Starring in a number of films of national cinema that in a heartbeat are viewed by Azerbaijani viewers was played by foreign actors and actresses. We are familiar with the names of heroes of films, but in fact we do not know who they are. There are also many who even takes these actors and actresses for the Azerbaijanis.
Certainly there are few members of the middle and older generations, not peeking the film Birthday. In recent years, it was often broadcast on Azerbaijani TV channels and therefore, likely young people are also familiar with it.
This lyrical and psychological film tells the story of true friendship. The film can even be called "talking about others." The heroes of the film are our contemporaries - people of different characters and the inner world. It addresses the moral and ethical questions, investigating the wealth of the spiritual world of our contemporaries.
Filmed in 1977 by order of the Central TV (Moscow), the film Birthday was made on the subjects of the stories Birthday and Trip by Rustam Ibrahimbekov. The screenplay was wrote by Rustam Ibrahimbekov himself and the director was Rasim Odjagov.
One of the main characters in the film Birthday filmed at the studio Azerbaijanfilm is Ali. Ali's filmed image is so interesting and is made with such a skill that the spectators do not assume that the person reviving the role in the movie is a foreigner.
A famous Georgian actor David Uplisashvili starred in one of the main roles of the film Birthday in the image of Ali.
David Uplisashvili was born in 1946. Since 1968 he has worked as an actor in the Shota Rustaveli Theater in Tbilisi.
The actor starred in about 10 films and in each of them he created an interesting role.
For the image of Ali in the film Birthday he was awarded the title of laureate of the State Prize of Azerbaijan.
David Uplisashvili is also a well-deserved actor in Georgia.
In one of his interviews, talking about his role in Birthday , David Uplisashvili called Rasim Odjagov great director. He noted that thanks to this film he made many friends among the Azerbaijanis.
David Uplisashvili said he received the diploma of a laureate of the Azerbaijan State Award for the role of Ali personally from the late former President Heydar Aliyev.
"Handing me the diploma, Heydar Aliyev said:" I knew you were a Georgian. You were so good in creating an Azerbaijani image that it seemed to me that you were our actor." - It was a very nice compliment for me," he said.
Note that the role of Ali in the film Birthday was voiced by our late actor Shakhmar Alekberov.
67-year-old David Uplisashvil, which today operates as an actor at the Rustaveli Theater, said today he would agree in a heartbeat to shoot if he received such an invitation from Azerbaijan.
Gorkhmaz
ANN.Az
