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Rahimov's activities in the motion picture genre that began in 1936

are centered essentially on dubbing pictures. His voice appears in more
than 1000 roles. He has directed the dubbing of 120 and translated 75
films. The motion picture roles he has created include Qurbon Sa'idov
in Sarnagun Gashtani Amorat (The Fall of the Emirate, 1955); the poet
Murodi in Qismati Sho'ir (The Lot of the Poet,
1960); Qozikalon in
Margi Sudkhur (The Death of the Money Lender, 1965); and others.
The motion pictures Rahimov has directed include Zumrad (Zumrad
(Winner of Awards, 1961); Duvozdah Soati Haiot (The Twelve Hours of
Life, 1964); Khokistari Suzon (Burning Ashes, 1973); and others.
Rahimov became a People's Artist of Tajikistan in 1961. He was a
member of the Board of Directors of Cinematographers of Tajikistan, as
well as a recipient of the Red Banner of Labor, the Badge of Honor
Awards, and the Friendship Among People Award.
Rahimov, Qodir
Tajik plaster carver and fine art painter Qodir Rahimov was born in
Dushanbe in 1956. At an early age, he learned the skill of artistic plaster
carving (ganchkori), an art form of his native land, as well as Iran, Tur-
key, and the Middle East, by watching the old masters at work.
Rahimov graduated from the Tajikistan Art University, as well as
from the Fine Arts University in Leningrad. Later on, he became a
Member of the Union of Artists of the Soviet Union. He has partici-
pated in exhibitions in Moscow, Leningrad, Dresden, Hamburg, Peking,
Tokyo, and Berlin, and has mounted personal exhibitions in Thailand,
Algeria, Peru, France, Bulgaria, and Italy.
Rahimov lived in Boulder, Colorado, from December 1997 to June
1998. He, along with three of his colleagues, were there to build a
genuine Tajik teahouse. He contributed four paintings to the teahouse, a
gift from Tajikistan to Dushanbe's Sister City. He also fabricated and
installed four carved plaster panels around the paintings.
Qodir and his wife Marina have lived in Moscow since 1986.