- Lutfali Abdullayev
Lutfali Amir oglu Abdullayev (Azeri: "Lütfəli Abdullayev") (
22 March 1914 , Nukha –9 December 1973 ,Baku ) was anAzerbaijan i theatre and film actor.Career
Lutfali Abdullayev was born into a merchant family in the city of Nukha, presently known as Shaki. He developed his interest towards acting while watching touring actors perform on the stage of local theatres. Actor
Ahmad Anatollu noticed young Abdullayev's fondness and suggested that he be sent toBaku to learn about theatre from prominent Azerbaijani actors. At the age of 14, he started attending vocal classes and learning to play the horn at theAzerbaijan State Conservatoire .ru icon [http://nashvek.media-az.com/251/metr.html He is Alive...] by I.Qadirova.26 March 2004 ] In 1939, he became a trouper at theAzerbaijan State Theatre of Musical Comedy where he worked until his death. Comedy became the main genre of his acting.Main roles in classic Azerbaijani films (such Vali in "Arshin Mal Alan" (1945); Balaoglan in the 1956 screen version of
Uzeyir Hajibeyov 's musical comedy "O olmasin, bu olsun" ("Not That One, Then This One"); Zulumov in "Ahmad haradadir?" ("Where is Ahmad?", 1965), etc.) gained Abdullayev great fame. He was reportedly compared toIgor Ilyinsky byRussia n critics.az icon [http://shouxeber.az/print.php?id=101 Celebrity Series: Remembering Lutfali Abdullayev] . "Iki Sahil".] He would ofter receive role offerings from variousRussia n theatres but he chose to turn them down because of his poor command of theRussian language .Personal life
In 1942, Lutfali Abdullayev met 17-year old Sevda Pepinova and four years later the two hatched plans to marry. However Pepinova's mother strongly opposed to this marriage due to class differences. Abdullayev was the son of a merchant and had no undergraduate degree, whereas Sevda came from a family of aristocrats whose wealth was largely expropriated as a result of
Sovietization : her fatherAhmet bey Pepinov , former minister of labour of theDemocratic Republic of Azerbaijan (ADR), became subject to repression under Stalin and was executed in 1937, and her mother was the daughter ofHasan bey Agayev , vice-speaker of Parliament of ADR. It was not until 1956, when Pepinova's mother lying on her deathbed agreed to this marriage. Lutfali Abdullayev lived with his wife for the next 17 years and fathered two daughters, Gulnara and Khurshud.References
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