I wonder if there's a theater there?!

I wonder if there's a theater there?!

Kakhi Kavsadze - a talent of extraordinary ability

When you hear the Kavsadze surname, several outstanding figures of Georgian arts come to mind. As they say, by design, this family was entrusted with the role of nurturing the nation's spirituality. They even created a kind of tradition in the arts. I will not undertake to list all the personalities, though there are quite enough of them (may God multiply them). My writing concerns an artist distinguished by extraordinary talent, a famous actor of Georgian cinema and theater, an original and colorful person - Kakhi Kavsadze.

He was born in Tbilisi on June 5, 1935. He is a descendant of his great ancestor, the brilliant expert of Georgian folk song, the legendary Sandro Kavsadze. Yes, Sandro Kavsadze was Kakhi's grandfather. Later, this national cause was continued by his son, Kakhi's father - Davit (Datashka) Kavsadze. Kakhi's mother, lady Tamar Tsagareyshvili, was a doctor by profession.

Since Davit led the singers' ensemble of Tkibuli, the family moved to Tkibuli to live. Davit was drafted into World War II in 1941. After this, Kakhi, his mother, and his brother Imeri returned to Tbilisi. A little about Davit (Datashka) Kavsadze: he served in the 224th Rifle Brigade of the Red Army. He was captured. Since he had experience in folk singing, he was appointed as the leader of an ethnographic group in the Georgian prisoners' camp. He saved many Georgians and Jews from death. After the war, Davit, who had returned to his homeland, was arrested by the Soviet authorities on January 10, 1946, on charges of treason, and was deported to Sverdlovsk region, where he died.

Kakhi and his brother were essentially growing up without a father. Both had a great interest in music. However, Kakhi and Imeri, students of Tbilisi's talented musical decade, were expelled from the institution as children of a "traitor" father. Their mother brought young Kakhi to his uncle Misha Kavsadze's group, and then he sang in his father's friend Bichiko Gvelesiani's group.

He never thought about the acting profession; he was drawn to it by the fact that in the house on Vorontsov Street where he was born, great actors lived: Akaki Khorava, Akaki Vasadze, Emanuel Apkhaidze, Tamar Chavchavadze, and Alexander and Cecilia Tsutsunavas. Being in the environment of these people, he learned a lot about the acting profession and at the same time developed a great interest. Kakhi enrolled in the Theatrical Institute, which he graduated in 1959. He became an actor at Rustaveli Academic Theater. This is where his creative path as an actor begins. Notable theatrical roles include: