Childhood and youth of Marat Basharov
Marat Basharov was born in Moscow into a simple working-class family from Northern Izmailovo: his mother worked as a cook, his father worked as a plumber.
As a child, Marat had an obedient disposition. But as soon as he went to first grade, he immediately became known as a hooligan: he was constantly given two marks for his behavior, and once he was almost expelled. But it was at school that the future actor met his best friends, with whom he still maintains relationships. Their opinion and presence in life is still very valuable for Marat.
The tomboy's parents found an outlet for his stupid energy and sent him to the figure skating sports section. A little later, this helped him achieve quite good success in hockey (Marat trained at the Sports Palace in Sokolniki). The young man enjoyed attending freestyle wrestling and football classes.
In 1991, graduate Marat Basharov passed a competition for the Faculty of Law of Lomonosov Moscow State University. And at the same time, his half-brother, knowledgeable in art and working as a theater critic at that time, invited him to try out for the small role of Duke Cecil in the production of “The Canterville Ghost,” which was staged at Sovremennik. The director just needed a young guy. Surprisingly, Marat was immediately approved for two whole seasons.
Having become acquainted with the underside of the acting profession and experiencing incomparable emotions from going on stage. In 1993, he dropped out of Moscow State University and applied to the Theater School. Shchepkina. To the audition, wanting to distinguish himself from other applicants, he brought a balalaika and dashingly danced to its accompaniment, thereby winning over the selection committee.
early years
Elizaveta was born on November 7, 1986 in Moscow into a simple family. They and their brother Fedor were raised only by their mother; there was no father. Therefore, from childhood, Elizabeth dreamed of a full-fledged and happy family.
At the age of 13, Lisa saw the film “The Barber of Siberia” and at first sight fell in love with Marat Basharov in the image of the cadet Polievsky. Since then, Lisa watched all the films with this actor, read his interviews, cut out photographs from newspapers and magazines and hung posters on the wall. When information about the wedding of Basharov and Elizaveta Krutsko appeared in the press, the girl was very upset.
Actor career
During his student days, the aspiring actor starred in commercials and also worked as a watchman in a clothing store. And Marat Basharov’s film debut took place in 1994 - he got a tiny role as a tank driver in Nikita Mikhalkov’s psychological drama “Burnt by the Sun.” Then his last name was not even included in the credits.
In 1998, Marat graduated from “Sliver” and was immediately invited to work in several theaters. But the young man decided not to join the staff as a theater actor, because he did not want to become attached to the theater and make himself dependent on the will of the chief director.
Just in the year of graduation, Nikita Mikhalkov decided to give the young actor a place in the cast of the film “The Barber of Siberia.” It is the role of cadet Polievsky that Basharov considers his first outstanding work. After hard work on the set of “The Barber of Siberia,” Marat developed a fairly close and warm relationship with Mikhalkov. By the way, he calls him his “film dad.” Friendship was also established with Oleg Menshikov, who played the cadet Tolstoy.
In 1999, Marat starred in “Voroshilovsky Shooter” by Stanislav Govorukhin. The actor tried on the image of a villain - he played the scumbag rapist Zvorygin. At the same time, the failed lawyer was involved in the theatrical production “Woe from Wit” directed by Oleg Menshikov.
Real fame knocked on the door of Marat Basharov in 2000 after a series of memorable roles: in the film “Wedding” by Pavel Lungin (village boy Mishka) and the television series “Border. Taiga Novel" by Alexander Mitta (Lieutenant Stolbov).
The actor spoke especially warmly about his latest work. According to him, working with such a legendary director is happiness for any actor. It’s also nice that during the filming of “Border,” Basharov’s childhood dream came true - he played a “war game” in a real forest, with real weapons and in real uniform. His on-screen partner was the beautiful Olga Budina.
But in Pavel Lungin’s melodrama “The Wedding,” Marat initially got the role of the drunkard Garkusha, a friend of the main character. But Basharov literally fell in love with Krapivin’s character and clung to Lungin with requests to give this role to him. The director gave up and tried out Basharov.
