S. M. Abdul Jabbar (26 June 1939[1] - 22 December 2020) was a Tamil radio broadcaster, cricket commentator, writer and actor.
[2] S. M. Abdul Jabbar was born into a middle class Muslim family and grew up in the small town of Sathankulam, presently in Thoothukudi district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
After completing his education he moved back to India due to the tense political situation in Sri Lanka.
On one occasion, he wrote a letter to All India Radio that was critical of its Tamil language cricket commentary.
Jabbar's commentary remained popular through the 1990s,[4] with a fan base in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka that included LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran,[5] whom he interviewed in 2002.