Iyayen Valentin ba su da dangantaka da wasan kwaikwayo. Mahaifin mai wasan kwaikwayo ya kasance lauya. Sun ce mahaifin Valentine yana da kyau sosai. Amma, a lokaci guda, ya kasance mai ƙarfi da girman kai. Mahaifiyar Gaft ta kasance tana tsabtace gidan kuma yana koyar da ɗan ƙaramin Valentine tun daga lokacin yaro.
Tarihin mai aikin kwaikwayo ya ƙunshi abubuwa da dama waɗanda zasu iya canza rayuwarsa. Alal misali, a lokacin rani na 1941, a ranar 21 ga watan Yuli, iyalin wasan kwaikwayo na zuwa Ukraine, a garin Pryluky, amma sun canza kocinsu. Idan wannan bai faru ba, ba'a san yadda labarin rayuwar Gaft zai ci gaba ba. Duk da haka, mahaifin Valentin har yanzu ya tafi gaban kuma ya koma zuwa manyan manyan.
A karo na farko Gaft ya zama sha'awar gidan wasan kwaikwayon lokacin da ya shiga wasan kwaikwayon "Tasiri na Musamman". Ya kallon ta, kuma ya yi kama da yaron cewa duk abin da ke faruwa a kan mataki shine ainihin. Amma a wannan lokacin mai yin wasan kwaikwayo na gaba ya riga ya yi tunani akan ƙoƙarin wasa wani abu. Wannan sha'awar ya riga ya tashi a makarantar sakandare. A lokacin ne Gaft ya shiga cikin ƙungiyar mai son wasan. Amma abu shine cewa yana a makaranta don yara. Saboda haka, gavel ya kunshi mata masu yawa.
Bayan kammala karatun, Gaft ya yanke shawarar ƙoƙarin shiga makarantar Shchukin a Makarantar wasan kwaikwayon Moscow. Bugu da} ari, mutumin ya ji kunya cewa yana so ya zama mai wasan kwaikwayo. Bai gaya kowa ba inda zai tafi. Zai yiwu, ba zai ci gaba da yin imani da kansa ba idan bai hadu ba a kan titin tare da actor Stolyarov. Valentine ya tambaye shi ya saurare kuma gunki bai ki yarda ba. Da dama darussan Stolyarova sunyi aiki. Kodayake Gaft bai shiga Pike ba, bayan zagaye guda, amma a cikin gidan wasan kwaikwayo ta Moscow ya wuce duk abin da ya dace kuma ya zama dalibi na makarantar wasan kwaikwayon.
Yin nazari a gidan wasan kwaikwayo ta Moscow, Gaft, da gaske, ya yi mafarkin nan da nan ya shiga cikin cinema. Har ma ya yi tasiri a cikin wasu matakai, amma a wannan lokacin har yanzu ba shi da isasshen tabbaci ga kansa da ilimin da zai zama dan wasan kwaikwayo. Duk da haka, Valentin bai taba ba, sannu a hankali, amma yana mai da hankali ga burinsa.
Bayan kammala karatun karatun Gaft na dan lokaci ba zai iya samun aikin ba. Ba a ɗauke shi zuwa cikin ɗayan wasan kwaikwayo ba. Mai shahararren mai suna Dmitry Zhuravlyov ya taimaka masa. Shi ne wanda ya gina Gaft a cikin Masallacin Mossovet. Amma Gafta ba ya son shi sosai, domin, a cikin ra'ayinsa, bai sami matsayin da zai iya taka ba. Saboda haka, a shekara guda, Gaft ya bar gidan wasan kwaikwayon a daidai lokacin yawon shakatawa. Bayan ɗan lokaci ya wuce kuma an ba Valentine aiki a gidan wasan kwaikwayon na Satire. Amma har ma a nan bai yi tsawon lokaci ba, kuma aka kore shi. Babu wanda ya san cewa a cikin 'yan shekarun nan a wannan gidan wasan kwaikwayon da Gaft zai yi daya daga cikin mafi kyaun nasa - aikin Count Almaviva a "Ranar Mad, ko Aure na Figaro".
