Abbas, who made a debut (in hindi movies) as the lead man in Ansh, is a sought after actor in south having worked in 34 films, made in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malyalam. Abbas made his actual debut with a Tamil film "Kadhal Desam", released in 1996, and what a debut it was! He was flooded with offers. This, inspite of the fact that he is neither dark nor curly haired or even flabby, as the archetypal south heroes. He is the same handsome guy who appeared in Rajshri's music album, "yeh hai prem". Abbas speaks English, Hindi and Urdu at home, but he is not adept at any of the south languages, reason being, his lines are always dubbed. A convincing actor, a good looking man, and a number of hits under his belt, is he the next force to reckon with then on the Bollywood front?