Mirza Abbas Ali known as Abbas, is an India

India

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n film actor and model. He has appeared in Kollywood

Kollywood

Kollywood is a word referring two different movie industries in India and Nepal, derived from the word Hollywood and their local movie centers.* Tamil cinema, the Tamil language film industry based on Kodambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu,...

 Tamil, Telugu

Telugu language

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, Malayalam, Hindi

Hindi

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 and Kannada films.

Born in Calcutta and educated in Mumbai

Mumbai

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, he was discovered modeling in Bangalore

Bangalore

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. Since 2003, he has become less engaged in the industry and is running a family-based business in Bangalore, Chennai & Hyderabad.

He has made videos for the hit album, Yeh Hai Prem (1999). 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

Deal or No Deal

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.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1996	Kadhal Desam Kadhal Desam Kadhal Desam is a 1996 Tamil film. The film stars Abbas, Vineeth, Tabu, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vadivelu, Chinni Jayanth and Srividya and is directed by Kathir and produced by K. T. Kunjumon. The The music is by Academy Award winner A. R. Rahman. Abbas debuted his acting career through this...	Arun	Tamil
1997	Pagaivan Pagaivan Pagaivan is a 1997 Tamil film starring Sathyaraj, Ajith Kumar and Anjala Zhaveri in the leading roles. The film revolves around a kidnapping undertaken by Ajith and the actions that the victim's father take to save his daughter. The film also featured Ranjitha, Nagesh, K. S. Ravikumar and Vivek...		Tamil
	V.I.P V.I.P (film) V.I.P is a 1997 Indian Tamil language film starring Prabhu Deva Sundaram, Abbas, Simran Bagga, Rambha and Manivannan. Ranjit Barot composed the music. This film was an average grosser at the box office but gave a life to Simran and Abbas.-Plot:...	Santhosh	Tamil
	Priya O Priya Priya O Priya Priya O Priya is a 1997 Tollywood film starring Abbas, Simran and Naveen in lead roles. It went unnoticed at the box office. It was dubbed in tamil as Ithuthan Kadhal....		Telugu
	Poochudava Poochudava Poochoodava is a Tamil language romantic film directed by Udhaya Shankar released in 1997. The film stars Abbas, Simran Bagga, Manivannan, Nagesh, Kalpana, Jai Ganesh, Chinni Jayanth, PC Ramakrishnan and Kavitha.-Plot:...	Kannan	Tamil
1998	Ini Ellam Sugame		Tamil
	Jolly	Gauri Shankar	Tamil
	Rajahamsa		Telugu
	Aasai Thambi		Tamil
	Pooveli Pooveli Pooveli is a Tamil film directed by Selva. The film stars Karthik, Abbas, Kausalya and Heera Rajgopal in the lead roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Bharadwaj....	Arun	Tamil
1999	Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu is 1999 Malayalam film starring Manju Warrier, Thilakan, Biju Menon, Abbas and Kalabhavan Mani.-Plot:A young woman named Bhadra wants to take revenge against a landlord, Natesan , who murdered her parents 15 years ago. She acts as if she is interested in Natesan...	Moosakutty	Malayalam
	Raja Raja (1999 film) Raja is a 1999 Telugu Family film directed by Muppalaneni Shiva.The film stars Venkatesh ,Soundarya and Abbas in pivotal roles. with original soundtrack by S. A. Rajkumar...		Telugu
	Padayappa Padayappa Padayappa is a 1999 Tamil drama film written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The film features Rajinikanth, Soundarya and Ramya Krishnan playing lead roles, whilst Sivaji Ganesan, Lakshmi and Nassar play pivotal supporting roles. With soundtrack composed by A. R...	Chandraprakash	Tamil
	Suyamvaram Suyamvaram Suyamvaram is a 1999 Tamil comedy-drama film starring an ensemble cast from actors in the Tamil film industry and shot by a large technical team from the industry...	Indiran	Tamil
	Malabar Police		Tamil
	Anaganga Oka Ammai	Sathya	Telugu
