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| Born | Vakhtang Konstantinovich Kikabidze |
Vakhtang "Buba" Kikabidze (Georgian: ვახტანგ "ბუბა" კიკაბიძე, Template:Lang-ru, Vahtang Konstantinovich Kikabidze) (born July 19, 1938, Tbilisi) is a Georgian and Soviet singer, nobleman, 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.
The son of a Princess Bagration-Davitashvili, Kikabidze is a People's Artist of Georgia, has been awarded the USSR State Prize and the Order of the King Vakhtang Gorgasali as well as 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 two grandchildren. Vakhtangs wife had before two children from Guram Sagaradze and tree 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 screenwright
- "Cheers, My Dear!" (Itsotskhle genatsvale) - Georgian SSR, 1981
- "Real Men and the Others" (Mamakatsebi) - Georgian SSR, 1985
Discography
- Pismo drugi. BUBA Records, 1999
- Sekret Schastya. BUBA Records, 1999
- Tango Lyubvi. OST-Records, 1999
- Luchshie pesni. Noks Myuzik 2001
- Grand Collection. Kvadro-Disk, 2002
- Moi goda. Russkoie snabshenie 2003
- Stariki-pasboiniki. Super Music 2004
- Lyubownoye nastroyenie. Nikitin, 2005
External links
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