Vakhtang Kikabidze
Soviet and Georgian singer, actor, screenwriter, producer, and composer (1938–2023)
Vakhtang Kikabidze (Georgian: ვახტანგ კიკაბიძე; 19 July 1938 – 15 January 2023), also known as Buba (Georgian: ბუბა), was a Georgian (formerly Soviet) singer, actor, screenwriter, producer, composer and politician. He became a member of Parliament in 2020. He has had notable roles. He is married and has a son. He became famous as a lead singer of "Orera", a Georgian estrada group which registered as the first Vocal-Instrumental Ensemble in the Soviet Union in 1958.[1] Kikabidze died from brain cancer on 15 January 2023, at the age of 84.[2]
Vakhtang Kikabidze | |
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Member of the Parliament of Georgia | |
In office 11 December 2020 – 15 January 2023 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR | 19 July 1938
Died | 15 January 2023 Tbilisi, Georgia | (aged 84)
Political party | United National Movement |
Profession | Actor, singer |
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Filmography
changeActor
change- "Ku! Kin-dza-dza" (Ku! Kin-dza-dza) – Russia, 2013
- "Fortune" (Fortuna) – Russia, 2000
- "Real Men and the Others" (Mamakatsebi) – Georgian SSR, 1985
- "Olga and Konstantin" (Olga i Konstantin) – Russian SFSR, 1984
- "TASS Is Authorized to Declare..." (TASS upolnomochen zayavit...) – Russian SFSR, 1984
- "Morning Without Marks" (Utro bez otmetok) – Russian SFSR, 1983
- "Cheers, My Dear!" (Itsotskhle genatsvale) – Georgian SSR, 1981
- "Till Next Time, Friend..." (Shekhvedramde, megobaro...) – Georgian SSR, 1980
- "Mimino" – Russian SFSR, 1977
- "The Lost Expedition" (Propavshaya ekspeditsiya) – Russian SFSR, 1974
- "Melodies of the Vere Quarter" (Veris ubnis melodiebi) – Georgian SSR, 1974
- "Hopelessly Lost" (Sovsem propashchiy) – Russian SFSR, 1972
- "I'm a Detective" (Me, gamomdziebeli) – Georgian SSR, 1971
- "Don't Grieve" (Ar daidardo, Ne goryuy) – Georgian SSR/Russian SFSR, 1969
- "Orera" (Orera, sruli svlit) – Georgian SSR, 1967
- "Meeting in Mountains" (Shekhvedra mtashi) – Georgian SSR, 1966
Director and screenwriter
change- "Cheers, My Dear!" (Itsotskhle genatsvale) – Georgian SSR, 1981
- "Real Men and the Others" (Mamakatsebi) – Georgian SSR, 1985
Discography
change- Pismo drugi. BUBA Records, 1999
- Sekret Schastya. BUBA Records, 1999
- Tango Lyubvi. OST-Records, 1999
- Luchshie pesni. Noks Myuzik 2001
- Grand Collection. Kvadro-Disk, 2002
- Moi goda. Russkoie snabshenie 2003
- Stariki-pasboiniki. Super Music 2004
- Lyubownoye nastroyenie. Nikitin, 2005
Ancestry
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References
change- ↑ Scott, Erik R. (2016), Familiar Strangers: The Georgian Diaspora and the Evolution of the Soviet Empire, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 144-152.
- ↑ "Умер актёр Вахтанг Кикабидзе". Secret Mag. 15 January 2023. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.