| His Highness Abdullah | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sibi Malayil |
| Produced by | Pranavam Arts |
| Written by | A. K. Lohithadas |
| Screenplay by | A. K. Lohithadas |
| Story by | A. K. Lohithadas |
| Starring | Mohanlal Nedumudi Venu Gauthami |
| Music by | Raveendran |
| Cinematography | Anandakuttan |
| Editing by | Bhoominathan |
| Distributed by | Seven Arts Release |
| Release date(s) | March 30, 1990 (Kerala) |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
His Highness Abdullah is a musical Malayalam film released in 1990, written by A. K. Lohithadas and directed by Sibi Malayil; featuring Mohanlal, Nedumudi Venu, Gauthami, Sreenivasan and Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair. It was produced by Mohanlal under the banner of Pranavam Arts. Nedumudi Venu won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Maharaja Udayavarma.
The music was by Raveendran for which he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director, and M. G. Sreekumar won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song Naadaroopini.
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The story is about Abdullah/Ananthan Namboothiri (Mohanlal) who is brought by Ravi Varma Varma (Sreenivasan) to murder Maharaja Udayavarma (Nedumudi Venu). But will Abdullah/Ananthan Namboothiri be able to do it?
The acclaimed soundtrack of this movie was composed by Music Maestro Raveendran Master for which the acclaimed lyrics were penned by Kaithapram who also did a notable role in the film. All the songs of this movie were instant hits.
| Track | Song Title | Singer(s) | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pramadhavanam | Dr. K. J. Yesudas | Picturised on Mohanlal.
Raagam:Jog |
| 2 | Devasabhathalam | Dr. K. J. Yesudas, Raveendran, Sujith | Another version, in which M. G. Sreekumar replaces Raveendran Master, was also recorded. But Raveendran's version was selected in the movie. It was said by M.G. Sreekumar himself 19 years later in Idea Star Singer that the original version is sung by him with Yesudas and Sharreth. He also said that Yesudas will beat anyone, either father or son, if there is a strong failure. Because if the singing is by combining, everyone wants to become as big as Yesudas, even if in the case of Vidhu Prathap or Jyotsna, who were standing beside him. So, they wanted to go as bigger, but Yesudas has his own style and Sreekumar with his own style. Once Sreekumar was happy, but when he heard about the sequence, he became so sad. Because the character is of a proud singer (Played by Kaithapram). So, director Sibi Malayil wanted Yesudas in the place of the character played by Mohanlal and Sreekumar in the place of the character played by Kaithapram, who at last will lose because of his pride. Raveendran said to Sreekumar: 'If you can do, you can come tomorrow.' But his friends compelled him not to sing the song, because they were aware that if the cassette would become released, that by Yesudas will become very good and that by Sreekumar will become very bad. So, that version was just included in the cassette and the version with Raveendran was pictured.
Genre:Raagamaalika (Hindolam, Thodi, Panthuvarali, Abhogi, Mohanam, Sankarabharanam, Shanmukhapriya, Kalyani, Chakravakam, Revati) |
| 3 | Naadaroopini | M. G. Sreekumar | M. G. Sreekumar won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer.
Song is picturised on Kaithapram. |
| 4 | Gopika Vasantham | Dr. K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chithra | Duet song picturised on Mohanlal and Gauthami.
Raagam:Shanmukhapriya |
| 5 | Thu Badi Maasha Allah | Dr. K. J. Yesudas, Chorus | A Hindi Qawwali song picturised on Mohanlal. Lyrics by Madhu (Bihar).
Raagam:Gourimanohari |
1. Nedumudi Venu won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.
2. M. G. Sreekumar won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer ( for the song "Naadaroopini").
3. Mohanlal won the Ujala Award and Kerala Movies Goers Award for Best Actor