Abbas (actor)

Abbas

Born      Mirza Abbas Ali

21 May 1975 (age 40)[1]

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Years active        1996–present

Height   5 ft 10 in (178 cm)

Spouse(s)            Erum Ali

Children               Emira, Aymaan

Mirza Abbas Ali (born 21 May 1975), known as Abbas, is an Indian film actor and model. He has appeared in Tamil, Telugu,Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada films.[2]

Born in and educated in Kolkata, he was discovered modeling in Bangalore. Since 2003, he has become less engaged in the industry and is running a family-based business in Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad.

Contents

  [hide]

•             1 Personal life

•             2 Career

•             3 Filmography

o             3.1 Television

•             4 References

•             5 External links

Personal life[edit]

He is married to Erum Ali, a fashion designer; the couple has a son and a daughter, Erum worked as Costume designer in many films notably Aayirathil Oruvan and Guru En Aalu where his co-star Madhavan's wife Saritha too worked as designer.[3]

Career[edit]

Acting was not his first priority. Abbas wanted to become an Air Force pilot. Failing that, he wanted to go in for Masters in Business Management (MBA). But he landed in films after he was done with college. He has been a professional model since std X. His colleagues were Suman Ranganathan, Rahul Dev, Sameer Malhotra, Rajeev Gopalkrishna and Dino Morea.[4][5][6] Mumbai model Abbas was in Bangalore during his holidays, when he bumped into director Kathir who asked him to act in his Tamil film. Initially reluctant due to his little knowledge of the language, he opted out and left for his college in Mumbai. A year later, Abbas received a call from producer K. T. Kunjumon asking him to come over for a screen test as a result of Kathir's insistence for Kadhal Desam.[7][8] The film was successful and earned him many female fans, Post-success, Abbas revealed that he felt the "Mustafa Mustafa" song catapulted him to stardom and enjoyed a strong female base after Kadhal Desam.[9] As a result of respect for his first director, Abbas made a guest appearance in kathir's Kadhal Virus. He appeared in the music videos of Hindi pop albums such as Yeh Hai Prem (1999) and also appeared in Television commercials of Harpic Toilet Cleaner. He made a special appearance in the Tamil game show Deala No Deala, hosted by Rishi on 28 November 2009 for Bakrid. The show is a remake of the popular game show Deal Or No Deal.

Filmography[edit]

Year       Film        Role       Language             Notes

1996       Kadhal Desam

Arun      Tamil

1997       Pagaivan

                Tamil    

                V.I.P

Santhosh             Tamil    

                Priya O Priya

                Telugu

                Poochudava

Kannan Tamil    

1998       Ini Ellam Sugame

Aravind                Tamil    

                Shanti Shanti Shanti

Raju       Kannada

                Jolly

Gauri Shankar    Tamil    

                Rajahamsa

                Telugu 

                Aasai Thambi

                Tamil    

                Pooveli

Arun      Tamil    

1999       Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu

Moosakutty       Malayalam

                Raja

                Telugu 

                Padayappa

Chandraprakash               Tamil    

                Suyamvaram

Indiran  Tamil    

                Malabar Police

Raja       Tamil    

                Anaganga Oka Ammai

Sathya  Telugu 

                Krishna Babu

Vijay Babu           Telugu 

2000       Hey Ram

Munnu 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

                Hindi     

                Three Roses

                Tamil    

                Sindhamal Sitharamal

Saravanan           Tamil    

2004       Manasthan

Selvarasu             Tamil    

                Shweta Naagu

                Telugu 

                Shock

Ajay       Tamil    

                Adi Thadi

Arjun     Tamil    

                Kadha

                Malayalam         

                Azhagiya Theeye

Himself Tamil     Guest appearance

                Greetings

Swaminathan    Malayalam         

                Adhu

Raj          Tamil    

2005       Kalyana Kurimanam        Vishnu  Malayalam         

                Political Rowdy

                Telugu 

                Unarchigal

                Tamil    

                Vanakkam Thalaiva

Mano    Tamil    

2006       47A Besant Nagar Varai

                Tamil    

                Thiruttu Payale

Ramesh                Tamil    

                Woh Lamhe

                Hindi     

2007       Mauryan

Shivashangaran                Malayalam         

                Chandrahas

                Telugu 

                Anasuya

Anand   Telugu 

2008       Sadhu Miranda

Ram Mohan       Tamil    

                Idi Sangathi

Murthy Telugu 

2009       Bank

                Telugu 

                Guru En Aalu

Krishna Tamil    

2010       Appu Pappu

Ramesh                Kannada             

2011       Ko

Himself Tamil     Guest Appearance

                Maaro

Raj Mohan          Telugu 

                Ayudha Porattam

                Tamil    

2014       Savaari 2

                Kannada             

                ala jarigindi oka roju

                Telugu 

                Ramanujan

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis

English/Tamil    

Television[edit]

Television

Year       Title       Role       Language             Television            Notes

2012       Dharmayutham

Rammohan         Tamil

Vijay TV

2013       Vaidhegi

                Tamil

Jaya TV

2014       Harpic (Advertisement)

                All Languages     All TV

 Abbas (actor)

Abbas

Born      Mirza Abbas Ali

21 May 1975 (age 40)[1]

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Years active        1996–present

Height   5 ft 10 in (178 cm)

Spouse(s)            Erum Ali

Children               Emira, Aymaan

Mirza Abbas Ali (born 21 May 1975), known as Abbas, is an Indian film actor and model. He has appeared in Tamil, Telugu,Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada films.[2]

Born in and educated in Kolkata, he was discovered modeling in Bangalore. Since 2003, he has become less engaged in the industry and is running a family-based business in Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad.

