Shum bola

The Mischievous Boy is a 1977 Uzbek adventure film based on an eponymous story by Gʻafur Gʻulom. The film was directed by Damir Salimov and the screenplay was written by Shuhrat Abbosov and Aleksandr Naumov (II). Shum bola is one of the most popular Uzbek films and has gained considerable acclaim both from Uzbek and foreign film critics. The film stars Abduraim Abduvahobov as Qoravoy, a ten-year-old boy whose restless nature leads him to deal with different people and life situations. Plot Tashkent, summer of 1916. Teenage Qoravoy lives with his widowed mother and sisters. Right after being scolded for some mischief he is caught with another — sneaking out eggs and lard to organize "pooling for pilaf". Qoravoy hides from his mother and elder sister in an abandoned house, but finds a gang of Sultan the thief there. Sultan chases him with a knife and the boy runs away from the city. In a town Qoravoy reaches by night a local man lets him stay in his barn on the condition that if the sick bull starts to die, the boy calls the owner and helps butcher it. Qoravoy manages to kill the bull on his own, but in the morning finds he mistakenly killed a donkey.