P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Khalilov, Muhammad

Tajik actor Muhammad Khalilov was born into a merchant family in

Samarqand in 1909. He joined the CPSU in 1950.

Khalilov studied at the Samarqand Technical Cooperative and con-

tributed to the efforts of amateur groups there. In 1931, he joined what

is presently the Lahuti State Academy of Dramatic Arts of the Academy

of Sciences of Tajikistan. Here, emphasizing the outward aspects of

characters, he created a number of important roles including, Temur and

Khujayor in Shodmon (Joyful) and in Kaltadoroni Surkh (Red Club

Wielders), both by S. Ulughzoda, Mutavali and Qudrat in Dukhtari

Nokom and Dokhunda  (Unrequieted Girl, Dokhuda), by J. Ikromi, as

well as roles in Othello and Romeo and Juliet, by W. Shakespeare.

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