This is one of my favourite songs from the Soviet film "Mimino", I would have loved to sift a trailer for you however there are no DVDs of the movies I used to watch really. He is the one who starred in the movie and also sang the songs. Prolly sifting this for myself but whatever.

Before stepping on stage this is what he says:

"Why do I sing this song? It's because I love the blue sky above Tbilisi, it's mountains, it's sun. When my soul is happy I sing it, when sad I still sing it. My song is born from this land, this sun, from my people. I sing and I feel as old age dawns, and I remember my childhood... I become very sad... but I still sing."

Kikabidze Vakhtang Konstantinovich, a professional singer, actor, screenwriter, producer, the author of many songs, was born in Georgia (Tbilisi) in 1938 on July 19th. Georgian national actor, the winner of USSR state premium, the winner of different international song concourses and film festivals. The chevalier of awards of honour of the king Vakhtang Gorgasali (of Nikolai Wondermonger and Knight Cross of St. Konstantin the Great). The honourable citizen. In 1999 in Moscow on the "Star Square" was founded his star. In cinematography he created a pleiad of eminent actors who became very popular. Here is the list of such films as: "Ne gor'ui", "Mimino", "Melodii Veriiskogo Kvartala", "Sovsem propashii" and so on. His last film "Fortuna" was made with the producer Georgi Danelia in 2000. Constantly goes on tours. As a scriptwriter and producer made two feature films: "Bud' Zdorov, dorogoi" (took the first premium on the international comedy festival in Grabovo, Bulgaria) and "Muzchini i vse ostal'nie". Married with two children and three grandchildren. Since 1996 has been brought in the international encyclopedia "Who is who".

http://www.buba.diaspora.ru/eng/tango.html

This makes me happy and sad at the same time.

lovely! thanks for posting this...

Beautiful, Farhad.

celebratory *promote for the farhad 500!

Re-promoting this video to the front page as a VideoSift Classic. Originally published on Monday 22nd January 2007 (promotion called by gold star member rickegee)

Thanks

A special gift from Georgia-thank You!