Abbas Akbar
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Personal Life
Abbas Akbar is the younger brother of MediaCorp actor Elias Mikail and the older brother of Vasantham Star 2005 ShabirShabir
Shabir is a singer-songwriter, record producer, music programmer and performer based in Singapore. He is the winner of the inaugural singing competition Vasantham Star 2005. The talent quest was hosted by MediaCorp Vasantham TV Channel.-Personal life:...
.
Career
Abbas Akbar's directorial debut was with his short film 'Certain Chapters (Film)Certain Chapters (film)
Certain Chapters is a short independent Tamil-Language film released in Singapore.The film was Abbas Akbar's first attempt at directing and casting himself in front of the camera.-Synopsis:...
’ which was nominated 'Best Short Film' at the Asian Festival of First Films
Asian Festival of First Films
The Asian Festival of First Films is an annual festival that celebrates first-time film- and documentary-makers and provides a platform for budding film talent....
and screened at several international film festivals.
His music videos produced by High Breed Media for Shabir
Shabir
Shabir is a singer-songwriter, record producer, music programmer and performer based in Singapore. He is the winner of the inaugural singing competition Vasantham Star 2005. The talent quest was hosted by MediaCorp Vasantham TV Channel.-Personal life:...
is the first independent Tamil content to be playing on MTV Asia (both broadcast & online) and other international channels such as Channel [V] AMP, Go! Channel Philippines, DirectTV US and Mobile TV - Vodafone UK / Ireland.
Abbas directs a mix genre of programmes (current affairs, variety, commercials, etc.) for mainstream media.His most recent work was as co-director for MediaCorp Vasantham's Vettai : Pledged to Hunt
Vettai : Pledged to Hunt
Vettai : Pledged to Hunt is a Singapore Tamil-language, 72-part Crime Drama on MediaCorp Vasantham TV Channel. The series was on-air from November 23, 2010 to March 30,2011, every Monday to Friday, 10.30pm...
TV series.