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Vakhtang "Buba" Kikabidze (Georgian: ვახტანგ "ბუბა" კიკაბიძე, Template:Lang-ru, Vahtang Konstantinovich Kikabidze) (born July 19, 1938, Tbilisi) is a Georgian and Soviet singer, actor, screenwriter, producer, and composer. He performed in a number of films, among them the main role of a helicopter pilot in the iconic Soviet film Mimino. Kikabidze is a People's Artist of Georgia, has been awarded the USSR State Prize and the Order of the King Vakhtang Gorgasali (of Nikolai Wondermonger and Knight Cross of St. Konstantin the Great). He was also acknowledged by a number of various music contests and film festivals in USSR, Georgia and worldwide. Since 1996, his name is cited in the international "Who is Who" encyclopedia.
In 1999, his star was embedded on the "Star Square" in Moscow. Apart from Mimino, Kikabidze also performed in a number of other films, including "Don't be Sad" (Ne Goryui), "Melodies of Veriski Quarter" (Melodii Verijskogo Kvartala), "Complete Lost" (Sovsem propaschij). His last film "Fortune" (Fortuna) was directed by the famous Georgian and Soviet film director Georgi Danelia in 2000.
As a screenwright and director, Kikabidze produced two feature films: "Stay Well, Dear" (Bud' zdorov dorogoj), which received the top award at the International Comedy Festival in Grabovo, Bulgaria, and "Men and All The Rest" (Muzhchiny i vse ostal'nye).
Vakhtang Kikabidze is married with two children and three grandchildren.
Filmography
Actor
- "Fortune" (Fortuna) - Russia, 2000
- "Real Men and the Others" (Mamakatsebi) - Georgian SSR, 1985
- "Olga and Konstantin" (Olga i Konstantin) - Russian SFSR, 1984
- "TASS Is Authorized to Declare..." (TASS upolnomochen zayavit...) - Russian SFSR, 1984
- "Morning Without Marks" (Utro bez otmetok) - Russian SFSR, 1983
- "Cheers, My Dear!" (Itsotskhle genatsvale) - Georgian SSR, 1981
- "Till Next Time, Friend..." (Shekhvedramde, megobaro...) - Georgian SSR, 1980
- "Mimino", Russian SFSR, 1977
- "The Lost Expedition" (Propavshaya ekspeditsiya) - Russian SFSR, 1974
- "Melodies of the Vere Quarter" (Veris ubnis melodiebi) - Georgian SSR, 1974
- "Hopelessly Lost" (Sovsem propashchiy) - Russian SFSR, 1972
- "I'm a Detective" (Me, gamomdziebeli) - Georgian SSR, 1971
- "Don't Grieve" (Ar daidardo, Ne goryuy) - Georgian SSR/Russian SFSR, 1969
- "Orera" (Orera, sruli svlit) - Georgian SSR, 1967
- "Meeting in Mountains" (Shekhvedra mtashi) - Georgian SSR, 1966
Director and playwright
- "Cheers, My Dear!" (Itsotskhle genatsvale) - Georgian SSR, 1981
- "Real Men and the Others" (Mamakatsebi) - Georgian SSR, 1985
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