{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = His Highness Abdullah | image = His Highness Abdullah.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Sibi Malayil]] | producer = [[Mohanlal]] | writer = [[A. K. Lohithadas]] | starring = {{ubl|[[Mohanlal]]|[[Nedumudi Venu]]|[[Gautami]]|[[Sreenivasan]]|[[Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair]]|[[Mamukkoya]]}} | music = '''Songs:'''<br>[[Raveendran]]<br>'''Background Score:'''<br>[[Mohan Sitara]]<br>'''Lyrics:'''<br>[[Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri|Kaithapram]] | cinematography = [[Anandakuttan]] | editing = L. Bhoominathan | studio = [[Pranavam Arts]] | distributor = Seven Arts Release | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1990|03|30|[[Kerala]]}} | runtime = 150 minutes | country = India | language = Malayalam | budget = | gross = }}
'''''His Highness Abdullah''''' is a 1990 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[musical film|musical]] [[drama]] film written by [[A. K. Lohithadas]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=P. K. Ajith |date=28 June 2015 |title=Remembering a master storyteller |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/remembering-a-master-storyteller/article7363200.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428054206/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/remembering-a-master-storyteller/article7363200.ece |archive-date=28 April 2022 |access-date=5 March 2021 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> and directed by [[Sibi Malayil]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=B. S. |first=Shibu |date=20 May 2020 |title=A Fruitful Friendship: Mohanlal and Sibi Malayil |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2020/may/20/a-fruitful-friendship-mohanlal-and-sibi-malayil-2145882.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526194232/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2020/may/20/a-fruitful-friendship-mohanlal-and-sibi-malayil-2145882.html |archive-date=26 May 2020 |access-date=5 March 2021 |website=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref> It stars [[Mohanlal]], [[Nedumudi Venu]], [[Gautami]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 October 2015 |title=Mohanlal, Gautami team up for a trilingual |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/mohanlal-gauthami-team-up-for-a-malayalamtamiltelugu-trilingual/article7761084.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428054204/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/mohanlal-gauthami-team-up-for-a-malayalamtamiltelugu-trilingual/article7761084.ece |archive-date=28 April 2022 |access-date=5 March 2021 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> [[Sreenivasan]], [[Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair]] and [[Mamukkoya]]. This film was later remade in tamil as Mettukudi .The film was produced by Mohanlal<ref>{{Cite news |title=Actors who are successful producers |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/photo-features/actors-who-are-successful-producers/photostory/52092657.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723122529/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/photo-features/actors-who-are-successful-producers/photostory/52092657.cms |archive-date=23 July 2019 |access-date=5 March 2021 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> and was the debut production of his company [[Pranavam Arts]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 May 2020 |title=Happy Birthday Mohanlal: Here are His 5 Must Watch Movies |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/happy-birthday-mohanlal-here-are-his-5-must-watch-movies-2629831.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616003616/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/happy-birthday-mohanlal-here-are-his-5-must-watch-movies-2629831.html |archive-date=16 June 2021 |access-date=5 March 2021 |website=[[News18]]}}</ref> The music for the songs was composed by [[Raveendran]] and the background score by [[Mohan Sithara]]. ''His Highness Abdullah'' was the same team's first film in a trilogy of Indian classical arts films, followed by ''[[Bharatham]]'' (1991) and ''[[Kamaladalam]]'' (1992).
The story follows Abdullah (Mohanlal), a low-life [[Sufi]] Muslim [[Qawwali]] singer in [[Bombay]], who is hired by the members of a wealthy royal [[Hindu]] family to assassinate their family head, [[Maharaja]] Udayavarma (Venu). Abdullah infiltrates the palace in the guise of a [[Brahmin]] [[Indian classical music|classical singer]], Ananthan Namboothiri, and tries to assassinate the Maharaja by [[Confidence trick|gaining his confidence]].
