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Abbas filmography
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Abbas is a former Indian actor known for his works in Tamil and Telugu films.[1] He also gained popularity in Malayalama, Kannada and Hindi cinema as well. He made his acting debut in Kadhal Desam (1996), with Vineeth and Tabu, which became a great success.[2] He made his Telugu debut with — Priya O Priya (1997), followed by Rajahamsa (1998), which were successful.[3] After a series of failures, Abbas appeared alongside Karthik in Pooveli (1998), which later became a blockbuster.[4] In 1999, he debuted in Malayalam cinema with Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu, which became super-hit.[5]

He then co-starred with Venkatesh and Soundarya in Telugu romantic-drama Raja (1999), which became a blockbuster.[6] Abbas played role of Rajinikanth's son-in-law in Padayappa (1999), which became highest grossing Tamil film of the year.[7] His next venture was Suyamvaram (1999), which holds the Guinness World Record for casting the most stars in a film and also for being the quickest ever feature-length film made, with filming being completed in 23 hours and 58 minutes.[8] Then he co-starred with Sathyaraj in Malabar Police (1999), which became one of the biggest blockbuster hits of 1999.[9]

In 2000, Abbas starred in Rajiv Menon's multi-starred Kandukondain Kandukondain, alongside Mammootty, Ajith Kumar, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Tabu.[10] The film became a success at the box office and casting was praised.[11] In 2001, Abbas co-starred with Madhavan and Reema Sen in Minnale (2001), which became another biggest hit of his career.[12] This was second collaboration of Abbas and Madhavan after Shanti Shanti Shanti (1998).[13] Abbas appeared in multi-starer Aanandham, which was second collaboration of Abbas and Mammootty.[14] The film met with positive reviews and became one of the "blockbusters" of the year and became most successful film of his career. For the next decades Abbas appeared in multi starrer films — Nee Premakai (2002), Pammal K. Sambandam (2002), Adi Thadi (2004) and Anasuya (2009). In 2010, Abbas starred in Kannda film — Appu and Pappu which became a surprise success.[15]

Abbas is a former Indian actor known for his works in the South Indian cinema. He made his debut in Kadhal Desam (1996), which was successful and gave his stardom. He made his debut in Telugu with Priya O Priya (1997) and gave hit Telugu films — Rajahamsa (1998) and (1999), with the latter one becoming blockbuster.

List of films and roles

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List of films and roles
Year Title Role Language Notes
1996 Kadhal Desam Arun Tamil
1997 V.I.P. Santhosh Tamil
Priya O Priya Vamsi Telugu
Poochudava Kannan Tamil
1998 Ini Ellam Sugame Aravind Tamil
Shanti Shanti Shanti Raju Kannada
Jolly Gauri Shankar Tamil
Rajahamsa Telugu
Aasai Thambi Vijay Tamil
Pooveli Arun Tamil
1999 Raja Sanjay Telugu Special appearance
Padayappa Chandraprakash Tamil
Alludugaaru Vachcharu Madhu Telugu
Suyamvaram Indiran Tamil
Malabar Police Raja Tamil
Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu Moosakutty Malayalam
Anaganaga Oka Ammai Sathya Telugu
Krishna Babu Vijay Babu Telugu
2000 Hey Ram Munavar Tamil

Hindi

Dreams Shiva Malayalam
Kandukondain Kandukondain Srikanth Tamil
Madhuri Telugu
2001 Minnale Rajiv Samuel Tamil
Vinnukum Mannukum Himself Tamil Guest appearance
Aanandham Kannan Tamil
2002 Pammal K. Sambandam Anand Tamil
Nee Premakai Prabhu Telugu
Ansh Rajnath Guru Hindi
Kadhal Virus Rajiv Tamil
2003 Kadhaludan Durai Tamil
Banda Paramasivam Madhavan Tamil
Parasuram Shiva Tamil
Zinda Dil Vijay Hindi
Three Roses Tamil Guest appearance
Sindhamal Sitharamal Saravanan Tamil
Hello Kannada
2004 Greetings Swaminathan Malayalam
Swetha Naagu Praveen Telugu

