Childhood Resentment Asomova
Obid Asomov, a famous comedian and film actor from Uzbekistan. Obid spent his entire childhood in the Tashkent mahalla, and did not study Russian either in kindergarten or at school. Father Obida worked as a train conductor and often brought books and magazines in Russian from flights left by passengers - “Soviet Screen”, “The Art of Cinema”, “Crocodile”. Obid, together with his brother Sabit, read this literature avidly and gradually learned a foreign language. My father always encouraged reading, saying that it was necessary to learn the language.
Obid Asomov did not learn Russian as a child
Languages were easy for the brothers. According to Obid, this is a family affair - the artist’s great-great-grandfather Abbashon Eshon was a respected man, the founder of the first school in Tashkent, and knew several languages, including Russian.
The Obida family had a wonderful tradition - on Sundays, getting ready for breakfast, the children and their parents drank tea and listened to the radio program “Good Morning,” which was then, in the mid-seventies, hosted by Regina Dubovitskaya. At that time, Obid could not even imagine that he would later work in the same program with a talented presenter.
Since childhood, Obid Asomov loved to listen on the radio not only to Regina Dubovitskaya, but also to the performances of Arkady Raikin and Mikhail Zhvanetsky. The young polyglot translated the monologues he heard into Uzbek, adapting them to himself, modifying them and adapting them “to school.” Then Obid performed these numbers at amateur evenings and holidays. The teachers really loved Obid's performances. Not a single concert was complete without the young comedian, who quickly became a favorite of the public and the “highlight” of all programs.
In addition to humor, Obid was fond of drawing since childhood. From the fourth grade, he studied in an art club at the Palace of Pioneers, and after school he decided to first connect his life with the fine arts - he entered the Art School. Benkova.
Biography
Obid Asomov is a popular Uzbek comedian, film and television artist. Russian audiences mainly know him thanks to Yevgeny Petrosyan’s theater “Crooked Mirror”, and in his homeland Asomov is popular as a versatile artist and cultural figure significant for the state.
Resentment of Asomov in childhood
Obid Azgamovich Asomov was born on October 22, 1963 in the capital of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. He spent his childhood in the city mahalla - the name given to the neighborhoods in which the predominantly Muslim population lives.
The first language of Obid and his brother Sabid was Uzbek, but their father, who worked as a conductor on trains, also brought home Russian-language periodicals. This is how the younger Asomovs studied Russian. My father encouraged this endeavor and considered knowledge of languages to be a hereditary feature - Obida’s great-great-grandfather was a polyglot.
Asomov's offense with his mother
The future artist’s passion for the comedy genre began in childhood: while having breakfast, the Asomov family listened to the “Good Morning” program, popular in those days, on the radio. Obida was also attracted to the conversational performances of such famous artists as Arkady Raikin and Mikhail Zhvanetsky. Asomov translated their monologues into his native language, reshaped them in the right way and turned them into performances, which he then performed in school amateur performances.
Obid's talents, however, were not limited to artistry - he drew beautifully since childhood and even planned to become a professional artist. After school, the young man entered the Pavel Benkov Art School, which he later successfully graduated with honors.
Studies
While studying at art school, Obid did not forget to improve his humorous talent.
He worked part-time as a toastmaster at Uzbek weddings. The money earned was spent on buying paints and canvases, which were quite expensive even at that time. Asomov graduated from college with honors. Obid was going to continue his education at the Moscow Art Institute. Surikov, but the attempt to enroll was unsuccessful. The next year, Obid entered the art department of the Tashkent Theater Institute. Obid Asomov - The Best While studying at the university, Obid Asomov continued to work as a toastmaster and gave humorous concerts in cultural centers and clubs. By that time he had already become a famous comedian in Tashkent. Once, the famous Uzbek director Latif Fayziev, who was working on the Soviet-Indian film “By the Law of the Jungle” at that time, attended one of his concerts. The director liked the performance of the young artist, and he invited Obid to play a cameo role in the film. Filming of the two-part film began in 1988 and had to be carried out not only in Tashkent - it was necessary to travel to Moscow, Jurmala, and India. Obid Asomov decided to take an academic leave from the institute. The dean of the faculty, to whom Obid came with a request for an “academic”, did not want to let the talented artist go. He told Obid: “If you leave now, you will never come back.” The dean’s words turned out to be prophetic - Obid never returned to the institute.
