Plot summary for Takhir i Zukhra (1945) 


Directed by Nabi Ganiyev
Original Music by Aleksej Kozlovsky	 
Cinematography by Daniil Demutsky,Mikhail Krasnjansky

Cast:
Yuldus Rysayeva - Zukhra
Gulyam Aglayev - Takhir
Asad Ismatov - Babakhan
Shukur Burkhanov - Karabatyr
Razak Khamrayev - Nasym

Quote:
Shot in Uzbekistan during WWII, Takhir (Aglayev) is betrothed to Zukhra (Rysayeva) on their birth days by her father, Babakhan (Ismatov). They grow up together in the Kahn's palace, but at age 12, Takhir's father chooses to help the leader of the peoples rebellion escape and is later killed by Babakhan. On his 18th birthday, when he is supposed to be married to Zukhra, Takhir learns of his fathers killer, and confronts Babakhan. He is sentenced to be drowned in a chest and is dispatched down the river. Takhir survives and returns to the kingdom in time to prevent the marriage forced on Zukhra by her father, but is captured and sentenced to death.

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