Ukrainian singer Maria Yaremchuk told how performer Sofia Rotaru refused to star in a film about her father Nazariy Yaremchuk - “Yaremchuk: The Incomparable World of Beauty,” which was released on August 8. The artist admitted that she wanted to interview Rotaru so that she could talk about her dad. In particular, the singer worked simultaneously with Nazariy Yaremchuk. They were among the first to perform works by Vladimir Ivasyuk. Maria Yaremchuk invited Rotaru, but the singer refused without explaining why.

" However, we did not receive an approving response, I don’t know for what reasons. Sofia Mikhailovna and dad were lucky enough to be the first to perform works by Vladimir Ivasyuk, and this is what unites them: the film “Chervona Ruta” and the aesthetics of the 70s. They are both more artists, but they are different,” the singer said in an interview with UP.. Not only Sofia Rotaru refused to participate. Singer and actor Vasily Zinkevich, as well as the late founder and director of Smerichka Levko Dutkovsky, did not agree to appear in the film.. The artist says that Zinkevich generally avoids public appearances. Meanwhile, Dutkovsky refused due to health reasons..

" I don’t think there’s a story here for us personally.. The same thing with Levk Tarasovich Dutkovsky, with whom I spoke for hours on the phone. He told me all the stories and I asked him - so let's tell it to us on camera, we will approve everything with you. And he says - no, I get very emotional, I shouldn’t worry, my health won’t allow it.. . Let us remind you that earlier singer Alexander Ponomarev told how he became related to Maria Yaremchuk. The artist christened the performer's first-born.