On the set of “By the Law of the Jungle,” Asomov met the main star of Indian cinema of those years, actor Mithun Chakraborty, and the famous producer Umesh Mehra.
Humor and television
Obid was not going to forget about the conversational genre: the young man often officiated at weddings, including to earn money for the paints and other consumables needed for his studies. After graduating from college, the young artist tried to conquer a Moscow university, but the entrance exams to the Moscow State Academy of Arts. Surikov failed. The next year, Obid decided not to leave Tashkent and successfully entered the Tashkent Theater and Art Institute at the Faculty of Book Graphics.
Obid Asomov in the film “By the Law of the Jungle”
The work as a toastmaster was not interrupted this time either; moreover, Obid began performing humorous numbers on local television, and in 1985 he became a laureate of the republican competition of comedians. Thanks to this, the successful Uzbek director Latif Fayziev noticed the artist. He invited Obid to the shooting of his film “By the Law of the Jungle,” a film co-produced by the USSR and India. The tape became a turning point in the artist’s biography.
Since filming involved traveling, and Asomov did not want to refuse, he decided to take an academic leave from the university. Obid never returned to study, but thanks to “By the Law of the Jungle” he gained real popularity. This gave the artist the opportunity to participate in the filming of other films, as well as begin to tour the Uzbek SSR.
Obid Asomov and Karen Avanesyan
In the late 1980s, Obid met the Soviet star of the conversational genre, Mikhail Zadornov. The famous comedian was on tour in Tashkent and, out of curiosity, attended a colleague’s concert, although he did not understand anything in the performance, which was held in Uzbek. Later, Igor Khristenko came to the capital of Uzbekistan, whose acquaintance grew into a strong friendship that lasted for many years.
Few people know that Obid has considerable “serious” artistic experience - Asomov worked for 18 years in the ensemble of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, although at one time, due to his small height (only 160 cm), he was not even accepted into the army. The comedian left the ensemble for television, retiring with the rank of major.
Obid Asomov in the humoresque "Bolshoi Theater"
9 years after the collapse of the USSR, in 2000, Obida was invited to a temporary job by Farrukh Zakirov, who led “Yalla” - the ensemble that gave the country the hit “Uchkuduk - Three Wells”. He invited the comedian to become the host of the “Yalli” tour in Germany. Over the course of a month, the group visited 29 cities, where the musicians performed for Russian-speaking emigrants.
Soon after them, Yevgeny Petrosyan arrived in the country, and the audience told the comedian about the Uzbek comedian who impressed them. The artist remembered the audience’s choice and a few years later, during a Tashkent tour, he found Asomov. By this time, Obid had already tried his hand at Full House, but his career there did not work out. Asomov gave a successful joint concert with Petrosyan, which became the key to further cooperation.
Obid Asomov and Evgeniy Petrosyan
In 2004, Evgeniy Vaganovich invited Resentment to the show “Distorted Mirror”. The Uzbek comedian joined the team immediately, and the audience loved the bright numbers with the participation of Obid. Subsequently, the comedian repeatedly used a national theme in his speeches - as, for example, in the sketch “Venice”, performed together with Karen Avanesyan. Another classic example of such a performance is the episode “In the Restaurant” with the participation of Elena Stepanenko.
In addition, in 2004, Asomov starred in the film “The Giant and the Shorty,” thanks to which he received the prize for best actor at the Kinoshock festival, held in Anapa.
Obid Asomov in the humoresque “Sportsman”
His career on Russian television was going uphill, but problems began with his native Uzbekistan. In 2009, Obid’s performances came under a state ban - local politicians found the comedian’s jokes about the Uzbek nation offensive. Despite the comedian’s popularity, his disgrace ended only in 2017. The artist himself learned that he was again classified as “allowed” while on tour in Israel.
Simultaneously with the lifting of the ban, the merits of Obid in the field of culture were also recognized - the artist, whose performances had recently been condemned, was made the director of an animated film studio.
Asomov's insults in the humoresque "Katya"
The artist approached his work seriously, despite the fact that the studio was in a deplorable state when he arrived. According to Obid, thanks to government support, Uzbek animation began to gradually improve: if earlier there were 2-3 orders per year, then the plans for 2020 were already 50 cartoons.
