An era has ended: the legendary artist Vakhtang Kikabidze has died

On January 15, Georgian actor and singer Vakhtang Kikabidze passed away. He was 84 years old. As writes with the BBC, information and death have already been confirmed by relatives of the artist.

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Vakhtang Kikabidze was born in Tbilisi in the summer of 1938. His father, Konstantin Kikabidze, worked as a journalist, his mother, Manana Bagrationi, was a professional singer.

After graduating from school, Vakhtang Konstantinovich entered Tbilisi State University. But he dropped out of school in his second year and in 1959 became an artist of the Tbilisi Philharmonic. Later, he entered the Tbilisi State Institute of Foreign Languages, but also did not finish it.

Jack of all trades

In 1966, Vakhtang Kikabidze starred in films for the first time. He made his debut in the musical comedy “Meeting in the Mountains” directed by Nikolai Sanishvili. Three years later, director Georgy Danelia invited Kikabidze to play the main role of the young doctor Benjamin Glonti in his tragicomedy “Don’t Cry!”

During his career, the artist played dozens of roles in Soviet and Georgian cinema. One of the most famous roles of Kikabidze is Valiko Mizandari in Mimino.

He is also known for his roles in the films “Don’t Cry!”, “Melodies of the Verian Quarter”, “TASS is Authorized to Declare...”.

Kikabidze also directed and wrote scripts. In 1981, he filmed the comedy “Be Healthy, Dear!”, based on his script, which received the Grand Prix at the Gabrovo festival in 1983. In 1985, Kikabidze directed the film “The Man and the Rest,” where he played the main role.

In total, there are more than 20 paintings in Kikabidze's filmography.

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