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Yashar Nuri

Yashar Nuri

Acting

Biography

Yashar Nuri (Azerbaijani: Yaşar Nuri) was an Azerbaijani film, television and theater actor and a member of the Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre. He appeared in more than fifty Azeri and Soviet era films, as well as more than 100 television and stage roles. On the stage first came out at the age of 11, playing the role of Tapdyga in the play "Whose wedding is this?" At the Azerbaijan State Theater of Musical Comedy. While studying at school, he was a leading child and youth programmer, participated in drama circles. In 1968 he graduated from secondary school No. 173 in Baku and entered the faculty of film acting of the Azerbaijan State Institute of Arts for the course of famous teachers Rza Tahmasib and Aliheydar Alakbarov. During his studies he played roles in several productions, including "Sevil" (Balash), "Wedding" (Salmanov), "Guilty Without Guilt" (Neznamov), etc. In 1972, after graduating from the institute, he served in the army for a year and, having returned, worked as an actor in the educational theater of the Institute. In 1974, at the invitation of the chief director of the Academic National Drama Theater, he was accepted into the acting company of the collective. From the very first days of work he took part in many theater productions. In 1975, the actor married Rakhime khanum, his wife was a doctor. From marriage has two daughters (Ulkar, Ulviyya). He was also known as a movie actor. Nuri starred in about 50 feature films and more than 100 television productions. Many of the television dramas in which he starred in the main role, entered the gold fund of Azerbaijani television. Among them, "When Roads Meet", "Life Paths", "Houses Along", "The Disturbed Piano", "In the train" and others. The actor has played memorable roles in the well-known films"The Kidnapping of Fiance", "Bastard", "Check", "The Road Story". In addition to the theater, Yashar Nuri collaborated with radio. He was a participant in many humorous radio programs ("Good Morning", "Evening of Laughter"). In the film studio "Azerbaijanfilm" he voiced many local films and dubbed foreign films. Y. Nuri was also the director of a number of films and performances. He was the director of the movie "Thank you" (Спасибо). Y. Nuri's jubilees are always held solemnly. In 1981, in the 30-year anniversary of Y. Nuri, he was awarded the title of People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR for the first time. In 1991, for his role in the film "Bastard" received a state award. In 1996, for the 45th birthday of the actor, in 2001, for the 50th anniversary, feature films "Yashar of Our Scene" ("Səhnəmizin Yaşarı"), "Yashar is whom he is" (Yaşar olduğu kimi) were made. In 2011, the 60th anniversary of Yashar Nuri was solemnly celebrated at the Azerbaijan State Academic National Drama Theater. In 1989, he was named a People's Artist of Azerbaijan, as the country was part of the Soviet Union at the time, and awarded the Shohrat Order. Yashar Nuri passed away on the morning of November 22, 2012 in Baku.

Known For

The Truth of the Moment
5.0

Based on real events, telling about the murder and investigation of the head of the special department Shamsi Rahimov. The events are presented against the political background of 1994-1995 - these are the October, March rebellions of the Javadov brothers and everything related to the history of Azerbaijan in this period of time.

The Truth of the Moment

2003
No image
N/A

Habil is a simple man. He works at the Ministry of Taxes. But after the murder of his friend Rok, his life changes completely. He promises to finish the research that his friend couldn’t. But this path he has chosen is very dangerous and cruel.

Yoxlama

2007
The Lion Ran Away from the House
5.5

A musical fairy tale about a lion who got bored living in the zoo and goes wandering around the city of Baku, where he met and became friends with a boy Rustam.

The Lion Ran Away from the House

1977
The Musicians from Bremen
3.0

The classic story about a musicians from Bremen is told in not so classical way.

The Musicians from Bremen

2000
Uzeyir's Life
5.2

The historical film about Azerbaijan composer Uzeyir Hadjibeyov's life.

Uzeyir's Life

1981
The Poet
7.5

The film is dedicated to the memory of the great Azerbaijani poet Muhammad Fuzuli by the relic-gazalakh, and the lyric poet Aliaga Vahid. The poet's life is presented in chronological order. The authors do not clearly indicate the names of the people who covered Vahid. They tried to create a generalized artistic image using some of the master poet's masterpieces from his difficult life.

