Samandar Hamroqulov

Samandar Hamroqulov was born on 23 December 1978 in Namangan. He attended School No. 2 named after Farobi in Namangan and in 1996–2000 studied at the musical drama faculty of the Tashkent State Institute of Arts.

He entered cinema in 1999 with a role in the film “Chayon gul”. In 2002 the song “Sevgi fazosi” and the album of the same name made him known across Uzbekistan; the same year “Sen o'zing”, heard in the film “Muhabbat sinovlari”, also became a hit. He sings in Uzbek and Russian.

In 2005 he released the album “Samandar tangosi”, and his role in the film “Yarim baxt” the same year brought him wider fame. He later appeared in “Taqdir”, “Yangi boy”, “Arzanda”, “Notanish yulduz” and other films.

At the Tarona Taqdimoti ceremony he won in the “Novelty of the Year in Music” category (2002) and as Singer of the Year (2004); in 2003 he won the Nihol prize. In 2007 he was named Honored Artist of Uzbekistan.