Nigmatulin Talgat Kadyrovich is a famous Soviet actor who did not play a single major role, but was remembered and loved by the audience for his charisma and unusual bright appearance.
Biography
Talgat Kadyrovich was born in Tashkent in the spring of 1949. When the son turned one year old, the Nigmatulin family moved to Kyrgyzstan. In the town of Kyzyl-Kya, where Talgat spent his childhood, in 2000 a street was named after him.
Talgat's father, a Tatar by nationality, worked as a miner, died in 1951, and his mother, an Uzbek by nationality, worked as a school principal. After the death of the head of the family, she had two little sons in her arms. Soon Talgat had to be assigned to a boarding school.
In early childhood, Nigmatulin fell ill with rickets, because he grew up physically weak, shy. Due to poor knowledge of the Russian language, Talgat spoke little, and then decided to improve the language on his own. Reading books, rewriting classical literature made quite good results.
For his physical development, Talgat went in for sports and ballroom dancing, and children's passion for karate became the meaning for Nigmatulin. All his life he improved his fighting skills, performed at championships, received a black belt and became the champion of Uzbekistan in karate. After graduation, Nigmatulin went to Moscow. After an unsuccessful attempt to enter VGIK at the directing department, Talgat easily entered the circus school.
Career
In 1967, the actor made his film debut. Nigmatulin played his first role as a villain in the film “Ballad of the Commissioner”, and played so well that the image of a negative hero was firmly entrenched in him. In 1968, he entered VGIK at the faculty of acting.
After graduating, Nigmatulin moved to Tashkent and in 1971 joined the Uzbekfilm film studio. Films with his participation in the film studio in 1972 - "The Seventh Bullet", in 1973 - "Meetings and Partings", an ethnic fairy tale in 1976 - "The Legend of Siyavush".
Nigmatulin was actively engaged in writing, and in 1978 he continued his education and attended the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Filmmakers. In 1979, Talgat Nigmatulin played the role of a pirate in the adventure film "Pirates of the Twentieth Century", where he performed stunt tricks without an understudy. In 1981, Nigmatulin made his first film as a director. It was a short film "Echo", which was criticized negatively by critics.
In February 1985, in Vilnius, Talgat Nigmatulin was brutally beaten by some swindling company. According to investigators, the criminals carried out the order of the sect leader Abay Borubaev, who avenged the actor for refusing to participate in extorting money from sectarians who had separated from their "spiritual guru". The death of Talgat Nigmatulin occurred due to this beating on February 11, 1985, the actor left his wife and little daughter.
