What secrets hide the most mysterious oriental beauties of Russian cinema

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

These oriental beauties inherited from their ancestors not only a bright appearance, but also those character traits that are considered the main feminine qualities in their homeland: restraint in the manifestation of emotions, wisdom, and self-esteem. Despite the fact that they have chosen a public profession, their names are rarely involved in high-profile scandals. They prefer not to share the details of their personal lives and are reputed to be the most mysterious eastern stars of the Russian screen.

Ravshana Kurkova

Her real name is Ravshanoy, which means "clear moon". She was born and raised in Tashkent, and owes her exotic beauty to Uzbek, Tatar and Arab roots. Ravshana Kurkova (nee Matchanova) is proud of her origin and declares: "". Ravshana inherited her love for theater and cinema from her parents-actors. Due to their constant employment, she spent her childhood with her grandmother, who established strict rules for her: a clear daily routine, a limit on telephone conversations - no more than 15 minutes a day, you had to come home early and go to bed no later than 22.00.

Later Kurkova said: "".

By Eastern standards, she was not a beauty and in her youth suffered from a mass of complexes: "".

Ravshana Kurkova made her film debut at the age of 12, but after graduating from college she entered the philological faculty of the Moscow State Pedagogical University. Before returning to the screens, she managed to change several professions: she worked as an assistant make-up artist, assistant director, casting director, editor on television. At 22, she continued to act in films, and although she does not have an acting education, Kurkova was able to achieve noticeable success in the profession: in the filmography of the actress, who will turn 40 this year, there are already more than 50 works. One of the most beloved, the actress calls the role of the Uzbek Mavlyuda, who works as a janitor in the capital.

Matlyuba Alimova

She was born in Uzbekistan, but became famous as the most beautiful gypsy woman in Soviet cinema. When the films "The Gypsy" and "The Return of Budulai" were released, all the gypsies took the beautiful Nastya for theirs. In fact, she was an Uzbek after her father, and in her mother's family there were Russians, Georgians, Poles, and Germans. Probably, Matlyub Alimov owes such a mixture of bloods to his exotic beauty. She was born and raised in Andijan, and after school she went to Moscow and entered the VGIK from the first time.

Friends often called her too proud and arrogant, which is why the actress often had difficulties in communicating with people. However, in fact, it was an innate sense of self-esteem - she always knew her own worth, set high standards and did not want to compromise her own principles. Perhaps that is why her film career was not as successful as that of her colleagues: in the 1990s. Matlyuba did not want to accept the proposals of the directors, which did not correspond to her idea of high-level cinema: "".

From childhood, Matlyuba, like many eastern girls, was accustomed to needlework. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, she returned to Tashkent, where she was engaged in the restoration of ancient Uzbek carpets and embroidery, tried herself as a fashion designer. Her family life did not work out: before the wedding, her chosen one seemed to her gentle and caring, but after that he turned out to be a real oriental despot, jealous and tyrant. The actress never married again.

Natalia Arinbasarova

Natalia Arinbasarova's parents met in Moscow. Her father was Kazakh Utevle Arinbasarov, and Maria Zhukovskaya's mother had Polish roots. When Natalia was 10 years old, her family moved to Kazakhstan. There, the girl, who had dreamed of ballet since childhood, entered a choreographic school, and then continued her studies in Moscow, at the school at the Bolshoi Theater. In the last year of school, Arinbasarova, thanks to a happy coincidence, got the main role in her debut film "The First Teacher", after which she left ballet for the acting profession. To date, her filmography includes more than 60 works.

The directors who happened to work with Arinbasarova always appreciated her very much for her ability to work, endurance, restraint and the fact that, unlike many actresses, Natalia was neither capricious, nor scandalous, nor narcissistic. But the reaction of the audience to her first appearance on the screens was ambiguous: in her debut film there was a scene where her heroine was shown without clothes, and although she was replaced by an understudy, and she herself appeared only in a close-up, viewers from Central Asia began to send angry letters: they say, disgraced her people! And her own attitude to such scenes was unambiguous: "".

Over the years, her beauty has not faded, but sparkled with new colors, and for this she is grateful to her roots. "", - admits Arinbasarova. She remains faithful to the traditions of her homeland in her attitude to life: family values have always been in the first place for her, and her children are the main source of pride. The actress was married three times - to director Andrei Konchalovsky, artist Nikolai Dvigubsky and director Eldor Urazbayev. And although the marriages broke up, with all her husbands, Arinbasarova, with her inherent wisdom, was able to maintain good relations.

In the 1970s. another actress shone on the screens, in whose appearance it was difficult to guess her roots: Persian princess of Soviet cinema Irina Azer.