''Mahallada duv-duv gap'' (''The Talk of the Neighborhood'' or ''The Whole Neighborhood is Talking about It'') ( uz, Mahallada duv-duv gap, Маҳаллада дув-дув гап; russian: Об этом говорит вся махалля) is a 1960 black-and-white Uzbek

comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...

. The film was directed by Y. Stepchuk and produced by

Shuhrat Abbosov Shuhrat Abbosov (sometimes spelled Shukhrat Abbasov in English; uz, Shuhrat Abbosov/Шуҳрат Аббосов; russian: Шухрат Абба́сов) (16 January 1931 – 25 April 2018) was an Uzbek actor, film director, screenwriter, and fil ...

, a prominent Uzbek filmmaker. ''Mahallada duv-duv gap'' is considered to be one of the best Uzbek films of all time and Shuhrat Abbosov, who received a National Artist of the USSR award for his works, is celebrated as one of the founders of the Uzbek film making industry.

Plot

The events in ''Mahallada duv-duv gap'' occur in a ''

mahalla is an Arabic word variously translated as district, quarter, ward, or "neighborhood" in many parts of the Arab world, the Balkans, Western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and nearby nations. History Historically, mahallas were autonomous social i ...

'' — a traditional Uzbek neighborhood — in an old part of

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of 2 ...

at a time when big-scale construction works are taking place. The movie humorously depicts the relationships between traditional parents and their modern children.

Script

The script for the film was originally written in

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. However, Shuhrat Abbosov wanted to make the film in the

Uzbek language Uzbek (''Oʻzbekcha, Oʻzbek tili or Ўзбекча, Ўзбек тили''), formerly known as ''Turki'' or ''Western Turki'', is a Turkic language spoken by Uzbeks. It is the official, and national language of Uzbekistan. Uzbek is spoken as ...

. Just one day before the start of production, he asked the renowned Uzbek author Abdulla Qahhor to translate the script. Qahhor was in hospital at the time. He translated the dialogues in the script in two hours sitting on a bench in front of the hospital. Abdulla Qahhor is credited as a translator and an editor in the movie.

References

1960 films 1960 comedy films Soviet black-and-white films Soviet-era Uzbek films Uzbek-language films Uzbekfilm films Uzbekistani comedy films Uzbekistani black-and-white films Soviet comedy films {{1960s-comedy-film-stub