GAFT ta buga a gidan wasan kwaikwayo ta Malaya Bronnaya, a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Spartakovskaya. Sa'an nan kuma ya zo gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Lenin Komsomol zuwa Anatoly Efros. A wannan gidan wasan kwaikwayo ne Gaft ya fara bayyana fasaha. Ya iya yin aikin da ya nuna yadda ya dace da basira. Kodayake Valentin yayi aiki a wannan gidan wasan kwaikwayo na ɗan gajeren lokaci, ya iya jin yadda ya kamata ya yi wasa, abin da zai yi da kuma yadda za a nemi kansa a hanyar kirki. To, duk rayuwar rayuwa ta Gaft ta kasance ba ta haɗa kai da gidan wasan kwaikwayo na zamani. A can ne ya taka rawa mafi kyawun aikinsa, ya yi aiki a kan mataki, ya janye kullun da tattara kayan sayar.
A lokaci guda, Gaft ya so ya ba kawai wasa a mataki, amma har ya yi aiki a fina-finai. Amma ko da akwai hanyarsa ta kasance da wuya. Gaft bai dauki kusan kowane rawar ba. An gaya masa cewa yana da nauyin bayyanar da ba shi da kyau. Amma Gaft ba ya daina. A ƙarshe, riga a cikin shekarun bakwai na bakwai ya sami wurinsa a cinema. Ayyukansa ko da yaushe sun kasance nau'ikan filastik, ƙyama, da hankali, ilimin halayyar mutum. A cikin kowane halinsa Gaft ya sa wani ɓangare na kansa, ya sa halinsa ya nuna da abubuwan da yake da shi da kuma motsin zuciyarsa. A hankali, ya motsa daga ƙananan matakan zuwa ga masu muhimmanci kuma ya zama mai aikatawa mai ganewa.
Amma fagen farko na shahararren ya zo ga Gaft, lokacin da ya fara tashi a Ryazanov. Abin godiya ne ga fim din "Garage" cewa an tuna da Gaft sosai ga dukan masu kallo. Sa'an nan kuma ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin mummunar mummunan rauni "Kuyi magana game da matalauta." A hanyar, ya kamata mu lura cewa dukkanin ayyukan da ake yi a fina-finai na Ryazanov sun bambanta sosai. Gaft zai iya nuna nau'o'in haruffa iri iri, amma dukansu suna da basira da ban sha'awa, suna da halayen kansu, nasu, halayyar kirki.
Gaft yana da matakai mai ban sha'awa da kuma tunawa. Amma, Bugu da ƙari, Gaft yana da basira don rubuta epigrams mai guba. Ya ko da yaushe ya fito da wannan kuma daga cikin masu wasan kwaikwayo da kuma cikin masu sauraro.
Amma ga rayuwar kansa, ba farin ciki ba ne. Gaft yana da mata hudu da 'yar daya daga wata aure ta biyu. Matar matar Gaft ta biyu, mai yin rawa, ta kasance mummunar hali. Dauga Olga, wanda ya zauna tare da mahaifiyarta bayan iyayen iyayensa, ba zai iya tsayawa ba kuma ya kashe kansa. Valentin ta sha wahala sosai a kan mutuwar 'yarsa kuma ba ta sadarwa tare da' yan jarida ba har shekara guda. Duk da haka, matar ta Gaft ta biyu ta rasu da ciwon ciki.
Matar karshe ta Gaft ta kasance mai kyawun kyawawan mata, kuma wata kyakkyawan mace - Olga Ostroumova. Sun sadu yayin harbi "Garage", amma a wancan lokacin Olga yana da miji. Lokacin da suka rabu, Gaft bai ɓata lokaci ba. Wannan biyu shine hujja ta kai tsaye cewa koda a cikin tsofaffi yana iya ƙauna, ƙauna da farin ciki. A kwanan nan, Valentine Gaft ya kasance mai son zane-zane da kuma mutum mai farin ciki.