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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Raman Abdullah<br />
| image =<br />
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| director = [[Balu Mahendra]]<br />
| producer = <br />
| writer = Balu Mahendra<br />
| starring = [[Sivakumar]]<br />[[Karan (actor)|Karan]]<br />[[Vignesh (actor)|Vignesh]]<br />[[Eshwari Rao]]<br />[[Rudra (actress)|Rudra]]<br />[[Babloo Prithiveeraj|Prithviraj]]<br />[[Charle]]<br />Amarasigamani<br />[[Delhi Ganesh]]<br />
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
| cinematography = Balu Mahendra<br />
| editing = Balu Mahendra<br />
| released = 22 August 1997<br />
| runtime = <br />
| studio = Anand Cine Arts<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
| budget = <br />
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'''''Raman Abdullah''''' is a 1997 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language comedy film directed by [[Balu Mahendra]], starring [[Sivakumar]], [[Karan (actor)|Karan]], [[Vignesh (actor)|Vignesh]], [[Eshwari Rao]], [[Rudra (actress)|Rudra]], Prithviraj, [[Charle]], Amarasigamani and [[Delhi Ganesh]].<br />
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==Plot==<br />
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''Raman Abdullah'' has [[Karan (actor)|Karan]] and [[Vignesh (actor)|Vignesh]] as friends, one Muslim and the other a Hindu, their misadventures to save their face from a strict Haji, played by [[Sivakumar]].<br />
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==Cast==<br />
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* [[Sivakumar]] as Hajiar<br />
* [[Karan (actor)|Karan]] as Abdullah<br />
* [[Vignesh (actor)|Vignesh]] as Raman<br />
* [[Easwari Rao]] as Gowri<br />
* [[Rudra (actress)|Rudra]] as Ayesha<br />
* [[Babloo Prithiveeraj|Prithviraj]]<br />
* [[Charle]]<br />
* [[Amarasigamani]]<br />
* [[Delhi Ganesh]]<br />
* [[Kitty (actor)|Kitty]]<br />
* [[Aadukalam Naren|Naren]]<br />
* [[Chokkalinga Bhagavathar]]<br />
* [[Vaiyapuri]]<br />
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==Production==<br />
Director [[Balu Mahendra]] had offered a leading role to actor [[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]], who was unable to take up the offer as a result of schedule clashes with his work in ''[[Ullasam]]'' (1997).<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/arts/man-steel?page=0,5 | title=Man of Steel | work=[[Caravan (magazine)|Caravan]] | date=29 December 2013 | access-date=25 April 2017}}</ref> The film's shoot became the epicentre of a dispute that arose between the Tamil Film Producers Council and Film Employees Federation of South India (FEFSI). It was reported that members of FEFSI had stopped the filming of ''Raman Abdullah'' as Mahendra was engaging outside cast members in the film.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fNgqAQAAIAAJ |title=History through the lens: perspectives on South Indian cinema |last=Baskaran |first=Sundararaj Theodore |publisher=Orient Blackswan |year=2009 |isbn=978-81-250-3520-6 |page=114 |author-link=S. Theodore Baskaran}}</ref> This led FEFSI to go for an indefinite strike which affected to the delaying of several Tamil films.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/The_International_Movie_Industry |title=The International Movie Industry |last=Kindem |first=Gorham Anders |publisher=SIU Press |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-8093-2299-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/The_International_Movie_Industry/page/n60 50]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Madras film strike: Producers demand their pound of flesh|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/jul/07madras.htm|work=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=22 February 2014}}</ref> During production, the makers had to change the name of the film from ''Abdul Raaman'' to ''Raman Abdullah'' following protests from the Muslim community.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20130424003725/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Oct/a-z/atoz-5.htm</ref><br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<br />
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| '''No.''' || '''Song''' || '''Singers''' ||'''Lyrics''' || '''Length (m:ss)'''<br />
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| 1 || "En Veettu Jannal" || [[Bhavatharini]], Arun Mozhi || [[Mu. Metha]] || 05:06<br />
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| 2 || "Puthithai Ketkum" || [[K. S. Chithra]] || Ravibharathi || 05:07<br />
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| 3 || "Sembaruthi Pennoruthi" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], K. S. Chithra || Kamakodiyan || 05:03<br />
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| 4 || "Un Madhama" || [[Nagore E. M. Hanifa]] || rowspan=2|[[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] || 04:18<br />
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| 5 || "Machan Un Machini" || [[Malgudi Subha]] || 05:18<br />
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| 6 || "Muththamizhe Muththamizhe" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra || [[Arivumathi]] || 04:39<br />
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|}<br />
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==Reception==<br />
The film was a commercial failure.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Balu-Mahendra-who-made-his-visuals-speak-dies-at-74/articleshow/30363139.cms|title=Balu Mahendra, who made his visuals speak, dies at 74 &#124; India News - Times of India}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0318015|Raman Abdullah}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1997 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Balu Mahendra]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1997 comedy films]]<br />
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