Abror Hidoyatov


Abror Hidoyatov was a Soviet, Uzbek actor of theater and cinema and a singer. He was honored with the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1945.

Biography

Hidoyatov was born on 27 August 1900 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 .
In 1927, he graduated from the Uzbek State Drama Studio at the Uzbek House 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. 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 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, a dramatic actress. Like her husband, she became a People's Artist of the USSR. Together, they had two sons:, a historian, professor, doctor of historical sciences, and Honored Scientist of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as Timur, an architect, professor, and lecturer in various disciplines at the Tashkent Architecture and Civil Engineering Institute.

Awards

Roles in the theater

He performed more than thirty roles in theater throughout his career:

Filmography

1945 – "" – Sardor.

Memory

In 1967, a documentary film dedicated to the life and work of the actor was released.
In Tashkent, the name of A. Hidoyatov is given to the State Drama Theater and One of the Streets.