Bakhtiyor Ikhtiyarov

Bakhtiyor Akhmedovich Ikhtiyarov (Baxtiyor Ixtiyorov / Бахтиёр Ихтиёров, Бахтиёр Ахмедович Ихтияров; 28 March 1940 – 21 November 2021) was a Soviet and Uzbek actor.

Career
Ikhtiyarov was born in Bukhara. He started his career as a theatre actor, but in 1964 he starred in Ali Hamroyev's Yor-yor, one of the most successful Uzbek comedies of all time. Following that, he became a well-known actor and regularly appeared in many movies from 1964 on. In 1989, he was given the title People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR.

Personal life
He was married to the actress, People's Artist of Uzbekistan  Mariam Ikhtiyarovа (nee Ruzmetova, born in  1939).

Ikhtiyarov died on 21 November 2021 in Tashkent.

Filmography

 * 1964: Yor-yor as Bakhtiar
 * 1969: Oʻtgan kunlar as puppeteer
 * 1972: The Seventh Bullet as Sagdulla
 * 1977: The Mischievous Boy as crazy man
 * 1983: Hot Summer in Kabul as Jamali
 * 1991: Shikari: The Hunter as Bakhtiar-aka