''His Highness Abdullah'' was released on 30 March 1990. It performed well at the box office,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Subramanian |first=Anupama |date=24 May 2016 |title=High expectation for Mohanlal's trilingual |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/mollywood/240516/high-expectation-for-mohanlal-s-trilingual.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818114358/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/mollywood/240516/high-expectation-for-mohanlal-s-trilingual.html |archive-date=18 August 2016 |access-date=5 March 2021 |website=[[Deccan Chronicle]]}}</ref> becoming the highest-grossing Malayalam film of the year.<ref name="boxoffice" /><ref name="hhahindu">{{Cite web |last=Nair |first=Vipin |date=17 February 2018 |title=Where do Malayalam films get their love of Hindi songs from? |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/where-do-malayalam-films-get-their-love-of-hindi-songs-from/article22774202.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109043640/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/where-do-malayalam-films-get-their-love-of-hindi-songs-from/article22774202.ece |archive-date=9 November 2020 |access-date=5 March 2021 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> The film's soundtrack was also well received. The film won two [[National Film Awards]]—[[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] for Venu<ref name="venu">{{Cite web |last=Aravind |first=C. V. |date=20 February 2017 |title=Nedumudi Venu: Malayalam cinema's man for all seasons |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/nedumudi-venu-malayalam-cinemas-man-all-seasons-57525 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225195820/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/nedumudi-venu-malayalam-cinemas-man-all-seasons-57525 |archive-date=25 February 2021 |access-date=5 March 2021 |website=[[The News Minute]]}}</ref> and [[National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]] for [[M. G. Sreekumar]] for the song "Naadaroopini".<ref name="nada">{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=P. K. Ajith |date=21 May 2020 |title='For each individual, their favourite Mohanlal film would be different' |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/for-each-individual-their-favourite-mohanlal-film-would-be-different/article31638784.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704003405/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/for-each-individual-their-favourite-mohanlal-film-would-be-different/article31638784.ece |archive-date=4 July 2020 |access-date=5 March 2021 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> Raveendran won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Malayalam]].
This movie was loosely remade (or freemade) as ''[[Aadhavan]]'' by [[K S Ravikumar]] in 2009.
==Plot== Ravi Varma, his father Prabhakara Varma, Rajaraja Varma, and his father Kesava Pillai, seek methods to kill King Udaya Varma Thampuran to usurp his wealth. Udaya Varma's wife Bhagirathi Thampuratti has fallen into depression after the untimely death of their son Unni. She is locked up at home and looked after by Udaya Varma's daughter Radha. Ravi Varma and the group fear that Udaya Varma might will his wealth to Radha, being his adopted daughter, who is believed to be born of an illicit relationship of Thampuran's relative with another servant. The group is helped by Cheriyachan Thampuran, the blind uncle of Thampuran, who also eyes King's wealth. He advises the group on the plans to eliminate the King upon the condition of sharing the wealth with him.
As per his advice, Ravi Varma, the King's eldest nephew, travels to [[Mumbai]] in search of a killer. There he meets Jamal who helps him. He introduces Ravi Varma to Abdullah, who is a singer in Mumbai. Abdullah is in need of money and, upon persuasion from Jamal, comes to [[Kerala]] planning to kill Thampuran. Abdullah disguises himself as Ananthan Namboothiri and meets Thampuran stating that he is Ravi Varma's friend who wants to study the palace. Thampuran does not like this, however, he allows him to stay a couple of days at the palace. Bhagirathi Thampuratti thinks Ananthan is Unni and shows stages of recovery from a mental disorder with his presence.
Once, the day Thampuran asks Ananthan to leave arrives, he sings the famous "Pramadhavanam" song, which impresses Thampuran and he starts liking him. Radha falls in love with him. Ananthan is even permitted to dine with Thampuran after having developed a strong relationship with him. Gupthan, the King's younger nephew, on finding that Radha is in love with Ananthan, misleads Ramanattukara Ananthan Namboodirippad, a famous musician, telling him that Ananthan has portrayed him as a good for nothing fellow. Enraged by hearing this, Namboodirippad travels to the palace and competes with Ananthan, singing the famous "[[Devasabhathalam]]", after which he understands that Gupthan mislead him and is highly impressed with Ananthan.
Ravi Varma and the group wants Thampuran to be killed immediately. Ananthan one day realises that Thampuran is an old friend of his father. Thampuran also tells Ananthan that Radha was brought up by him as his daughter after the demise of Unni. Thampuran also requests Ananthan to marry her. Ananthan, unable to kill Thampuran pleads to the group that he cannot kill him. The group gets angry and Ravi Varma travels to Mumbai a second time to find another killer. He comes back with Kabir, a goon from Bombay to kill Thampuran. Thampuran identifies that Ananthan is a Muslim named Abdullah when he accidentally sees Ananthan and Jamal performing daily Namaz.
