Abbas filmography explained

Abbas
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Film:	52
Television Series:	2
Television Show:	1
Music Videos:	2
Others:	2

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

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	Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu	Moosakutty	Malayalam
	Raja	Sanjay	Telugu	Special appearance
	Padayappa	Chandraprakash	Tamil
	Suyamvaram	Indiran	Tamil
	Malabar Police	Raja	Tamil
	Anaganaga Oka Ammai	Sathya	Telugu
	Krishna Babu	Vijay Babu	Telugu
	Alludugaaru Vachcharu	Madhu	Telugu
2000	Hey Ram	Munavar	TamilHindi
	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	Manasthan	Selvarasu	Tamil
	Swetha Naagu	Praveen	TeluguKannada
	Shock	Ajay	Tamil
	Adi Thadi	Arjun	Tamil
	Kadha	Gautham	Malayalam
	Azhagiya Theeye	Himself	Tamil	Guest appearance
	Greetings	Swaminathan	Malayalam
	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	EnglishTamil
2015	Pachakkallam	Venkitesh	Malayalam

Television

Notes

2012	Dharmayutham	Rammohan	Tamil
2013–2014	Vaidehi		Tamil

References

1. News: 2023-09-29 . 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 . 2024-05-08 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
2. Web site: Kadhal Desam (1996) . 2024-05-11 . Indiancine.ma.
3. Web site: 2022-02-07 . Abbas, The Tamil-Telugu Star, Who Moved To New Zealand and Worked at Petrol Pump . 2024-05-11 . News18 . en.
4. Web site: Alladu Gaaru Vachcharu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050108012541/http://sify.com/movies/telugu/review.php?id=6007163&ctid=5&cid=2430 . 8 January 2005 . 18 February 2024 . Sify.
5. Web site: 2023-07-18 . Kadhal Desam Star Abbas Recalls Having Suicidal Thoughts as a Teenager: 'Failed in 10th; GF Left Me' . 2024-05-08 . News18 . en.
6. Web site: 13 September 2021 . ఎన్ని సినిమాలు పోటీ వచ్చినా 'రాజా' చిత్రం సూపర్ హిట్.. కానీ ఆ ఒక్క సినిమా.. . . te.
7. News: Chatterjee . Saibal . 4 September 2005 . The Rajni phenomenon . https://web.archive.org/web/20160608050503/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050904/spectrum/main5.htm . 8 June 2016 . 8 June 2016 . The Tribune.
8. Web site: 7 April 1999 . Swayamvaram: all in a day's work . dead . https://archive.today/20120322151708/http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/CC2F936A3CD1A98165256940004B7B18 . 22 March 2012 . 17 July 2011 . . PTI.
9. Web site: 5 January 2005 . Khakis fit for Sathyaraj . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141029022930/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/12520.html . 29 October 2014 . 7 October 2012 . IndiaGlitz.
10. Web site: Murali . Ram . 2020-04-16 . Thinking Got Loud: Lens and Sensibility: 20 years of Kandukondain Kandukondain . 2024-05-11 . Thinking Got Loud.
11. Web site: 2023-08-04 . 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' . 2024-05-11 . The Indian Express . en.
12. Web site: 2021-01-25 . 20 years of Minnale: How does the Madhavan-Reema-Abbas romance hold up in a more woke era? . 2024-05-11 . Firstpost . en-us.
13. Web site: 2023-04-18 . ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಈಜು ಸ್ಪರ್ಧೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಧವನ್ ಪುತ್ರ ಮಿಂಚು! ಭಾರತಕ್ಕೆ 5 ಚಿನ್ನ ತಂದುಕೊಟ್ಟ ವೇದಾಂತ್ . 2024-05-11 . News18 ಕನ್ನಡ . kn.
14. Web site: Abbas is excited to return to movies, the Kadhal Desam star picks up Aanandham as his best film . 2024-05-11 . OTTPlay . en.
15. Web site: Appu Pappu 100 Days ? It will be in four languages! . chitratara.com . 28 December 2010 . 2024-05-11 . m.chitratara.com.
16. Web site: Yeh Hai Prem Medley 1 - Music Video - Yeh Hai Prem - Milind Ingle, Preeti Jhangiani & Abbas . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221020211327/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS2FZBed5YA&ab_channel=Rajshri . 20 October 2022 . 20 October 2022 . YouTube.