P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Bandishoeva, Savsan

Tajik actor Savsan Bandishoeva was born into a farmer's family in

the village of Vomari in the Rushon district in 1921. She joined the

CPSU in 1953.

Bandishoeva's artistic career began in 1938, when she performed as

a member of the havaskoron amateur group of the district of Rushon. In

1940, she moved to Dushanbe and from there accompanied the Tajik

artists who were going to Moscow to participate in the Decade of Tajik

Art. She performed her role in 1941 with great success. From 1941 to

1965, she performed in the regional musical and comedy theater at

Khorugh.

Bandishoeva is both a singer and an actor. Rozia, from the play

Rozia (Rozia), by E. Akubjonov and Zeleranskii, is the first role she

created. Later on, her roles as Gulqurbon and Gulbahor in the plays

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Toshbek and Gulqurbon (Toshbek and Gulqurbon, 1947) and Qishloqi

Tilloi (The Golden Winter Quarters, 1946) by M. Shakar introduced her

as a dramatic actor. In 1946, when the Decade of Badakhshan Art was

celebrated, she played the role of Kruchinin in A. Ostrovskii's

Gunahkovoni Bigunoh (Guiltless Sinners) with unmitigated success.

Bandishoeva retired from the theater in 1965.

She became a People's Artist of Tajikistan in 1946 and received the

Badge of Honor, and other medals.