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Abu Salim is a Actor Indian born on 11 may 1956

Abu Salim

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Nationality Inde
Birth 11 may 1956 (67 years)

Abu Salim (born 1956) is an Indian actor in Malayalam movies. He has acted in more than 151 Malayalam films. He is a talented actor famous for villain roles as well as character roles. He has acted in few Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu movies as well.

Biography

He is married to Ummukulsu. The couple have a daughter Sabitha and a son Sanu Salim. Sabitha is married to Ashik and is having a baby girl Lutfa Fathima. Sanu Salim is running a construction company in Kalpetta, a media studio called Bitframes In Calicut & a packet food manufacturing company called Krumbles at Bangalore. He is married to Rizwana parveen & has tried his luck in few Malayalam movies like Chempada, Kurukshetra and The Train.

Usually with

Vijayaraghavan
Vijayaraghavan
(26 films)
Mammootty
Mammootty
(22 films)
Salim Kumar
Salim Kumar
(21 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Abu Salim (93 films)

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Actor

Ivan Maryadaraman
Genres Comedy
Actors Dileep, Nikki Galrani, Kaillash, Abu Salim, Anand, Nagineedu Vellanki
Roles Rudran
Rating37% 1.892041.892041.892041.892041.89204
The lead character Raman (Dileep), is an employee in a rice mill in Pune. He used to carry the rice to the mill for processing on a bicycle. Later he decides to buy an auto rickshaw and goes to his village to collect the money that his parents invested in his name in a post office in his hometown 30 years ago. One way to his hometown by train, he befriends a girl krishnendu, who happen's to be his father's arch enemy's daughter. Once he reaches his village he ends up in his father's rivals (krishnendu's) home and later comes to know that they are awaiting to kill him. Raman takes advantage of a tradition of their house that not even one drop of blood should fall inside the house to keep himself alive. Whether or not he comes alive forms rest of the plot of the movie.
Amar Akbar Anthony, 2h24
Directed by Nadirshah
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Prithviraj Sukumaran, Jayasurya, Indrajith Sukumaran, Namitha Pramod, Srinda Ashab, Asif Ali
Roles Akbar's father
Rating65% 3.2954553.2954553.2954553.2954553.295455
Faizal (Asif Ali) is a bike-stunt artist and he is injured during a bike stunt held at Kochi and is hospitalised. He is admitted in the general ward where he meets other patients and began a chat. On the queries of his ward mates, Faizal explains the reason behind his fall. For which he began narrating the story of his three best friends Amar (Prithviraj), Akbar (Jayasurya) and Anthony (Indrajith).
Loham
Loham (2015)
, 2h9
Directed by Ranjith
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Mohanlal, Andrea Jeremiah, Siddique, Ajmal Ameer, Renji Panicker, Abu Salim
Roles Ameer Amanullah
Rating51% 2.554042.554042.554042.554042.55404
A casket containing the body of deceased construction worker, Rafeeq (Musthafa), is flown from Dubai to the Calicut International Airport in Kozhikode, then transported by ambulance to its destination. While en route, the ambulance is ambushed by criminals hired by Muhammed Unni (Siddique) to retrieve the 100 kilograms (220 lb) of gold that he and his co-smugglers have hidden in the casket. What they discover instead is that the gold is missing.
Ring Master, 2h33
Genres Comedy
Actors Dileep, Honey Rose, Keerthy Suresh, Vijayaraghavan, Abu Salim, Mohan Jose
Roles Circle Inspector Pramod
Rating48% 2.408582.408582.408582.408582.40858
The movie starts with Prince( Dileep) as a worker at a dog clinic owned by Dr Muthu, and Peter is filming a documentary of the clinic. His life changes when an affluent rich lady Elizabeth and her dog enters his life . The female dog becomes pregnant and dies due to a tumor. She delivers 4 babies but unfortunately only one baby could be saved . Prince names the puppy 'Diana'. Diana becomes famous after she acts in a movie which eventually becomes a superhit. Later on she does a movie with the actress Diana who had betrayed Prince earlier. At last Diana loses the case for getting Diana and she learns a lesson that fame is not everything .
RajadhiRaja
Genres Drama
Actors Mammootty, Raai Laxmi, Siddique, Joju George, Mukesh Khanna, Lena
Roles Security Officer
Rating46% 2.309232.309232.309232.309232.30923
The film is the story is about Shekarankutty (Mammootty) was leading a happy family life with his wife (Raai Laxmi) and his daughter. In his past, Shekharankutty had led a very brutal life and was the notorious don Rajashekhar.
Cousins
Cousins (2014)

Directed by Vysakh
Genres Comedy
Actors Kunchacko Boban, Indrajith Sukumaran, Miya George, Manoj K. Jayan, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Vedhika
Roles Restaurant manager
Rating34% 1.7248451.7248451.7248451.7248451.724845
Sam( Kunchako Boban ) , Jojy( Indrajit Sukumaran ), Pauly( Suraj Venjaramoodu ), Tony(Joju George) are four cousin brothers. Sam had an accident during his Engineering Studies, and he loses his memory of the past 6 years. To regain his memory, the Doctor advices Sam's cousins to take him on a journey.So they travel through the places where Sam had traveled before losing his memory. On the journey they reach a palace. Everyone from the palace identifies Sam from long ago, and tells him to bring back Arathi but Sam does not remember Arathi, so they tell excuses about bringing Arathi. After some days they meet a girl named Malika( Nisha Agarwal ). After meeting Malika Sam reigns his memory and tells his cousins that he knowns Malika. So they go to Malika and ask her if she knows Sam. She tells them that some years ago he had come to the palace and had met her sister Arathi and that they fell in love. But the royal family didn't accept their love and so they tried to run away from that palace. Several royal soldiers chased Arathi and Sam down through a waterfall. They try to escap by a boat, Sam tells Arathi to stay on the boat till he unhooks it.But when he unhooks the boat The soldiers came so he couldn't help Arathi to escape from the boat. But the soldiers didn't help Arathi, this makes jojy think that someone in the palace doesn't want Arathi to live.
Immanuel
Immanuel (2013)

