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Top billed cast
Zarnigyar AgakishiyevaZərnigar
Farman AbdullayevƏlibala
Ujal HagverdiyevTərcüməçi
Yashar NuriAtabala
Saida GuliyevaƏlibalanın nişanlısı
Nuriya AkhmedovaAtabalanın arvadı
Ilyas TapdigŞair- Aghasalim ChildaghMeyxana ustası
Mukhtar ManiyevSünnətçi- Huseyn MuradovSünnətçinin köməkçisi
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