married to Sara Ishanturaeva (1911–1998), a dramatic actress. Like her husband, she became a People's Artist of the USSR (1951). Together, they had two sons: (19302015), a historian, professor, doctor of historical sciences, and Honored Scientist of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as Timur (19322024), an architect, professor, and lecturer in various disciplines at the Tashkent Architecture and Civil Engineering Institute.
Awards People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1937) People's Artist of the USSR (24 March 1945) Stalin Prize 2nd class (1949) – for his performance in the leading role in the play "Alisher Navoi" by Uygur and Sultanov Order of Lenin (24 March 1945) Two Order of the Red Banner of Labor (31 May 1937 and 16 January 1950) Order of Outstanding Merit (25 August 2000)
Roles in the theater He performed more than thirty roles in theater throughout his career:
1921 – "Intrigue and Love" by Friedrich Schiller – Wurm 1926 – "The Government Inspector" by Nikolai Gogol – The Mayor 1928 – "Zagmuk" by – Zer Sibane 1929 – "Dva kommunista" by K. Yashen – Arslan 1929 – "Myatej" based on Dmitry Furmanov – Kokumbay 1930 – "Chelovek s portfelem" by – Granatov 1930 – "Vrediteli xlopka" by U. Ismailov – Aman 1931 – "Istoriya zagovorila" by J. Said and – Aripov 1932 – "Sojjem" by K. Yashen – Sarymsak 1932 – "Maska sorvana" by – Toigbek 1934 – "Razgrom" by K. Yashen – Arslan
1934 – "" by – Brodsky 1934 – "Moy drug" by Nikolai Pogodin – Gai 1935 – "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare – Hamlet 1937 – "" by Konstantin Trenyov – Shvandya 1939 – "Bay i batrak" by Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi – Gafur 1941 – "Othello" by William Shakespeare – Othello 1943 – "Mukanna" by Hamid Olimjon – Mukanna 1945 – "Alisher Navoi" by Uygʻun and – Alisher Navoi "The Miser" by Molière – Harpagon "Turandot (Gozzi)" by Carlo Gozzi – Calaf "Ovechiy istochnik" by Lope de Vega – Frondoso
"Xalima" by G. Zafari – Negmat "Yarkin-oy" by Chulpan – Ahmad-batyr "Arshin Mal Alan" by Uzeyir Hajibeyov – Asker "Leyli and Majnun" by Uzeyir Hajibeyov – Majnun "Yeshyo raz jenyus" by Chulpan – Nasreddin "Exo" by – Bob "Rustam" by U. Ismailov – Rustam "Farxad i Shirin" by Khurshid, based on the poem by Ali-Shir Nava'i "Djalaleddin" by Maqsud Shayxzoda – Timur-Malik
Filmography 1945 – "" – Sardor.
Memory In 1967, a documentary film dedicated to the life and work of the actor was released (directed by Bobo Xoʻjayev).
In Tashkent, the name of A. Hidoyatov is given to the State Drama Theater (Uzbek State Drama Theater named after Abror Hidoyatov) (1991) and One of the Streets (1986).
See also Bahodir Yoʻldoshev
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