He was born December 21, 1951 in Stalinabad. Honored Artist of the Tajik SSR (1984). Public Artist of the Republic of Tajikistan. In 1972 he graduated from the Tajik Republican Art College. In 1973-1974 he studied at the Tajik College of Music in the class of percussion. In 1979 he graduated from Tajik State University (Department of Art History). In 1984 he graduated from directing courses (studied in Moscow and Dushanbe). In 1986-1992 – actor of the Moscow Theater “Peninsula”. PRIZES AND AWARDS Laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize of Tajikistan (1982) for creating the image of a young contemporary on the screen.