PEOPLE'S ARTIST OF UZBEKISTAN
(1910-1977)
Famous Uzbek actor, director and statesman Olim Khojayev was born in 1910 in Bukhara. After graduating from Bukhara in 1929, he began his career as an actor at the Uzbek State Academic Drama Theater named after Hamza (now the National Theater of Uzbekistan). Fatkhullin created such images as "Traitors"). These first scenes of the restless, enthusiastic, tireless work of the actor serve as a kind of preparation for the mature images that he can create in the future. The image of Hamlet in Shakespeare's tragedy "Hamlet" played an important role in the recognition of O. Khojayev in the wider cultural community. In this play, staged by M. Uygur at the Hamza Theater in 1935, Abror Hidoyatov was the master artist who first skillfully performed the image of Hamlet and captivated the audience. After Alisher Abror, playing this role, as Alisher Navoi put it, was a responsible task, like "slapping Nizami's paw." However, O.Khojayev successfully passed this difficult exam. In the actor’s interpretation, Hamlet was embodied as a symbol of justice, truth, purity, and honesty. For thirty years, the artist has achieved great creative success by performing the image of Hamlet to the fullest. Then, O.Khojayev skillfully played the role of Hamza in the play "Hamza" based on the drama of K.Yashin and A.Umariy, further strengthening his first success as Hamlet. In the play "Hamza" and the feature film "Hamza" directed by Z. Sobitov in 1960, he was able to clearly convey to the audience the appearance of the poet, his energetic actions, pure heart and poetic nature. In the theater and on the screen, he portrayed Hamza as an enlightened, humanist artist. The famous poetic drama "Alisher Navoi" by Uygun and Izzat Sultan was written in 1941 and staged in 1945 at the Hamza Theater by M. Uygur. Composer M.Burhanov wrote music for the performance. The role of Alisher Navoi was given to Abror Hidoyatov and Olim Khojayev. The main philosophical idea in the play, "Light is certainly the light of darkness," is the central point of Navoi's image, the basis of the poet's ideals and philosophy, in general, the axis of the movement of the work. The central point of the poet's image is that the actor Alisher Navoi, who deeply felt his humanism and passed through his creative consciousness, embodied him as a great thinker, a talented poet, a mature statesman and public figure, a man devoted to his love. The audience was captivated by the fact that a great man like Alisher Navoi was revived on the stage by a purely intelligent artist with a beautiful appearance, a pleasant and gentle voice. It was as if they saw Alisher Navoi alive on stage and recognized Olim Khodjaev as Alisher Navoi. The image of Alisher Navoi brought great fame to the actor. He played the image of the poet continuously for 25 years. After the death of O.Khojayev, the work was restored several times. New actors played the role of Alisher Navoi. However, the image of Alisher Navoi created by them cannot be compared to Olim Khojayev's Navoi. "Olim Khojayev was a lyrical and dramatic actor," says People's Artist of Uzbekistan Mahmudjon Gafurov. - The beautiful appearance and high culture of the scientist Khojayev, the qualities of a full-fledged intellectual have been very useful in playing deep philosophical roles. In this respect, I was fascinated by the images of Alisher Navoi and Hamlet. Only Olim Khojayev could create the image of a great poet and humanist like Alisher Navoi. That is why I cannot accept an actor in the role of Alisher Navoi other than Olim Khojayev. Olim Khodjaev was a unique artist in creating the image of Alisher Navoi on the stage. Here's Hamlet. He is rich in deep philosophical observations, a man of great scope of thought, a great man. The tendency to play lyrical and dramatic and tragic roles in the personality of Olim Khodjaev was also very helpful in creating this image. That's why I often went to the Hamza Theater to see Abror Hidoyatov and Olim Khodjaev on stage, to realize their unique qualities in creating an image. ” O.Khojayev in the 50s Karl Moor (F.Shiller, "Pirates"), Nolinakha (R.Tagor, A.Ginzburg, "Daughter of the Ganges"), Astrov (A.Chekhov, "Uncle Vanya") , Created the images of Sattor (B. Rakhmonov, "Secrets of the Heart"). The image of Professor Yuldash Kamilov in the play "Faith" by playwright Izzat Sultan, staged at the Hamza Theater in 1960, is distinguished by its artistic maturity. In the person of Yuldash Kamilov, the actor vividly embodied the image of our people, who embody the best, most glorious and noble qualities of our time. In the images created by O.Khojayev Polvonov (S.Azimov, "Beauty of the Stars"), Professor Sodiq Sobirovich (Harmonious, "Killer") also sang the celebration of the best human qualities, the best feelings of our intellectuals. The actor was an artist who played even the most negative images. Paratov (Ostrovsky, The Girl Without a Sep), Pyotr (Gorky, The Meshchans), Salihboy (Hamza, The Servant with the Rich), Yago (Shakespeare, Ogello), Julius Caesar (Julius, created by O.Khojayev) Caesar's images are among them. The image that once brought fame to the artist in the 60s is the image of King Lear (Shakespeare, “King Lear”). The actor was awarded the State Prize of Uzbekistan in 1967 for his masterful performance of the character of King Lear. As a director, Olim Khodjayev also staged B. Rakhmonov's "Secrets of the Heart", Hamza's "Rich and Servant" and other performances. It is difficult to imagine the development of Uzbek cinema without the work of O.Khojayev. The dozens of immortal images he created in cinema have not lost their value. Khoja Ahror in L.Fayziev's "Star of Ulugbek", Hakimboyvachcha in "Kutlug 'kan", Hamza in Z.Sobitov's "Hamza", Sheikh Abbas in "Fidoiy" and other characters have their own uniqueness and emotional power. is distinguished by. O.Khojayev was also known as a public figure. From 1955 to 1977 he served as chairman of the Theater Society of Uzbekistan, and together with his wife, People's Artist of Uzbekistan Shohida Mazumova, created new images, staged several performances in creative collaboration. Scientist Khojayev was awarded the honorary title of "People's Artist of Uzbekistan." He had won state awards. The actor died in Moscow in 1977 and was buried in Tashkent. Currently, the Syrdarya Musical Drama Theater, Bukhara Cultural and Educational College, a secondary school in Tashkent and the street are named after Olim Khojayev. Olim Khodjaev, a master of lyrical, dramatic and tragic images, a leading artist and a well-known public figure, a symbol of high culture and original intelligence, has gone down in history as an artist who made a significant contribution to the development of Uzbek national culture. 'rniga has.
