same time, Tola created a stage version of the best works of Uzbek and neighboring peoples' literature. He wrote the eponymous musical drama based on Aitmatov's short story "Momo yer", the opera libretto Zulmatdan ziyo based on Oibek's novel Kutlug blood. He penned the eponymous poetic drama based on Hamid Olimjon's epic Oygul and Bakhtiyor (1979). He created an opera libretto for Uzbek people's epic Malikai ayor. In addition, he authored a libretto of the ballet Samarkand afsonasi based on Uzbek folk tales. He was the screenwriter of the films Maftuningman (1958), Furkat (in collaboration with M. Melkumov, 1960) and the video film Shashmakom. Tola literary portraits, essays and memoirs about contemporary figures of Uzbek literature and art (Nafosat (1967); Kamalak (1972). He adapted Shakespeare's comedy The Taming of the Shrew, as well as works by Alexander.S. Pushkin, and M.Yu. Lermontov. He translated the works of Nekrasov, Taras Shevchenko, A. Tukai, and S. Mukhanov into Uzbek. Sources Asarlar [3 j.li], 1—3j.lar,T., 1978— 80; Yetti zogʻora, T., 1981. Aliyev M., Turob Tula, T., 1969; Moʻminova D., Davrimiz qoʻshiqlari, T., 1977. People's Poets of Uzbekistan 20th-century Uzbekistani poets