Dumanayev Chorobek Osmonovich
Film actor. Born on June 20, 1952, in the collective farm named after Kuibyshev in the Tian-Shan region of Naryn Oblast. After graduating from high school in Frunze in 1970, he began working as a freelance actor at the "Kyrgyzfilm" studio. From 1972 to 1974, he studied at the studio of the Kyrgyz Academic Drama Theater. He was then admitted as an actor to the troupe of this theater.
Ch. Dumanayev made his film debut in M. Roshchaly's "Street of Cosmonauts" (1963) in the role of Kanybek. In 1970-1971, Dumanayev played episodic roles as Kazar in "Scarlet Poppies of Issyk-Kul" by B. Shamshiev and Berdaly in "Bow to the Fire" by T. Okeeva.
From film to film, the professionalism of Ch. Dumanayev grows. The actor increasingly penetrates the inner world of the character he portrays. His Avaz from the film "Street" (1972) by G. Bazarov is a modest guy, smart, hardworking, and wholeheartedly devoted to his native village. He wants to transform it into a modern village with all the benefits of civilization along with his schoolmates. In the bulldozer operator Asan from the film "Waterfall" (1973) by Yu. Boretzky, Ch. Dumanayev highlights the moral purity of thoughts and actions amid external recklessness. (This performance was awarded a second-degree diploma at the VII All-Union Film Festival in Baku in 1974). The actor portrays Kulubek in "The White Steamboat" (1975) by B. Shamshiev as a similarly wholesome and morally sound person.
In 1976, Ch. Dumanayev successfully played two major roles at once — Temir-ool in "Dance of the Eagle" from the Sverdlovsk Film Studio (dir. B. Khalzanov) and agronomist Malik in "The Field of Aysulu" from "Kyrgyzfilm" (dir. U. Ibragimov). Member of the USSR Union of Cinematographers since 1976.
WORKS ON THE ARTISTRY OF THE ACTOR
Ptushkina M. Maturity of Feelings.— "Soviet Screen," 1974, No. 15, p. 4.
