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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]]. This film is a remake of the 1994 Malayalam film ''[[Malappuram Haji Mahanaya Joji]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tamil.news18.com/photogallery/entertainment/cinema-malappuram-haji-mahanaya-joji-scene-copied-in-thalapathy-vijay-poove-unakkaga-jbr-scs-730628-page-10.html | title=இப்படியும் காப்பி அடிக்கலாம் - மலப்புறம் ஹாஜியும், பூவே உனக்காக விக்ரமனும்! | date=13 April 2022 }}</ref>

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 |pages=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 |pages=[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>{{cite web |url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Oct/a-z/atoz-5.htm |title=Archived copy |website=www.indolink.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424003725/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Oct/a-z/atoz-5.htm |archive-date=24 April 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

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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|website=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref>