Mehriban Zaki

Acting

Mehriban Zaki

Born December 18, 1966 · Baku, USSR [now Azerbaijan] (age 59)

Mehriban Murvat qizi Zaki (born December 18, 1966, Baku) is an Azerbaijani theater and film actress, People's Artist of Azerbaijan (2018), presidential awardee. She appeared in many feature films produced by "Azerbaijanfilm" film studio. She has also performed as a lyricist and vocalist in films.

Known For

Down the RiverDown the River · 2014
Down the River
8.52014
MovieDrama
Young Ruslan rows for a team coached by his father Ali, who places many demands upon his son and is continually dissatisfied by his performance. But when tragedy strikes, his father is overcome with emotions he doesn’t know how to deal with. Debut director Asif Rustamov treats the heavy topic with remarkable subtlety and discretion, emphasizing the characters’ carefully elaborated psychology.
Ali and NinoAli and Nino · 2016
Ali and Nino
6.52016
MovieDramaRomance
Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. Their tragic love story sees the outbreak of the First World War and the world’s struggle for Baku’s oil. Ultimately they must choose to fight for their country’s independence or for each other.
KnotKnot · 2008
Knot
2008
MovieDrama
Ali has not seen his father for 15 years. He rushes to his remote village with his family to say goodbye to his dying father. The hero, who had little contact with his father even as a child, is unable to say goodbye, but he does make it to the funeral. The hero, who suffers psychological shock from his father's death, confesses, undergoes catharsis, and becomes spiritually purified.
The FamilyThe Family · 1998
The Family
1.01998
MovieDrama
January 1990, Baku. The Soviet Union hasn't collapsed yet. Around 300 thousand Azeri have been forsed out from their homes in Armenia and Daghlig Garabagh. Rallies of protest, political meetings spring up in Baku. The old patriarch, Ismail gathers under his roof distant relatives, people of different nationalities, beliefs, and ideas. The old man is tortured by everything happening around him: unrest in the city as well as discord and discarder in his own overpopulated apartment. All his efforts to preserve the family are in vain. People want to live separately. Former friends become bitter enemies because of the senseless aggression.
The Fate of the RulerThe Fate of the Ruler · 2008
The Fate of the Ruler
2008
MovieDramaHistory
This historical movie is about the situation of Ganja and Karabakh khanates between Russia and Iran war.
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MovieWarAction
The events depicted in the film embody the spirit, determination, and self-sacrifice of a generation that stood up to defend the Homeland, as exemplified by the special forces. At the center of the plot stand Special Forces officer Rashad Khalilov, Zeynep Ozdemir—a Turkish orthopedic surgeon working in Azerbaijan—and Colonel Ramazan Karimov, commander of the special operations group.
The HopeThe Hope · 1995
The Hope
1995
MovieDramaWar
The film is about war in Garabagh and when we look at wounded solider we see our son, brother or father.
LiarsLiars · 2008
Liars
2008
MovieDrama
A young woman with a broken family is looking for happiness. She wants to remarry to get rid of loneliness, so she decides to use the Internet. The film also reflects the impact of the current transition period, economic and political changes on the intellectual families of Baku. But more women and their psychology came to the fore. The psychological crises of a modern woman, family relationships are reflected in the film.

Filmography

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Good Bye, Southern CityGood Bye, Southern City · 2006
Good Bye, Southern City
7.72006
MovieDrama
The film takes place in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku at the end of the 1980s. At this time, the Soviet Union was starting to fall apart, and with this came the start of a number of ethnic conflicts. Fariz and his family move into a Baku apartment block from war-torn Nagorno-Karabakh. Fariz's relations with his new neighbors are strained by his accusations that it was people like them who failed to support the Azeris in their conflict with ethnic Armenians. The only one who stands up to him is Alik, who acts as peacemaker between him and the older inhabitants of the building. Alik has no reservations about brandishing his gun in order to keep the peace. One day, the apartment managers want to evict a number of musicians who have been squatting in the basement. Alik gets involved, but soon discovers the situation is more complicated that he first believed.

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