The Mischievous Boy (1977)

The Mischievous Boy (Shum bola) is a 1977 Uzbekfilm production directed by Damir Salimov from G'afur G'ulom's story of the same name, with a screenplay by Shukhrat Abbasov and Aleksandr Naumov. Set in Tashkent in the summer of 1916, it follows Qoravoy, who lives with his widowed mother and sisters and runs away from home after one scrape too many, meeting a string of different people and situations on the road. Abduraim Abduvahobov plays the lead. At the 11th All-Union Film Festival in Yerevan in 1978 it won the jury prize in the category of feature films for children and young people.