Contents

  [hide]

•             1 Personal life

•             2 Career

•             3 Filmography

o             3.1 Television

•             4 References

•             5 External links

Personal life[edit]

He is married to Erum Ali, a fashion designer; the couple has a son and a daughter, Erum worked as Costume designer in many films notably Aayirathil Oruvan and Guru En Aalu where his co-star Madhavan's wife Saritha too worked as designer.[3]

Career[edit]

Acting was not his first priority. Abbas wanted to become an Air Force pilot. Failing that, he wanted to go in for Masters in Business Management (MBA). But he landed in films after he was done with college. He has been a professional model since std X. His colleagues were Suman Ranganathan, Rahul Dev, Sameer Malhotra, Rajeev Gopalkrishna and Dino Morea.[4][5][6] Mumbai model Abbas was in Bangalore during his holidays, when he bumped into director Kathir who asked him to act in his Tamil film. Initially reluctant due to his little knowledge of the language, he opted out and left for his college in Mumbai. A year later, Abbas received a call from producer K. T. Kunjumon asking him to come over for a screen test as a result of Kathir's insistence for Kadhal Desam.[7][8] The film was successful and earned him many female fans, Post-success, Abbas revealed that he felt the "Mustafa Mustafa" song catapulted him to stardom and enjoyed a strong female base after Kadhal Desam.[9] As a result of respect for his first director, Abbas made a guest appearance in kathir's Kadhal Virus. He appeared in the music videos of Hindi pop albums such as Yeh Hai Prem (1999) and also appeared in Television commercials of Harpic Toilet Cleaner. He made a special appearance in the Tamil game show Deala No Deala, hosted by Rishi on 28 November 2009 for Bakrid. The show is a remake of the popular game show Deal Or No Deal.

Filmography[edit]

Year       Film        Role       Language             Notes

1996       Kadhal Desam

Arun      Tamil

1997       Pagaivan

                Tamil    

                V.I.P

Santhosh             Tamil    

                Priya O Priya

                Telugu

                Poochudava

Kannan Tamil    

1998       Ini Ellam Sugame

Aravind                Tamil    

                Shanti Shanti Shanti

Raju       Kannada

                Jolly

Gauri Shankar    Tamil    

                Rajahamsa

                Telugu 

                Aasai Thambi

                Tamil    

                Pooveli

Arun      Tamil    

1999       Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu

Moosakutty       Malayalam

                Raja

                Telugu 

                Padayappa

Chandraprakash               Tamil    

                Suyamvaram

Indiran  Tamil    

                Malabar Police

Raja       Tamil    

                Anaganga Oka Ammai

Sathya  Telugu 

                Krishna Babu

Vijay Babu           Telugu 

2000       Hey Ram

Munnu 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

                Hindi     

                Three Roses

                Tamil    

                Sindhamal Sitharamal

Saravanan           Tamil    

2004       Manasthan

Selvarasu             Tamil    

                Shweta Naagu

                Telugu 

                Shock

Ajay       Tamil    

                Adi Thadi

Arjun     Tamil    

                Kadha

                Malayalam         

                Azhagiya Theeye

Himself Tamil     Guest appearance

                Greetings

Swaminathan    Malayalam         

                Adhu

Raj          Tamil    

2005       Kalyana Kurimanam        Vishnu  Malayalam         

                Political Rowdy

                Telugu 

                Unarchigal

                Tamil    

                Vanakkam Thalaiva

Mano    Tamil    

2006       47A Besant Nagar Varai

                Tamil    

                Thiruttu Payale

Ramesh                Tamil    

                Woh Lamhe

                Hindi     

2007       Mauryan

Shivashangaran                Malayalam         

                Chandrahas

                Telugu 

                Anasuya

Anand   Telugu 

2008       Sadhu Miranda

Ram Mohan       Tamil    

                Idi Sangathi

Murthy Telugu 

2009       Bank

                Telugu 

                Guru En Aalu

Krishna Tamil    

2010       Appu Pappu

Ramesh                Kannada             

2011       Ko

Himself Tamil     Guest Appearance

                Maaro

Raj Mohan          Telugu 

                Ayudha Porattam

                Tamil    

2014       Savaari 2

                Kannada             

                ala jarigindi oka roju

                Telugu 

                Ramanujan

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis

English/Tamil    

Television[edit]

Television

Year       Title       Role       Language             Television            Notes

2012       Dharmayutham

Rammohan         Tamil

Vijay TV

2013       Vaidhegi

                Tamil

Jaya TV

2014       Harpic (Advertisement)

                All Languages     All TV