Vakhtang "Buba" Kikabidze (Georgian: ვრხტრნáƒ'
"áƒ'უáƒ'რ" კიკრáƒ'იძáƒ", Russian: Ð'ахтанг
ÐšÐ¾Ð½Ñ Ñ‚Ð°Ð½Ñ‚Ð¸Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Кикабидзе, Vahtang
Konstantinovich Kikabidze; born July 19, 1938) is a Georgian (formerly
Soviet) singer, actor, screenwriter, producer, composer and
politician. 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
Princess Manana Bagration-Davitashvili, Kikabidze was born in Tbilisi.
He 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 the Soviet Union, Georgia and worldwide.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), and Completely Lost (Sovsem propaschij). His last film,
Fortune (Fortuna), was directed by the famous Georgian and Soviet film
director Georgi Daneliya in 2000.As a screenwriter and director,
Kikabidze produced two feature films: Be Well, Dearest One (Bud'
zdorov dorogoj), which received the top award at the International
Comedy Festival in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, and Men and All Others
(Muzhchiny i vse ostal'nye).
"áƒ'უáƒ'რ" კიკრáƒ'იძáƒ", Russian: Ð'ахтанг
ÐšÐ¾Ð½Ñ Ñ‚Ð°Ð½Ñ‚Ð¸Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Кикабидзе, Vahtang
Konstantinovich Kikabidze; born July 19, 1938) is a Georgian (formerly
Soviet) singer, actor, screenwriter, producer, composer and
politician. 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
Princess Manana Bagration-Davitashvili, Kikabidze was born in Tbilisi.
He 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 the Soviet Union, Georgia and worldwide.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), and Completely Lost (Sovsem propaschij). His last film,
Fortune (Fortuna), was directed by the famous Georgian and Soviet film
director Georgi Daneliya in 2000.As a screenwriter and director,
Kikabidze produced two feature films: Be Well, Dearest One (Bud'
zdorov dorogoj), which received the top award at the International
Comedy Festival in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, and Men and All Others
(Muzhchiny i vse ostal'nye).
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