Shukhrat Abbasov

Mahallada duv-duv gap

Shukhrat Abbasov

Khalida Iskhakova, Roza Rizamukhamedova

The events in Mahallada duv-duv gap occur in a mahalla — a traditional Uzbek neighborhood — in an old part of Tashkent at a time when big-scale construction works are taking place. The movie humorously depicts the relationships between traditional parents and their modern children.

You Are Not an Orphan

Shukhrat Abbasov

Lyutfi Sarymsakova, Abid Dshalilov

The film is a touching story about an Uzbek family who gave shelter to 14 kids evacuated during the World War II while their own child was at the battlefronts.

Tashkent, City of Bread

Shukhrat Abbasov

Vladimir Vorobey, Vova Kudenko

Beautifully shot in black and white, and scripted by Tarkovsky's collaborator Andrei Konchalovsky, this powerful melodrama tells the story of a young boy who undertakes the perilous journey to Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent, to earn some money for his hungry family. Filming in the periphery of the Soviet Union, in a time of relative political relaxation, director Shukhrat Abbasov actually dared to depict the poverty and famine that resulted from the Bolshevik Revolution.

Abu Raykhan Biruni

Shukhrat Abbasov

Pulat Saidkasymov, Razak Khamrayev

A biographical film about one of the greatest Medieval scientists and scholars, Al-Biruni.

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Shukhrat Abbasov

Yakub Akhmedov, Pulat Saidkasymov