Thampuran is furious with Ananthan and angrily demand to know who he really is. Ananthan feeling guilty tells Thampuran that he's Abdullah and that he was hired to kill him. Ananthan tells Thampuran that he is surrounded by enemies from his own family, and he can save him. But Thampuran refuses and demands him to leave the palace. The next morning, Thampuran is found to have disappeared. Kabir and his other goons/henchmen try to find Thampuran and indulge in a fight with Ananthan. Ananthan overpowers him and the group and they all, along with all the greedy relatives, run away from the palace. After the fight is over, Ananthan releases Thampuran, whom he had locked up in a room in order to save him from Kabir. Thampuran shockingly realises that Ananthan is his friend's son and feels sorry for having disbelieved him. He requests Ananthan to stay in the palace as Unni and marry Radha. He names Radha as the successor to all his wealth. Ananthan accepts the request from Thampuran.
==Cast== {{Cast listing| *[[Mohanlal]] as Abdullah / Ananthan Namboothiri, the man who is hired to kill Udaya Varma Thampuran *[[Nedumudi Venu]] as Maharaja Udaya Varma *[[Gautami]] as Radhika (Radha), Udaya Varma's foster daughter *[[Sreenivasan]] as Ravi Varma, Udaya Varma's nephew *[[Mamukkoya]] as Jamal / Sankunni Nair, Abdullah's friend and helper *[[Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri]] as Ramanattukkara Ananthan Namboothiri *[[Kaviyoor Ponnamma]] as Bhagirathi Valiya Thampuratti, Udaya Varma's mentally ill wife *[[Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair]] as Mathilakkathu Cheriyachan Thampuran ('Shaguni'), Udaya Varma's blind greedy uncle *[[Jagadish]] as Gupthan Thampuran, Udaya Varma's nephew *[[Maniyanpilla Raju]] as Rajaraja Varma, Udaya Varma's nephew *[[Sankaradi]] as Raman Menon, Palace secretary and Thampuran's confidante *[[M. G. Soman]] as Kesava Pillai, Subhadra's husband and Rajan's father *[[Karamana Janardhanan Nair|Karamana Janardhanan]] as Prabhakara Varma, Janaki's husband and Ravi Varma's father *[[Kunchan (actor)|Kunchan]] as Balaraman Thampuran, Cheriyachan Thampuran's grandson *[[Sukumari]] as Janaki Varma, Udaya Varma's younger sister and Ravi Varma's mother *[[K. P. A. C. Lalitha]] as Subhadra Varma, Udaya Varma's younger sister and Rajaraja Varma's mother *[[Valsala Menon]] as Madhavi Varma, Udaya Varma's younger sister and Gupthan's mother *[[M. S. Thripunithura]] as Namboothiri, Madhavi's husband and Gupthan's father *[[Paravoor Bharathan]] as Palace Chamberlain Kunjikrishna Menon, Thampuran's shrewd *[[Shyama (Malayalam actress)|Shyama]] as Soudamini Varma, Janaki Varma's daughter *Suma Jayaram as Ambika Varma, Subhadra Varma's daughter *Gurbachan Singh as Kabir Dada, professional killer from Bombay *[[Mohan Jose]] as Chandran Nair, professional killer From Bombay *[[Mafia Sasi]] as professional killer from Bombay *[[Santhakumari (Malayalam actress)|Santhakumari]] as Saraswathy *Rajeev Rangan as Kochu Raman, Ananthan Namboothiri's son }}
==Production== ''His Highness Abdullah'' was produced by Mohanlal and was the debut production of his company [[Pranavam Arts]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-09-03 |title=25 years, 25 landmarks |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/sep/03mohan1.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120161220/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/sep/03mohan1.htm |archive-date=20 November 2018 |access-date=2019-07-18 |website=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref>
==Music== {{Infobox album| | name = His Highness Abdullah | type = [[Soundtrack]] | artist = [[Raveendran]] | cover = | alt = | released = {{start date|1990|03|15}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=His Highness Abdullah - Tharangni |url=https://yesudas.bandcamp.com/album/his-highness-abdullah |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612020131/https://yesudas.bandcamp.com/album/his-highness-abdullah |archive-date=12 June 2020 |access-date=2020-10-28 |website=[[Bandcamp]]}}</ref> | recorded = January 1990 | venue = | studio = AVM "RR" Recording Theatre, [[Chennai]] | genre = [[Film soundtrack]] | length = | label = [[Tharangini Records|Tharangini]] | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }} The [[film score]] was composed by [[Mohan Sithara]] while the songs were composed by [[Raveendran]], with lyrics written by [[Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri|Kaithapram]]. All songs are in Malayalam, except the Sufi-type song "Tu Badi Masha Allah", which is set in