“I stubbornly resisted and insisted on trying out. He grabbed onto Lungin with what is called a death grip. And there were a lot of tests. In the end, it was me and another actor left. Then Pavel asked Maria Mironova, who had already been cast as the main character, with whom she would like to play, that is, who exactly is more drawn to Mishka. The girl thought and chose me. It turns out that I pulled out this role with my own teeth,” said the actor. By the way, at the Cannes Film Festival the film “The Wedding” earned a special prize “For the acting ensemble.”
After “The Wedding” and “Borders,” which premiered six months apart, critics began vying with each other to talk about a new star of Russian cinema. Basharov overnight became a sought-after actor. In 2000, the famous Eldar Ryazanov invited him to the film “Quiet Pools”, then the actor appeared in the TV series “Cobra”, “The Ideal Couple”, and the drama “Oligarch”, where he played the corrupt investigator Koshkin.
In 2003, Marat was given the role of Mitya Gridnev in The Turkish Gambit. Basharov was in seventh heaven, as he had always been a great connoisseur of the work of Boris Akunin.
A landmark work in Basharov’s filmography was the drama “72 Meters” (2004), where he played an officer of the submarine “Slavyanka”, which crashed at depth.
Films and theater
After graduating from college, Basharov was in no hurry to go to the theater. He was more impressed by working in cinema, so the young actor declined theater invitations and agreed to star in another film by Nikita Mikhalkov, “The Barber of Siberia,” which truly became his first major role. Basharov played the cadet Polievsky, a friend of the main character.
The debut of the young artist received positive reviews from critics and became a good start to his creative biography. Other directors began to invite Marat to act in films. So, in 1999, the actor got a role in the film "".
Marat Basharov in the film “Voroshilovsky Shooter”
Participation in the production of “The Canterville Ghost” is not Basharov’s only role in the theater. After finishing his studies at the Shchepkin School, Marat did not abandon the stage for good. He combined filming with acting in theater productions. So, in parallel with filming in “Voroshilovsky Shooter,” the artist played Zagoretsky in “Woe from Wit,” with whom the artist developed friendly relations.
The artist’s next theatrical character was the master Lasukov in the production of the Contemporary Enterprise Theater “You need to get married, master!”
Marat Basharov in the film “Border. Taiga novel"
Real fame came to the actor in his youth, after the release of the popular Russian series “” in 2000, where Basharov played one of the main roles - Lieutenant Ivan Stolbov. Then Marat was able to work under the strict guidance of the legendary director and meet the leading actors of Russian cinema, and.
The next role of miner Mishka in the film “Wedding” opened the inner world of the actor. She was close and familiar to him, and therefore Basharov himself insisted on filming as this character and persuaded the film crew to choose his candidacy.
Maria Mironova and Marat Basharov in the film “Wedding”
And Lungin never regretted it - the role of Mishka, performed by Basharov, evoked only positive reviews from film critics and was loved by the audience. At the Cannes Film Festival, “The Wedding” received an award in the “For Ensemble Acting” category.
Since 2000, after filming and receiving the award, not only all-Russian, but also worldwide fame has come. The artist was invited to the film “Quiet Pools”, the dramatic film “Oligarch”, the television series “The Ideal Couple”, the acclaimed film “The Turkish Gambit”, where Basharov played the role of Mitya Gridnev. Being an admirer of creativity, on whose work the picture was based, and having a special affection for the character that he got, Basharov was glad to bring it to life. In the same year, the artist was noticed abroad; he was invited to play in the Hollywood film “Scales”.
Marat Basharov in the film “Turkish Gambit”
At that time, Marat Basharov became one of the most sought-after theater and film actors, with dozens of roles in top-rated films and TV series of the Russian film industry behind him.
In 2010, Basharov played the main role in the 4-episode melodrama “Back to the USSR.” According to the plot of the film, the hero Marat is a businessman, tired of a successful modern life, who agrees to an amazing adventure and wakes up in 1975. A man understands the value of life and finds his true love.
In the new adaptation of the melodrama “Office Romance,” filmed with the participation of and, Marat appeared in the image of Yuri Samokhvalov. Eldara Ryazanov played this role in the film.
Basharov remembered the series “The Hindu” for the main role of a surgeon who survived a plane crash, and for the fact that this project is the first carried out by Russian filmmakers in Bollywood. The shooting day, according to the artist, began with a glass of cognac. In this way they tried to protect themselves from infections, because the climate, food and water were different from what they were used to. But director Alexander Kasatkin still fell ill and followed the process while lying under a drip.
Marat Basharov in the film “Think Like a Woman”
For his acting achievements, Basharov in 2010 won the “Theatrical Star” award in the “Star Rain” category. Subsequently, for his high skill, Basharov received the honorary title of Honored Artist of Tatarstan in 2012.
Personal life of Marat Basharov
For a long time, Marat Basharov was in a civil marriage with Lisa Krutsko. Their relationship was sealed in accordance with Islamic customs - the reading of nikah. In 2004, their common daughter, Amelie Basharova, was born. In 2009, due to the romance that broke out between Basharov and Tatyana Navka, Elizaveta broke up with her husband, but they subsequently continued to communicate.
The affair with Navka did not receive a logical continuation, and over the next few years, Basharov was more than once credited with relationships with Svetlana Khodchenkova, Miss Russia 2010 Alisa Krylova, and swimming instructor Anna Sazonova.
In 2014, the philanderer of Russian cinema formalized his official relationship with Ekaterina Arkharova (niece of Emmanuel Vitorgan). The wedding took place in May, and already in October the media was full of headlines: “Marat Basharov beats his wife!”
Ekaterina was taken to the hospital with numerous injuries. Having recovered from her injuries, she came to Andrei Malakhov’s studio, where she confirmed the fact of the beatings, and also spoke about the attacks of cruelty that her husband suffered from, and about his addiction to alcohol. Soon the couple divorced.
Marat Basharov’s new life partner was Elizaveta Shevyrkova, a bank employee with whom the actor had a fleeting romance even before his relationship with Arkharova. The girl was a passionate fan of Basharov - she was the first to write to him on a social network asking for a meeting. Elizabeth is 13 years younger than her chosen one. In September 2020, they formalized their relationship in one of the capital's registry offices. The actor’s close friends, Alexander and Ekaterina Strizhenov, were seen at the ceremony.
The common child of Marat and Elizabeth, son Marcel, was born in July 2020.
In May 2020, Shevyrkova made a confession. According to her, for some time Basharov controlled himself and was very nice, even when he was drinking. But when she was three months pregnant, he drank, lost his temper, and tried to strangle her. While intoxicated, the actor allowed himself both physical and emotional violence: he claimed that Catherine was ugly, that he was with her only because of the child and pity. The girl forgave him and put up with his antics for some time, but when Basharov broke her nose, and at that time a child was sitting in Catherine’s arms, she packed her things and left.
By religion, Marat Basharov is a Sunni Muslim. Off the set, he is very outgoing, assertive and confident. He is still interested in sports, plays hockey, football and tennis, but at the same time he likes to drink beer and dumplings for a snack. The actor prefers a sporty style in clothes, and values understanding and honesty in women. One of the main advantages of a man is that he does not feel dependent on money. But he has a fear: the actor is afraid of loneliness.
Basharov loves Russian fairy tales and claims that he would be very happy to work for free in their film adaptations. He likes domestic films, in particular, he has watched the film “The Cranes Are Flying” many times.
Marat Basharov now
In the spring of 2020, Basharov admitted that he beat all his wives. Because of this (and also against the backdrop of the scandal with Regina Todorenko, whose careless statement started a discussion about domestic violence), a petition began collecting signatures online demanding that Basharov be deprived of the title of Honored Artist.
Basharov ignores such statements, but it is obvious that the scandals are affecting his popularity. He is rarely seen in major film projects. Except that in 2020 he appeared in the Tatar film “Mulla”, and in 2020 he played the main role in the film produced in Armenia “I will give you victory”. However, he continues to lead the “Battle of Psychics.” According to the producers of the project, no one is going to remove Basharov from this position.