	Krishna Babu	Vijay Babu	Telugu
2000	Shanti Shanti Shanti	Raju	Kannada
	Hey Ram Hey Ram Hey Ram is a controversial Indian film released both in Tamil and Hindi in 2000 and written, directed, produced by and starring Kamal Haasan...	Munnu	Tamil Hindi
	Dreams	Shiva	Malayalam
	Kandukondain Kandukondain Kandukondain Kandukondain Kandukondain Kandukondain is a 2000 Tamil musical and romantic film based on Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility. Directed and co-written by Rajiv Menon, the film features an ensemble cast of Ajith Kumar, Mammootty, Tabu, Aishwarya Rai and Abbas in the lead roles...	Srikanth	Tamil
	Madhuri		Telugu
2001	Minnale Minnale Minnale is a 2001 Tamil film written and directed by Gautham Menon. The film featured Madhavan, Abbas and Reemma Sen, with Vivek and Nagesh also appearing in pivotal roles. The film's soundtrack was composed by debutant Harris Jayaraj, which became successful prior to release, helping the film...	Rajiv Samuel	Tamil
	Vinnukum Mannukum Vinnukum Mannukum Vinnukum Mannukum is a love-comedy Tamil language movie directed by the Tamil Director Rajakumar. It stars Vikram, Sarath Kumar, Devayani and Kushboo in the lead roles...	Himself	Tamil	Guest appearance
	Aanandham Aanandham Aanandham is a 2001 Tamil language family-drama film directed by debutant N. Linguswamy, and starring Mammootty, Murali, Abbas, Srividya, Devayani, Rambha and Sneha in the lead roles. It became a blockbuster upon release and was one of the highest grossing films of the year...	Kannan	Tamil
2002	Pammal K. Sambandam Pammal K. Sambandam Pammal K. Sambandam is a 2002 Tamil comedy film directed by Moulee and scripted by Crazy Mohan. The film features Kamal Haasan in the title role alongside Simran with Abbas and Sneha in primary supporting roles. The film was produced by P. L. Thenappan under Media Dreams, while Deva composed the...	Anand	Tamil
	Nee Premakai	Prabhu	Telugu
	Ansh	Rajnath Guru	Hindi
	Kadhal Virus Kadhal Virus Kadhal Virus is South Indian Tamil film released in 2002. directed and produced by kathir under the banner sound&light studios The soundtrack was composed by A. R. Rahman...	Rajiv	Tamil
2003	Kadhaludan	Durai	Tamil
	Banda Paramasivam Banda Paramasivam -Plot:Cheran and Pandiyan are stepbrotherswho are constantly at loggerheads and their daughters Manjuand Anju continue their enmity. They're always trying to prove to each other that one is better than the other and arealways bickering...	Madhavan	Tamil
	Parasuram Parasuram (film) Parasuram is a 2003 Tamil language film starring Arjun Sarja, Abbas, Goundamani, Kiran Rathod, and others. The film entails the efforts of Officer Parasuram against Akash, a terrorist who converts the youth of India into suicide bombers.-Plot:...	Shiva	Tamil
	Zinda Dil		Hindi
	Three Roses Three Roses Three Roses is a Tamil action film released in 2003. It was produced by Rambha, and starred Jyothika Saravanan, Rambha and Laila as the "three roses". Actors included Abbas, Govinda and Vivek.-Plot summary:...		Tamil
	Sindhamal Sitharamal	Saravanan	Tamil
2004	Manasthan	Selvarasu	Tamil
	Shweta Naagu		Telugu
	Shock Shock (2004 film) Shock is a 2004 Tamil film. The movie stars Prashanth, Meena and Abbas and is directed by Thiagarajan. The music is by Salim-Sulaiman. Shock is a remake of Bhoot, a Hindi film. It was unsuccessful at the box office.-Plot:...	Ajay	Tamil
	Adi Thadi Adi Thadi Adidhadi is a South Indian Tamil film released in 2004. It starred Sathyaraj, Abbas, Napolean and Rathi in the lead roles. It was directed by Shivraj It was later remade as Political Rowdy in 2005 with Mohan Babu, Charmee Kaur and Prakash Raj enacting the roles of Sathyaraj, Rathi and Napolean...	Arjun	Tamil
	Kadha		Malayalam
	Azhagiya Theeye Azhagiya Theeye Azhagiya Theeye is a 2004 Indian Tamil romantic comedy film written and directed by Radha Mohan that stars Prasanna and Navya Nair in lead roles. The film was produced by Prakash Raj, who also played a significant character in the film, while Ramesh Vinayagam composed the music...	Himself	Tamil	Guest appearance