Popularity Resentment Asomova
He didn’t finish his studies at the Obid Institute for only a year - after filming his debut film, offers from other directors began pouring in, and with the advent of popularity, endless tours around Uzbekistan began.
Shortly before the collapse of the Soviet Union, Asomov met Mikhail Zadornov and Leon Izmailov, who were then making waves throughout the country. Zadornov came to Tashkent in 1989 with three big concerts at the Palace of Friendship of Peoples. On the same days, Obid Asomov performed in front of the public in the evenings. Zadornov wanted to get acquainted with the work of his Uzbek colleague and came to his concert. Naturally, Mikhail Nikolaevich did not understand a single word from the speech in Uzbek, but after the concert he came up to congratulate Asomov in Gorbachev’s voice.
Obid Asomov worked part-time as a toastmaster at weddings
A little later, Leon Izmailov and Igor Khristenko visited Tashkent as part of Theater Plus. After their performance, Asomov recited excerpts from his repertoire to them in the teahouse. After this meeting, a strong friendship began between Igor and Obid, which continues to this day.
Carier start
At first, the brothers Obid and Sabid spoke Uzbek. However, thanks to their father, who worked as a guide, the children began to read and speak Russian. Great-great-grandfather Obida was a polyglot, so the head of the family encouraged the desire for languages in children. The boy became interested in the comedy genre as a child. He liked the performances of the famous Arkady Raikin and Mikhail Zhvanetsky.
Obid translated monologues into Uzbek, slightly corrected them and turned them into successful performances for school amateur performances. In addition to his artistic talent, the boy drew superbly. Asomov even planned to receive education in this area. He dreamed of becoming a professional artist.
After graduating from school, the graduate entered an art school and successfully completed his studies there. At the same time, the passion for the conversational genre was not abandoned. To earn money for paints and other consumables needed by the artist, Obid often officiated at weddings. After college, the guy entered the capital's Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after Surikov, but the attempt ended in failure.
The next year, the young man did not dare to leave Tashkent, but entered the local theater and art institute in the department of book graphics. The activity of the toastmaster was not interrupted. Obid began performing on local television with humorous numbers.
Obid Asomov in the projects “Yalla”, “Full House” and “Curved Mirror”
In 2000, Asomov’s creative career took a sharp turn. Farukh Zakirov invited Obid to work as a presenter during the tour of the Yalla group in Germany. The comedian-presenter visited twenty-nine cities in Germany from Frankfurt to Hamburg within a month. The audience consisted mainly of Russian emigrants and Russian-speaking Germans who had left for their homeland. Before that, many of them lived in Uzbekistan, Alla Pugacheva, Irina Allegrova, Mikhail Evdokimov, and after “Yalla” Evgeny Petrosyan traveled along a similar route. While performing in the same halls, Evgeny Vaganovich constantly heard about the “little Uzbek presenter” from “Yalla,” whose talent the audience admired and advised Petrosyan to invite him to his theater.
Uzbek comedian captivated the Russian public
A few years later, Petrosyan came on tour to Tashkent and found an Uzbek comedian there, offering him a joint performance. The concert of Petrosyan and Asomov went off with a bang; the Russian comedian was delighted and announced from the stage that Uzbek television viewers would soon see their compatriot in “Crooked Mirror”. As you know, Petrosyan kept his promise.
Shortly before meeting Petrosyan, Asomov also managed to work with Regina Dubovitskaya in “Full House” - first on stage in Tashkent during the project’s tour, and then in Moscow. However, things didn’t work out for the Uzbek comedian with Full House, and he eventually returned to Tashkent, but as the meeting with Petrosyan showed, not for long.
Asomov liked “The Crooked Mirror” - the cohesion of the team, the friendly atmosphere, and the friendly jokes. Artists have always helped each other, give each other advice, and direct their creative potential in the right direction. Asomov, who was nicknamed “the Uzbek bai” on the program on the very first day, considered “Curved Mirror” a second family.
Obid Asomov grew up in a large family
Tour
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The biography of the humorist Resentment Asomov changed dramatically again in 2000, when Farukh Zakirov, the head of the famous Uzbek group, invited him to work as a presenter on tour in Germany. Performances of the musical ensemble "Yalla" took place in 29 cities over the course of a month. The concerts were held for Russian-speaking emigrants. Alla Pugacheva and Irina Allegrova previously toured here before the Uzbek group.
