Shuhrat Solihovich Abbosov was born in 1931 in
Kokand,
Uzbek SSR. 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, which he graduated in 1958. Abbasov's diploma film was the short
The Filipino and the Drunkard (1958), adapted from a story by William Saroyan. His feature film debut,
The Entire Makhalia Is Talking about This (1961), was shot at Uzbekfilm Studio. The comedic tale about the tensions between the younger and older generations became a hit with viewers and critics; it remains his best known work and is considered to be one of the best Uzbek films of all time. He is also known for writing the screenplay for the highly-popular 1977 adventure film
The Mischievous Boy.
You Are Not an Orphan (1963) was hailed as a new page in the history of Uzbek cinema. The film tells the true story of a couple who adopted and raised fourteen orphaned children of different nationalities during the Great Patriotic War. His film
Tashkent Is a City of Bread (1968), from a semifictional novel by Aleksandr Neverov, set in 1921, tells the story of two peasant boys who are escaping the starved Russian countryside, hoping to find food in Central Asia. Abbasov then helmed the large-scale, two part biopic
Abu-Raikhan Beruni (1975), produced on the occasion of the 1,000th anniversary
of the medieval scholar, and
Fiery Paths (1977–1985), a biographical television miniseries about the life and tragic fate of Uzbek author
Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi. As a director, he also staged many plays, including
Abdulla Qahhor's
Ogʻriq tishlar (
Hurting Teeth) and
Komil Yashin's
Nurxon. He received many honorary titles and awards, including the titles People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR and
People's Artist of the USSR. Many of Abbosov's films have been included into the Russian Cinema Academy's Golden Fund of Soviet Cinema's Classics.
Death He died on 25 April 2018, aged 87, in
Tashkent, Uzbekistan. ==Family==