	Greeetings Greetings (2004 film) Greetings is a 2004 Malayalam film by Shajoon Karyal starring Jayasurya and Kavya Madhavan.-Plot:Gopan lived with his widowed father Aravindakshan Nair and falls in love with Sheethal, his neighour. Together they tries the match of former sweethearts Rangaswami Iyengar and Kasthuri who are neighours...	Swaminathan	Malayalam
	Adhu Adhu Adhu is a 2004 Tamil horror film directed by Ramesh Krishnan, starring Sneha in the lead role, who plays the role of a spirit possessed girl...	Raj	Tamil
2005	Kalyana Kurimanam		Malayalam
	Political Rowdy Political Rowdy Political Rowdy is a 2005 Tollywood film directed by Adi. The film stars Mohan Babu, Charmme Kaur, Prakash Raj, & Abbas in important roles. As well as playing the lead role, Mohan Babu also produced the film. The film is a remake of the Tamil movie Adi Thadi.-Plot:Vithal is a rowdy who commands...		Telugu
	Unarchigal Unarchigal Unarchigal is a Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan and Kanchana in the lead roles. It is a highly sensuous film which deals with sexually Transmitted diseases. The movie ran into big trouble with the censor board. It was made in 1972, but released only in 1976. It was Kamal Hassan's first...		Tamil
	Vanakkam Thalaiva Vanakkam Thalaiva -Plot:The plot is dramatically woven around the different roles donned by Satyaraj and the reason behind him taking up such roles. The movies begins with Manickam kidnapping Divya, who is the girl friend of Mano. Mano decides to rescue Divya, but fails to do so after repeated attempts...	Mano	Tamil
2006	47A Besant Nagar Varai		Tamil
	Thiruttu Payale Thiruttu Payale Thiruttu Payale is a Tamil film directed by Susi Ganesan. As like other Susi Ganesan films it is a real life experience based entertainer/thriller. The movie stars Kaakha Kaakha fame Jeevan, Sonia Agarwal, Abbas, Malavika, Vivek, Manoj K Jayan and Charlie...	Ramesh	Tamil
	Woh Lamhe Woh Lamhe Woh Lamhe... is a 2006 film starring Shiney Ahuja and Kangna Ranaut and directed by Mohit Suri. The film is a based on the true story of Parveen Babi's life, her battle with schizophrenia and her relationship with Mahesh Bhatt to whom she was a lover as well as a mentor in his struggling days.Bhatt...		Hindi
2007	Mauryan	Shivashangaran	Malayalam
	Chandrahas		Telugu
	Anasuya Anasuya Anusuya Anusuya Anusuya (IAST: Anasūyā, sanskrit:अनसूया Sati Anasuya, also referred as अनुसूया or Sati Anusuya, in Hindu mythology, was wife of the sage Atri and mother of Dattatreya who is considered by some Hindus (in western India) to be an incarnation of the Divine Trinity Brahma, Vishnu and...	Anand	Telugu
2008	Sadhu Miranda Sadhu Miranda Sadhu Miranda is a 2008 Tamil suspense comedy film directed by Siddique, starring Prasanna, Kavya Madhavan and Abbas in the lead roles. The story is about a normal man turned gangster. The film is loosely based on 1995 Malayalam film Mannar Mathai Speaking which was co-directed by Siddique...	Ram Mohan	Tamil
	Idi Sangathi	Murthy	Telugu
2009	Bank Bank (Film) Bank is an upcoming Bollywood crime film directed by Arun B. Kumar, starring Jackie Shroff, Abbas, Raghuvaran, Rahul Dev and Pooja Bharti in the lead roles. The film released in 2007.-Cast:*Jackie Shroff*Raghuvaran*Abbas*Rahul Dev*Pooja bharti...		Telugu
	Guru En Aalu Guru En Aalu -External links:* at oneindia.in...	Krishna	Tamil
2010	Appu Pappu	Ramesh	Kannada
2011	Ko Ko (film) Ko is a 2011 Indian Tamil political thriller film directed by K. V. Anand starring Jeeva, Ajmal Ameer, newcomer Karthika Nair and Piaa Bajpai. The film was released on 22 April 2011 to mostly positive reviews, and was dubbed into Telugu as Rangam as well. The film's plot outline is inspired by the...	Himself	Tamil	Guest Appearance
	Maaro Maaro (film) Maaro is a Telugu film released in 2011, directed by Siddique and produced by Mamidala Srinivas and Venu M Konda under Sri Rajeshwari Films Banner. It stars Nitin and Meera Chopra in the lead roles. The film has been under production since 2005; and in 2006 the film was shelved...	Raj Mohan	Telugu
	Ramdev		Telugu	Filming