Many spectators, who arrived later than them, told Evgeny Petrosyan about the little talented Uzbek presenter and recommended inviting him to their theater. Arriving on tour in Tashkent a few years later, Petrosyan found Obid and offered to give a joint concert, which was a great success. By this time, Obid managed to work in “Full House” with Regina Dubovitskaya. The concerts took place in Tashkent, and a TV show was filmed in Moscow.
Modernity. Relations with authorities
In the 2000s, Obid Asomov continued to appear on Russian television and starred in Russian and Uzbek films.
Obid lived in Tashkent, but practically did not give concerts in his native Uzbekistan - tense relations developed with the local authorities. The comedian, whom almost every Uzbek recognized on the streets, was avoided from being shown on television, news about him was not published in the press, and his performances were not allowed to be properly advertised. Films with the participation of Asomov in episodic roles are shown on Uzbek television channels without offense - his episodes are cut out. The situation arose due to the reverent attitude of the Uzbek authorities towards parodies of themselves - according to official Tashkent, the comedian allowed himself too much, although Uzbek humor is traditionally much more modest in relation to politicians than Russian. Sometimes Obid performed in concert halls in Tashkent with Russian-language programs. Oddly enough, the audience at such concerts consisted almost entirely of Uzbeks. He also made a living by performing at weddings, sometimes he managed to attend two or three, and sometimes four celebrations in a night, and in the morning another job began - dubbing and editing films, writing scripts for his own programs.
UA Obid Asomov – Uzbek guest
Big screen
In 1988, filming of the two-part film “By the Laws of the Jungle” began, which took place in Moscow, Jurmala and India. Asomov met the main Bollywood superstar Mithun Chakraborty and the famous producer Umesh Mehra. After his debut film role, he received many offers from other directors. He starred in the film “The Potter and the Pot” and in many other films, as well as television series. For his role in the film “The Giant and the Shorty,” he received a cinematic award for best actor at the Kinoshock festival in Anapa. The creative biography of actor Obid Asomov still includes a lot of filming in Russian and Uzbek films.
Indian cinema is very popular in Uzbekistan, so after filming a joint film, he became famous, and he began numerous tours around the republic. In 1989, he met Mikhail Zadornov, who came on tour to Tashkent. A little later with Leon Izmailov and Igor Khristenko, to whom Obid read several excerpts from his repertoire.
Personal life Resentment Asomova
Obid Asomov was married and raised four children.
The family was always calm and understanding about Obid’s busy work schedule. When he has free time, the comedian tries to spend it with his family and only occasionally, in search of solitude, goes with his beloved Rottweiler named Desi to the banks of the Charvak River, where the artist has a summer house. The actor’s hobby is “not cheap” – budgies. His collection includes more than twenty breeds of these birds, and Obid is a prominent figure among professional Uzbek parrot collectors.
Obid Asomov's brother Sobit became a film actor, playing episodic roles in several little-known films. In the early 1990s, he died tragically.
Personal life
Little is known about Obid Asomov’s family. Journalists only managed to find out that all its members were good-natured people, believers and extremely positive.
The comedian's brother passed away early - back in the 90s. Before this, Obid performed with him on the same stage.
His wife gave birth to the comedian 4 children
His wife, whose biography is unknown, gave birth to 4 children to the comedian. Two of them - a son and a daughter - starred in minor roles in films, but did not continue in this direction.
Obid loved animals very much, in his free time he tinkered with his dog Dezzy, and was also seriously interested in birds. His collection included about 20 budgerigars. I have loved these unusual Obid birds since childhood. The fact is that his parents once gave him 2 parrots.
He loved his children very much
Asomov considered them one of the most intelligent and intellectually developed animals. Therefore, I considered it necessary to start collecting them. It is worth noting that this activity cost Obid a pretty penny. However, the artist never spared money on his favorites.
It is known that Asomov was a homely man. He loved his children very much, took their upbringing seriously, and loved spending time with his grandchildren.
Asomov was a homely man
The artist has never been against modern views on life. He was registered on social networks. But most of all, the comedian’s fans saw him on Instagram, where he actively posted photos and videos from his concerts. He followed the comments carefully. Those who wrote unflattering reviews faced a lifetime ban.
