Among the vivid epithets addressed to Otar Shalvovich Kushanashvili, there are both "the icon of adventurism" and "the nightmare of show business". But the shocking and notorious journalist and TV presenter himself calls himself a "chemically pure genius" and "anti-publicist". Well, who is the winner? Of course, everyone! After all, this creative person never leaves anyone indifferent to his talented work.
A native of Georgian Kutaisi and a native of a large family far from the world of culture and art, Otar Kushanashvili was able to break through to the Olympus of national glory, solely thanks to his natural talent and a great desire to become a troublemaker. It is because of his ardent disposition and special erudition that this "journalist" was able to break the established order in such a calm and "cloyingly logical" world of show business. Perhaps it was he who became the "legislator" of the "scandalous notoriety" format.
Biography and career of Otar Shalvovich Kushanashvili
On June 22, 1970, the future journalist was born. Perhaps it was the mysticism of the date of birth that influenced his life, because Otar had no startup for such a stunning career, by the very definition of the order of things. From early childhood, the boy expressed a particular interest in journalism and did not see himself in any other profession.
His first test of the pen took place in "Kutaisi Pravda", but with "Literaturnaya gazeta", where Lev Anninsky and Stanislav Rassadin were published, one remarkable story is connected. The fact is that Otar wrote to a venerable journalist about the work of Chingiz Aitmatov in a very provocative tone: “This is a bad writer! You read at least Nodar Dumbadze. Our writer will be stronger! " And the novice "hack" then cried for a long time and laughed at the answer of the capital's celebrity from an overabundance of feelings.
After receiving a certificate of secondary education, Kushanashvili entered the Tbilisi University (Faculty of Journalism). And then there was expulsion for the "long tongue", military service, the conquest of Moscow with a mop at the Paveletsky railway station and as a school watchman. And out of thirty-five editors to whom the Georgian turned, one still responded.
It is with the newspaper "New Look", founded by Yevgeny Dodolev, that Otar Shalvovich's career begins. After the very first interviews with public figures, he began to attract attention from the musical community. And then began a real ascent up the journalistic career ladder, because an impudent guy without complexes and with a Georgian accent, as well as a unique appearance, was seen by many heads of thematic projects as very useful in their promotion.
Currently, the list of his projects is amazing. Here are some of them: "Pen Sharks" (1995-1998), "MuzOBOZ" (1995), "Party Zone" (1997), "Obozzz-Show" (1997), "33 square meters" (1998-2005), "Kamenskaya-3" (2003), "Club" (2006-2009), "Life is like a movie, or a show of strict regime" (2007), "Kaleidoscope" (2008), "Vladislav Galkin. Get out of the role "(2011)," What ?! " (2013-2014 "," 100% of the morning "(2015-2016)," Natural selection "(2016 - until now). In addition, he wrote books:" Ya. Book - revenge "(2010), "The Era and I: Chronicles of a Bully" (2011), "I and the Way in … How to Defeat Good" (2012), "Not Alone" (2017).
Personal life of a journalist and TV presenter
Behind the shoulders of the family life of a star journalist, there are three marriages and eight children, which speaks volumes about his desire not to deviate from the tradition of his kind. Recall that the parental family had nine children.
The first wife of Otar Kushanashvili was Maria Gorokhova, who after the divorce sued him all the property. In the second marriage with Irina Kiseleva, the family idyll also did not work out for centuries.
In the last third marriage in the status of "civil" with Olga Kurochkina, the eighth child was born. In this family union, Otar finally found the long-awaited happiness and readiness to leave with his wife for eternity.
