A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Buba Kikabidze
Буба Кикабидзе
Вахтанг Кікабідзе
ვახტანგ (ბუბა) კიკაბიძე
ვახტანგ კიკაბიძე
ვახტანგ კონსტანტინეს ძე კიკაბიძე
Birthplace:
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR [now Georgia]
Born:
July 19, 1938
Died:
January 15, 2023
Father was a journalist, mother was a famous singer from the ancient Bagrationi family. In 1942, Konstantin Kikabidze died the death of the brave in the battles of Kerch. In 1956-1959 he studied at the University of Tbilisi. In 1961-1963 - student of the Institute of Foreign Languages. Since 1959 - artist of the Tbilisi Philharmonic, since 1967 - soloist of VIA "Orera". Film debut - in 1966 in the film "Meeting in the mountains." As a screenwriter and director, he shot two full-length films: "Be Healthy, Dear" - the first prize at the International Comedy Film Festival in the city of Gabrovo, Bulgaria, and "Men and All Others". People's Artist of the Georgian SSR (1980).
Director:
1981 Cheers, My Dear!
Screenplay:
1981 Cheers, My Dear!
Playback Singer:
1980 Gypsy
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