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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Indian English Шаблон:Infobox person Mirza Abbas Ali (born 21 May 1975), Simply known as Abbas, is a former Indian actor, fashion model, and present-day motivational speaker who has predominantly appeared in Tamil and Telugu films.[1] Following his career as a fashion model, he made his film debut with Kadhal Desam (1996) which gave him instant recognition. He continued to appear in lead roles, which went unsuccessful, before continuing his career as part of ensemble casts and in antagonistic roles in major Tamil films such as Padayappa (1999), Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000), Minnale (2001), Aanandham (2001), Pammal K. Sambandam (2001), Guru En Aalu (2009), and Ramanujan (2014). He quit acting in films after 2015, when he moved to New Zealand and became a motivational speaker.

Career

Abbas grew up watching Hindi films. His maternal grandfather being an actor Farrukh Mirza acted in Neel Darpan (Bengali) and his paternal family being related to actor Feroz Khan.[2] He partook in modelling assignments since his college days won "Face of 94" in Bangalore. Initially, after hearing that director Kadhir was looking for a new actor for his latest venture, Abbas had recommended his friends who knew Tamil to audition and took part in a speculative audition at the insistence of his friend. Kadhir was impressed with Abbas' performance and invited him to a screen test for Kadhal Desam (1996), before eventually signing him on to play a leading role.[3] Unfamiliar with the Tamil language, Abbas memorised his lines on the set of the film and Kadhir began the shoot with easier portions, in order to ease Abbas into his role.[3] Featuring alongside Vineeth and Tabu, Kadhal Desam became a critical and commercial success and Abbas was dubbed by the media as a "heart-throb" and garnered several more acting offers.[4] His busy schedule meant that he missed out on various successful films including Kadhalukku Mariyadhai (1997) and Jeans (1998), and the Tamil films he appeared in such as Jolly (1998) Ini Ellam Sugame (1998), Aasai Thambi (1998) were predominantly box office failures. Meanwhile, the success of Kaadhal Desam's dubbed Telugu version, allowed him to make a breakthrough in Telugu films and his next ventures Priya O Priya (1997) and Rajahamsa (1998) were profitable. He also appeared in the youth-centric Kannada film, Shanti Shanti Shanti (1999), featuring alongside debutant Madhavan for the first time.[4]

Following a spell of commercially disappointing Tamil films as the lead actor, Abbas worked on several prestigious films in the early 2000s as a second hero.[3] He appeared as Rajinikanth's son-in-law in Padayappa (1999), before portraying the role of a doctor in Kamal Haasan's historical film, Hey Ram (2000). Abbas then appeared in Rajiv Menon's multi-starrer Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000), in which he was paired with Aishwarya Rai, and the film went on to win positive reviews from critics.[5] In 2001, he made further supporting appearances in the commercially successful films, Minnale by Gautham Vasudev Menon and Aanandham by N. Linguswamy, with Mammootty as well in Pammal K. Sambandam (2002) with Kamal Haasan again, and critics labelled the period as a "career high".[3] He appeared in a music video for Rajshri Pictures and was subsequently given the opportunity from producers to appear in Hindi films, then made his debut with Ansh (2002).[3] The failure of the film prompted two further films, including Aur Phir with Bipasha Basu to be shelved, and he continued to appear in Tamil films in supporting roles through the mid-2000s.[6]

With multi-starrers diminishing in Tamil cinema, Abbas appeared in some low-budget ventures such as Unarchigal (2006) and 47A Besant Nagar Varai (2006), before opting to pursue anti-hero roles.[7] He starred as a womaniser in the horror film Shock (2004) and Thiruttu Payale (2006), and then also played a comic villain in Sadhu Miranda (2008) and Guru En Aalu (2009). In 2010, he made a return to Kannada films with the family drama Appu and Pappu, portraying the father of young boy.[2] In recent years, Abbas has appeared in television serials, while he also portrayed scientist Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in Ramanujan (2014).[8] Due to his fading interest in acting, he shifted to Auckland, New Zealand, where he worked in menial jobs to support his family before becoming a motivational speaker.[9][10]

Personal life

Abbas was born on 21 May 1975. He married Erum Hussain Khan, in 1997. After marriage, Erum launched her own label known as Erum ALi & EA Bridal Lounge. The couple have a daughter and a son.[11] Erum designed costumes for movies, notably Aayirathil Oruvan and Guru En Aalu, where Abbas' co-star Madhavan's wife, Saritha, also worked as a designer.[12]

Music videos

Year Album Music Video Other notes
1997 Yeh Hai Prem Yeh Hai Prem Trilogy Actor[13]

Filmography

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 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 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 Manasthan Selvarasu Tamil
Swetha Naagu Praveen Telugu
Kannada
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 English
Tamil
2015 Pachakkallam Venkitesh Malayalam

Television

List of television shows and roles
Year Title Role Language Television Notes
2012 Dharmayutham Rammohan Tamil Vijay TV
2013 - 2014 Vaidehi Tamil Jaya TV

References

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