Background
Born to a poor family, Huseyn Arablinski lost his father at a young age. He was sent by his mother to a religious school.
Born to a poor family, Huseyn Arablinski lost his father at a young age. He was sent by his mother to a religious school.
Soon not being able to pay for it, young Huseyn had to drop out. Mahmudbeyov was also the one who roused young Arablinski"s interest in acting. One of the theatres agreed to have Mahmudbeyov"s students act out incidental and minor characters.
Despite scrupulous preparation, Arablinskis first performance was unsuccessful.
In 1897–1900 he continued to act in small roles. Arablinski"s real talent was revealed in 1905, when a troupe of Azeri actors, of which he was a member, was going on a tour to the city of Lankaran to perform the play Musibat-i Fakhraddin ("Fakhraddin"s Tragedy") by Najaf bey Vazirov.
lieutenant was soon reported that the actor for the main role had fallen ill and could not attend the rehearsals. The role was given to the 24-year-old Arablinski, who made an outstanding performance, and in the following years was often chosen for that role.
His other stage roles Shah (Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar by AHagverdiyev), Khlestakov (The Government Inspector by NGogol), Heydar bey (Haji Gara by MFAkhundov), Othello (Othello by WShakespeare), et cetera
The stage name Arablinski was in fact the surname of one of the young females in the audience. The actor fell in love with her during the troupe"s tour to Derbent in 1906, when she met him shortly after the play to express her admiration of his talent. Beginning in 1907, Huseyn Arablinski worked as a stage director
In 1916 he starred in the silent movie V tsarstve nefti i millionov ("In the Realm of Oil and Millions", director Boris Svetlov) as Lutfali bey.
In the Soviet publications Arablinski"s murder was usually blamed on the government of the short-lived Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. Arablinski"s deeply religious family was never in favour of his career choice.
Their relationship became even more strained when Huseyn shaved his moustache to facilitate his stage performance as female characters.