''Raman Abdullah'' () is a 1997 Indian

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written, directed, photographed and edited by

Balu Mahendra Balanathan Benjamin Mahendran (20 May 1939 13 February 2014), commonly known as Balu Mahendra, was a Sri Lankan Tamil cinematographer, director, screenwriter and film editor who worked in various Indian film industries, primarily in Tamil ...

. The film stars

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, Karan and Vignesh. It is a remake of the 1994

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film ''

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''. The film was released on 22 August 1997, and failed at the box office.

Plot

Friends Abdullah and Raman go through misadventures to save their face from a strict

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Cast

Production

Director

had offered a leading role to actor Vikram, who was unable to take up the offer as a result of schedule clashes with his work in '' Ullaasam'' (1997). 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. This led FEFSI to go for an indefinite strike which affected to the delaying of several Tamil films. During production, the makers had to change the name of the film from ''Abdul Raaman'' to ''Raman Abdullah'' following protests from the Muslim community.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and playback singer popular for his works in Indian cinema, predominately in Tamil cinema, Tamil in addition ...

Reception

R. P. R. of ''

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'' wrote Even though the story is familiar till the first half, the director hides the boredom with a comedy thread, but in later half he shouldn't have messed up with unnecessary fights, Bombay villain gangs and godown climax but called Ilayaraja's music as only relief and concluded except for the title and the song in the beginning there is anything special about religious unity in the film, it could have been even titled as Kuppusamy Munusamy. The film was a commercial failure, but won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film (Special Prize).

References

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* {{Balu Mahendra 1990s Indian films 1990s Tamil-language films 1997 comedy films 1997 films Films directed by Balu Mahendra Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Indian comedy films Tamil remakes of Malayalam films Tamil-language Indian films