Tahmina Rajabova

Tahmina Rajabova (Раҷабова Таҳмина Пулодҷоновна, born June 29, 1982, Dushanbe, Tajik SSR) is a Tajik actress, journalist and newscaster. She was honored awards like “The Journalist of the Year” in 2013, “The award for distinguished contribution to the culture and art of Tajikistan” in 2013, and “The award of the TV and Radio Committee of Tajikistan” in 2017 and others.

Biography
Tahmina Rajabova was born on June 29, 1982, in Dushanbe, Tajik SSR. Tahmina’s father was an economist and her mother was a doctor. From 1989 she studied in a musical school named after Malika Sobirova until her third grade. As her father moved to Moscow due to his job, their family left the country. Tahmina went to a Russian school and studied there for two years.

After she returned to Tajikistan, Tahmina graduated the secondary school in Dushanbe, and applied to the faculty of law, Institute of international and regional relations of Moscow in Dushanbe. She married after she finished her first year in university; for this reason, she couldn’t continue her studies and she had to drop out. After some time, she entered the Institute of Tax and Law of Tajikistan again and successfully graduated in 2006.

Family
Under the influence of her parents, Tahmina married her cousin when she was 18, but they divorced after three years. She has a son – Muhammadjovid. Later, Tamina married again and she has a happy family now.

Television
Tahmina Rajabova started her career as a lawyer’s assistant at TV Safina (national TV) in 2006; after a month Nasiba Gulamova (newscaster and, later, Tahmina's teacher) noticed her. Having a TV face and good Russian, Rajabova was offered a position as a news broadcaster, which she accepted. The movie directors noticed her on the TV, and counting her distinctive beauty, they offered her to star in movies.

Cinema
Tahmina debuted in her film career by starring as an assistant of the investigator in «I want to live» directed by Unus Usupov, and then in «The last hope» directed by Said Kadiri. Tahmina played the second role in this film and passed a serious test in the field of cinema. Subsequently, she was invited to the film studio of «Tajikfilm» in order to play the main role in «Difficult cross» of Saidjon Kadiri.

«The last hope» was awarded in the Cinema Festival «Didar» and some foreign movie directors showed interest in cooperation with Tahmina. One of them was Bulgarian movie director of Afgan origin - Asad Sikandar. Thus, she was invited to play the main role in Madrasa (now «Refugee») in collaboration with Bollywood actors in Afghanistan. Tahmina role was the mother of the family.

In 2011 Tahmina was invited to play a role of the third  wife in “A man's desire for the fifth wife” of Canadian- Afghan movie director - Siddiq Obidi that was shot in Farob and Balkh provinces of Afghanistan. Tahmina played the role of the 3rd wife successfully and was rewarded the title of «The best actress» in International Film Festival of India.

Humanitarian activity
International Federation of Red Crescent Societies in Tajikistan launched a monthly project to involve the society’s attention to the humanitarian activities of the federation. Tahmina Rajabova was elected as the ambassador in this project. Tahmina says: “It was a pleasure to give orphans everything they needed for living. I visited orphanages even before and now a lot of children know me and call “apajon” (dear sister).

Filmography
Tahmina Rajabova has starred in 20 films:

Cinema awards
In the International film festival of India (IFFI), Tahmina Rajabova was honored for her role in the film «A man’s desire for the fifth wife».