a mix of Hindi and Urdu. {| class="wikitable" |- ! Track !! Song title !! Singer(s) !! Other notes |- | 1 || "[[Pramadhavanam]]" || [[K. J. Yesudas]] || Picturised on [[Mohanlal]]. Raagam''':''' [[Jog (raga)|Jog]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kumar |first=P. K. Ajith |date=2015-03-31 |title=Silver milestone for a golden song |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/silver-milestone-for-a-golden-song/article7051341.ece |url-status=live |access-date=2020-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217042601/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/silver-milestone-for-a-golden-song/article7051341.ece |archive-date=17 December 2021 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> |- | 2 || "[[Devasabhathalam]]" || K. J. Yesudas, [[Raveendran]], [[Sharreth]] || Another version, in which [[M. G. Sreekumar]] replaces Raveendran Master, was also recorded. But Raveendran's version was selected in the movie. The song is picturised on Mohanlal and [[Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri|Kaithapram]].<br /> Raagam''':''' Raagamaalika ([[Hindolam]], [[Hanumatodi]], [[Kamavardani|Panthuvarali]], [[Abhogi]], [[Mohanam]], [[Shanmukhapriya]], [[Sankarabharanam (raga)|Sankarabharanam]], [[Kalyani (raga)|Kalyani]], [[Chakravakam (raga)|Chakravakam]], [[Revati (raga)|Revati]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=Menon |first=Akhila |date=17 March 2017 |title=7 Performances That Prove Mohanlal Is The King Of Song Sequences |url=https://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/news/2017/mohanlal-7-performances-that-prove-he-is-the-king-of-song-sequences/articlecontent-pf198080-256598.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428054204/https://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/news/2017/mohanlal-7-performances-that-prove-he-is-the-king-of-song-sequences-256598.html |archive-date=28 April 2022 |access-date=5 March 2021 |website=FilmiBeat}}</ref> |- | 3 || "Naadaroopini" || [[M. G. Sreekumar]] || M. G. Sreekumar won the [[National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer]]. The song is picturised on Kaithapram.
Raagam''':''' [[Kanada (raga group)|Kanada]]<ref name="nada" /> |- | 4 || "Gopika Vasantham" || K. J. Yesudas, [[K. S. Chithra]] || Duet song picturised on Mohanlal and [[Gautami]]. Raagam''':''' Shanmukhapriya |- | 5 || "Devasabhathalam" || K. J. Yesudas, M. G. Sreekumar, Sharreth || Raagam''':''' Raagamaalika (Hindolam, Thodi, Panthuvarali, Abhogi, Mohanam, Shanmukhapriya, Sankarabharanam, Kalyani, Chakravakam, Revati) |- | 6 || "Tu Badi Maasha Allah" || K. J. Yesudas, [[Choir|Chorus]] || A Hindi [[Qawwali]] song picturised on Mohanlal and Miss Kim. Lyrics by Madhu ([[Bihar]]). Raagam''':''' Patdeep/Gowrimanohari<ref name="hhahindu" /> |}
==Reception== ''His Highness Abdullah'' performed well at the box office, and the top-grossing Malayalam film of the year.<ref name="boxoffice">{{Cite news |last=Sharadhaa |first=A. |date=8 May 2013 |title=When the autowale grab all the limelight |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2013/may/08/when-the-autowale-grab-all-the-limelight-475381.html |url-status=live |access-date=15 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116172556/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2013/may/08/When-the-autowale-grab-all-the-limelight-475381.html |archive-date=16 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=B. S. |first=Shibu |date=13 April 2020 |title=For Kerala's Tinseltown, it's a lost Vishu |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2020/apr/13/for-keralas-tinseltown-its-a-lost-vishu-2129267.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616185457/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2020/apr/13/for-keralas-tinseltown-its-a-lost-vishu-2129267.html |archive-date=16 June 2020 |access-date=5 March 2021 |website=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 April 2012 |title=H for His Highness Abdullah (1990) |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-a-z-of-malayalam-cinema/20120420.htm#8 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126052350/https://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-a-z-of-malayalam-cinema/20120420.htm#8 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |access-date=5 March 2021 |website=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref> The film was a success in [[Tamil Nadu]] too.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 September 2019 |title=Thamizh Talkies: Union of stars |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2019/sep/23/thamizh-talkies-union-of-stars-2037598.