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Mirza Abbas Ali (born 21 May 1975), known by his stage name Abbas, is a former Indian actor, fashion model, and present-day motivational speaker who has predominantly appeared in Tamil and Telugu films. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

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“If we want to dig further into the past, yes, please, I have 50 massacres that were committed by Israel [...] Fifty massacres, 50 Holocausts, and to this day, every day, we have dead people killed by the [ Israeli Defence Forces], by the Israeli army.”
— Comments (16 August 2022) at a joint press conference with German chancellor Olaf Scholz at the end of his state visit to Germany, as cited in "Uproar after Mahmoud Abbas in Berlin accuses Israel of '50 Holocausts'", The Guardian (17 August 2022)
“Israeli and Zionist claims continue by saying that Israel made the desert bloom. As if Palestine was a desert and they made the desert bloom [...] These are lies. They continue to lie, like Goebbels, and they continue to lie until people believe their lies.”
— Comments at a United Nations event in New York City (15 May 20-23) commemorating the Nakba (the 1948 Palestinian exodus), as cited in "'An affront to Holocaust victims': Deborah Lipstadt slams Mahmoud Abbas for likening Israel to Joseph Goebbels", Jewish Telegraphic Agency (17 May 2023)
“The [ Europeans] fought against these people because of their role in society, which had to do with usury, money, and so on and so forth ... [Hitler] said he fought the Jews because they were dealing with usury and money. In his view, they were engaged in sabotage, and this is why he hated them. We just want to make this point clear. This was not about Semitism and antisemitism.”
— From a speech at Fatah's Revolutionary Council (late August 2023), as cited in "The Holocaust Wasn't Fueled by Antisemitism, Hitler Hated Jews for Their Money: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas", Haaretz (7 September 2023)

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Overview

Mirza Abbas Ali (born 21 May 1975), known by his stage name Abbas, is a former Indian actor, fashion model, and present-day motivational speaker who has predominantly appeared in Tamil and Telugu films. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Mirza Abbas Ali (born 21 May 1975), known by his stage name Abbas, is a former Indian actor, fashion model, and present-day motivational speaker who has predominantly appeared in Tamil and Telugu films. 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.