Directed by Lal Jose
Genres Drama
Actors Mammootty, Salim Kumar, Fahadh shanu, Sukumari, Aparna Nair, Reenu Mathews
Roles Chandy
Rating66% 3.344943.344943.344943.344943.34494
The film follows the character of Immanuel who works in a book publishing firm. When the company is closed down due to unexpected reasons, Immanuel and his family find it difficult to make both ends meet. He then gets a job in a private insurance company, where he finds it very hard to meet targets set by his manager. The movie gives an unvarnished portrayal of the ruthless ways in which private insurance companies work, with scant regard for humanity. Clients are repeatedly denied their claims on flimsy grounds while the company makes profit. The hardships and harsh realities he faces forces him to see himself and his life in a new perspective that is often outside his personal comfort zone
Housefull
Housefull (2013)

Genres Comedy
Actors Tini Tom, Jyothirmayi, Shammi Thilakan, Vijayaraghavan, Guinness Pakru, Kalasala Babu
Roles ASP Sharafudeen
Rating44% 2.2202052.2202052.2202052.2202052.220205
The movie follows Ananthan (Tini Tom), a 36-year-old police constable who has experienced multiple failures at trying to find a woman to marry. He eventually meets and marries Emily (Jyothirmayi), a textile worker, much to the chagrin of both of their families. The couple tried for a baby in the hopes of placating their family, but were unable to conceive and began a series of fertility treatments. Initially overjoyed when the treatments are successful, Ananthan and Emily are shocked to discover that she was now pregnant with quadruplets.
Ladies & Gentleman, 2h36
Directed by Siddique
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Mohanlal, Krish J. Sathaar, Meera Jasmine, Mamta Mohandas, Padmapriya, Mithra Kurian
Roles Vinod
Rating36% 1.846611.846611.846611.846611.84661
Ladies and Gentleman tells the story of Chandrabose (Mohanlal) whose wife's (Meera Jasmine) death has led him to become an alcoholic. He talks a young IT professional out of committing suicide and joins in the firm passing out positive philosophy which takes the firm from a struggling start-up to the top, and makes an impression on Anu (Mamta Mohandas), Jyothi (Padmapriya) and Chinnu (Mithra Kurian).
Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath, 2h40
Directed by Kanal Kannan
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Mammootty, Dileep, Narain, Karthika Nair, Rima Kallingal, Baburaj
Roles A gunda
Rating38% 1.925781.925781.925781.925781.92578
Kammath and Kammath is a duo in the hotel business. It includes Raja Raja Kammath (Mammootty) and Deva Raja Kammath (Dileep). Sulaiman sahib (Rizabawa) is their rival. He runs a non-vegetarian hotel that is opposite a now defunct Brahmin vegetarian hotel. He has a target of acquiring this hotel's land.
Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Mammootty, Honey Rose, Aju Varghese, Rejith Menon, Sanam Shetty, Siddique
Roles Udumbu Salim
Rating47% 2.369732.369732.369732.369732.36973
Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus tells the story of a "thug" named Cleetus (Mammootty) who is asked by a parish priest (Siddique), who does not know about his background, to play the role of Jesus Christ in a play. During the film, events in the life of Cleetus start to mirror events portrayed about Jesus' life in the Bible.
Nadodimannan, 2h40
Directed by Viji Thampi
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Dileep, Ananya, Mythili Balachandran, Archana Kavi, Gayathrie, Sayaji Shinde
Roles Kannappan, another associate of Pushpam Prakash
Rating30% 1.5171451.5171451.5171451.5171451.517145
In Nadodimannan, Padmanabhan (Dileep) plays a village youth who does not have a particular inclination towards any political party and joins any protest being held. He earns a living by participating in demonstrations for various political parties. He then reaches the city where he is strung to the upper levels of society and gets elected as the Mayor. His conflicts and attempts to cleanse the city form the rest of the story. Ananya plays the character of Meera, who lives in difficult surroundings, but is bold. Archana Kavi plays Aathira, a member of a former royal family, Mythili stars as Rima, a broadcast journalist Padmanabhan befriends during his activist days, who helps him bring to light certain crucial issues before the public. Bollywood actor Sayaji Shinde plays the local king pin who is at odds with Padmanabhan.Currently this movie is going well and getting mixed reviews both from audience and critics.The performance of the Dileep and other actors is good. Highlight of the movie is the demolition techniques shown in the climax, which is new to mollywood. Another highlight of this movie is that it touches some social issues.
Mayamohini
Mayamohini (2012)
, 2h25
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Dileep, Biju Menon, Aju Varghese, Raai Laxmi, Mythili Balachandran, Baburaj
Roles Benz George
Rating37% 1.876031.876031.876031.876031.87603
The film starts with a plane accident in which a small child narrowly escapes. He is then looked after by his maternal uncle (Vijayaraghavan), and all the family's wealth will be inherited to him. As per their astrologer, in the future he should marry a young woman whose star is Chothi Nakshatra, only then will he prosper in life. The boy grows up to be a young man Balakrishnan (Biju Menon), who is unsuccessful in anything he does.