Kannada

Shock Ajay Tamil
Adi Thadi Arjun Tamil
Manasthan Selvarasu Tamil
Kadha Gautham Malayalam
Azhagiya Theeye Himself Tamil Guest appearance
Adhu Raj Tamil Guest appearance
2005 Kalyana Kurimanam Vishnu Malayalam
Political Rowdy Karthik Telugu
Dil Ke Peeche Peeche Arjun Hindi
Vanakkam Thalaiva Mano Tamil
2006 Unarchigal Balaji Tamil
47A Besant Nagar Varai Ramakhrishnan Tamil
Thiruttu Payale Ramesh Tamil
2007 Mouryan Shivashangaran Malayalam
Chandrahas Firoj Telugu
Anasuya Anand Telugu
2008 Sadhu Miranda Ram Mohan Tamil
Idi Sangathi Sathyamurthy Telugu
2009 Bank Abbas Telugu
Guru En Aalu Krishna Tamil
2010 Appu and Pappu Ramesh Kannada
Ramdev Ram Telugu
2011 Ko Himself Tamil Guest Appearance
Maaro Raj Mohan Telugu
2014 Savaari 2 Dinakar Shetty Kannada
Ala Jarigindi Oka Roju Rahul Telugu
Ramanujan Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis English

Tamil

2015 Pachakkallam Venkitesh Malayalam

Music videos

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Year Album Music Video Other notes
1997 Yeh Hai Prem Yeh Hai Prem Trilogy Actor[16]

Television

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List of television shows and roles
Year Title Role Language Notes
2012 Dharmayutham Rammohan Tamil
2013–2014 Vaidehi Tamil

References

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  1. ^ "Bigg Boss Tamil 7 contestant Abbas; From being the evergreen chocolate hero in Tamil industry to a handsome villain in Kannada and Malayalam: Here's all about the actor". The Times of India. 29 September 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Kadhal Desam (1996)". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Abbas, The Tamil-Telugu Star, Who Moved To New Zealand and Worked at Petrol Pump". News18. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Alladu Gaaru Vachcharu". Sify. Archived from the original on 8 January 2005. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Kadhal Desam Star Abbas Recalls Having Suicidal Thoughts as a Teenager: 'Failed in 10th; GF Left Me'". News18. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  6. ^ "ఎన్ని సినిమాలు పోటీ వచ్చినా 'రాజా' చిత్రం సూపర్ హిట్.. కానీ ఆ ఒక్క సినిమా." TV5 (in Telugu). 13 September 2021.
  7. ^ Chatterjee, Saibal (4 September 2005). "The Rajni phenomenon". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  8. ^ "Swayamvaram: all in a day's work". The Times of India. PTI. 7 April 1999. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  9. ^ "Khakis fit for Sathyaraj". IndiaGlitz. 5 January 2005. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  10. ^ Murali, Ram (16 April 2020). "Thinking Got Loud: Lens and Sensibility: 20 years of Kandukondain Kandukondain". Thinking Got Loud. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Tamil actor Abbas gave up acting as he was 'bored', had to work at a construction site in New Zealand: 'I couldn't even use toilets there'". The Indian Express. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  12. ^ "20 years of Minnale: How does the Madhavan-Reema-Abbas romance hold up in a more woke era?". Firstpost. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  13. ^ "ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಈಜು ಸ್ಪರ್ಧೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಧವನ್ ಪುತ್ರ ಮಿಂಚು! ಭಾರತಕ್ಕೆ 5 ಚಿನ್ನ ತಂದುಕೊಟ್ಟ ವೇದಾಂತ್". News18 ಕನ್ನಡ (in Kannada). 18 April 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Abbas is excited to return to movies, the Kadhal Desam star picks up Aanandham as his best film". OTTPlay. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Appu Pappu 100 Days ? It will be in four languages!". m.chitratara.com. chitratara.com. 28 December 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Yeh Hai Prem Medley 1 - Music Video - Yeh Hai Prem - Milind Ingle, Preeti Jhangiani & Abbas". YouTube. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.