The Poet

1991
All For The Best
8.0

The events occur during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Because of a corpse in a zinc coffin with an arguable address, two families get excited. Having cut the lid off the coffin to identify the soldier, they find out that he is, in fact, Armenian - former citizen of Baku.

All For The Best

1997
The Dream
5.0

A young man tells the dream he had about running away with the daughter of chief of police to his grandma. People spread and exaggerate rumors as if it was a real story until it reaches to the chief himself.

The Dream

2001
The Window
N/A

The film reveals the contradictions between the "educating" teachers and the "educated" students in the school, which is actually an orphanage and a boarding school, where lawlessness, violence, hypocrisy, and cruelty prevail. Forced to live in such contradictory conditions, but unable to adapt to these conditions, little Ahsan, who misses his native home, finds the only way out - he perishes by throwing himself out of the window. The film was shot on the basis of the motifs of Isi Malikzade's story "Nowruz Holiday of Wanderers".

The Window

1991
The Kidnapping of Groom
5.7

Being unable to shoot a film about Azerbaijani wedding customs, hopeless director decide to make a film about real wedding event. Though the stubborn father of bride resists approval the plan.

The Kidnapping of Groom

1985
The Jinn in Microdistrict
8.0

The events in the film take place in one of the modern cities. The editor-in-chief Rustam Agayev (Egit Iskenderov) finds an ancient lamp placed in the jaw. For the talented but poor character Rustam, this lamp shatters the sky. With the help of jinn, the young man suceeds: his play is made on anchor; his girlfriend, Maya (Natalia Tagiyeva), agrees to marry him, and the bar is in the apartment. But Rustam wants to achieve everything. When the jinn throws away his "owner," he unveils the secret: a person must believe in his own power, and there must be a strong desire to create miracles.

The Jinn in Microdistrict

1986
The Istanbul Plane
N/A

The film tells the story of two people, a man and a woman, who are isolated at different poles of our society, where many moral values ​​​​are being eroded. Although one of them is wealthy and the other is poor, they try to forget their loneliness with each other...

The Istanbul Plane

2010
The Diversion
N/A

After fulfilling his duty in Afghan War, Zaur returns to his home Baku. He is trying to clarify the truth when he heard that his father was arrested.

The Diversion

1989
The Basement
N/A

After many years of effort and patience, she failed to save her family. She watched with pain as her husband, an architect by training, was ruining his life with idleness and melancholy. Unable to bear the boredom of life together, she leaves home...

The Basement

1990
The Road Story
4.7

After learning that his daughter is in love with a truck driver, corrupt Housing Office director tries to make use of his service in a last smuggle operation, then break his promise and marry her to someone else. This comedy is mainly about the dark sides of the Soviet bureucracy.

The Road Story

1981
The Birthday Party
5.1

This lyrical psychological film is about true friendship. The characters in the film are contemporaries in of late 1970s Azerbaijan SSR with differing visions of the world, yet sharing true and lasting friendship.

The Birthday Party

1977
Surayya
7.0

Suraya, a young milkmaid from a remote mountain village, is searching for her fiancé Seifetdin in the city. She learns that he has long been married and has a son who lives with his elderly, sick grandfather, as Seifetdin is serving a sentence for hooliganism. Surya takes the boy to the village to care for him, but then Seifetdin's wife shows up...

Surayya

1987
Məşədi İbad 94
4.0

Set in 1994 Baku, the film modernizes Üzeyir Hacıbəyov’s musical comedy "O olmasın, bu olsun" by recasting Rustam Bey as an opposition figure who hopes to reclaim his lost office by courting wealthy businessman Ibka’s family. As in the original, a series of comic deceptions and mismatched identities ensue, though all the principal characters have been updated to fit the post-Soviet Azerbaijani context.

Məşədi İbad 94

2005
In the Train
N/A

The events take place in the train. Some passengers show great respect for Mr. Dadashov, but who is Mr. Dadashov?

In the Train

1981
The Scoundrel
5.6

Film exposes the corruption and the decadence of the late Soviet bureaucracy in Azerbaijan SSR through the eyes of a naive Azerbaijani adult man, Hatem.

The Scoundrel

1989