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929041634/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2019/sep/23/thamizh-talkies-union-of-stars-2037598.html |archive-date=29 September 2021 |access-date=5 March 2021 |website=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref> NKS of ''[[The Indian Express]]'' praises the film writing, "Rich with a fest of light classical songs, and taking its own time to stress the clash and play of emotions that is helped greatly by sensitive performances from Mohanlal and Nedumudi Venu, the film is a clean gripping entertainment for the family." Praising Mohanlal's performance he writes, "Mohanlal [...] takes a challenging role in ''His Highness Abdullah'' and not only acquits himself well but shows he is an actor of some range".<ref>{{Cite news |last=NKS |date=29 June 1990 |title=His Highness Abdullah |pages=7 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19900629&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=28 April 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
==Awards== * [[Nedumudi Venu]] won the [[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor]]<ref name="venu" /> * [[M. G. Sreekumar]] won the [[National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer]] (for the song "Naadaroopini")<ref name="nada" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Soman |first=Deepa |date=9 December 2017 |title=If I had tried to imitate Yesudas, I would have reached nowhere: M G Sreekumar |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/music/if-i-had-tried-to-imitate-yesudas-i-would-have-reached-nowhere-m-g-sreekumar/articleshow/61981332.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428054205/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/music/if-i-had-tried-to-imitate-yesudas-i-would-have-reached-nowhere-m-g-sreekumar/articleshow/61981332.cms |archive-date=28 April 2022 |access-date=5 March 2021 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> * [[Mohanlal]] won the Ujala Award and Kerala Movie Goers Award for Best Actor * [[Raveendran]] won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Malayalam]]
==Remakes and inspirations== The film was remade in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''[[Mettukudi]]'' (1996).<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 March 2020 |title='Muthu' to '36 Vayathinile': Five blockbuster Tamil films that were remade from Malayalam movies |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/muthu-to-36-vayathinile-five-blockbuster-tamil-films-that-were-remade-from-malayalam-movies/photostory/74713218.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325134156/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/muthu-to-36-vayathinile-five-blockbuster-tamil-films-that-were-remade-from-malayalam-movies/photostory/74713218.cms |archive-date=25 March 2020 |access-date=5 March 2021 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> The 2009 Tamil film ''[[Aadhavan]],'' starring [[Suriya]] and its 2016 Bangladeshi remake titled ''[[Shikari (2016 film)|Shikari]],'' starring [[Shakib Khan]] were reported to be based on this film.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bangladeshi film Shikari to be screened in Malaysia {{!}} Daily Sun |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/186657/Bangladeshi-film-Shikari-to-be-screened-in-Malaysia |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=daily-sun |date=November 2016 |archive-date=25 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925142416/https://www.daily-sun.com/post/186657/Bangladeshi-film-Shikari-to-be-screened-in-Malaysia |url-status=live }}</ref> The core plot of the 2015 Kannada film ''[[Raja Rajendra]]'' was reported to be based on this film.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Narayana |first=Guruprasad |date=6 February 2015 |title=ಹಿಸ್ ಹೈನೆಸ್ಸ್ ರಾಜ ರಾಜೇಂದ್ರ |trans-title=His Highness King Rajendra |url=https://www.kannadaprabha.com/cinema/review/2015/feb/06/kannada-film-raja-rajendra-review-245312.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026194447/https://www.kannadaprabha.com/cinema/review/2015/feb/06/kannada-film-raja-rajendra-review-245312.html |archive-date=26 October 2020 |access-date=21 September 2020 |website=[[Kannada Prabha]] |language=kn}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{IMDb title|0237309}} * [http://www.artkerala.com/node/5798 His Highness Abdullah at Art Kerala]
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