Bashir Safaroghlu

Bashir Safaroghlu (Azerbaijan: Bəşir Səfəroğlu) was an Azerbaijani Soviet theater and film actor. He was part of the Azerbaijan Musical Comedy Theater, People's Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (1968). He was the father of People's Artist of Azerbaijan Afag Bashirgizi.

Safaroghlu was born on 11 March 1925 in Baku. At age nine he played the role of Gunduz in the amateur performance Sevil by Jafar Jabbarli. He visited the theatrical circle of Aghaali Dadashev. In 1941, the Great Patriotic War began and Bashir Safaroghlu went to the battle front. A year later he got a concussion. Thereafter he could not speak and could not hear well. For some time he worked as a driver, and enrolled in the drama club of the Club of Drivers. He continued to visit the circle of Aghali Dadashev. In the Club of Drivers Safaroghlu met comedian/actor Lutfali Abdullayev, who invited him to the Theater of Musical Comedy. On the advice of the director Niyaz Sharifov, he often visited theaters, and after a while was ...