Faruk Begolli

Faruk Begolli (Serbian Cyrillic: Фарук Махмудбеговић Беголи ; 14 February 1944 – 23 August 2007), was a prominent Yugoslavian and Kosovan actor.

Begolli attended high school in Pristina and graduated from the Academy of Film in Belgrade (1966).

Begolli played in more than 60 films, starting with Veljko Bulajić's Pogled u zenicu Sunca (1966). He cooperated with director Puriša Đorđević in his films Podne (Noon), Jutro (The Morning), and San (The Dream), and his notable roles include Bitka na Neretvi, Čuvar plaže u zimskom periodu and Derviš i Smrt (The Dervish and Death).

His last major lead role was in Ekrem Kryeziu's Dashuria e Bjeshkëve të Nemuna (The Love of the Accursed Mountains, 1997), and his work[clarification needed ] was Etjet e Kosovës (Kosovo's Thirsts, 2006), for which he co-wrote the script. One of h last film appearances was in the short 10 Minuta (2004), directed by Burim Haliti.

In the late 1980s, Begolli returned from Belgrade to Kosovo, where he worked as a professor at the Faculty of Drama of the University of Pristina.

Begolli died in 2007 after a long battle with cancer.