Abbas filmography

Abbas is an Indian actor known for his works in Tamil and Telugu films.^[1] He also acted in Malayalam, 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 a 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]