Goundamani

Acting May 25, 1935 (91 years old) Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Goundamani (born Subramani Karuppaiya) is an Indian film actor and comedian. He is better known for his comic duo partnership in Tamil films with fellow actor Senthil. His real name "Mani" got the "Counter" prefix for his ability to give counter on the spot and off the script on stage and during shooting which eventually evolved into Goundamani as per Bhagyaraj who was writing scripts and title credits for Bharathiraja in his early days during the movie 16 Vayathinile.

While performing roles of a solo comedian in films, he often co-starred with Senthil to form a comedy duo. The pair was described as "Tamil cinema's Laurel and Hardy" and have performed slapstick humour in several Tamil films since the mid-1980s until the early 2000s. After recuperating from diabetes and respiratory illnesses during the late 2000s, he is about to feature in Vaaimai and also play the lead role in 49-O, which began productions in 2013. It is being directed by debutant Arokiadoss, a former assistant of Gautham Vasudev Menon.

The Film 49-O was released on 17 September 2015 and most of the critics gave positive reviews.

He had a successful career that spanned over three decade thanks to his timing and ability to reinvent himself from comedian to character artiste to villain to second hero to comedic duo.

222 Acting Credits

Goundamani

Acting

Indian

Baba

Manmadhan

Gentleman

16 Vayathinile

Yejaman

Kadhalar Dhinam

Mannan

Mr. Bharath

Netrikan

Singaravelan

Sigappu Rojakkal

Uzhaippali

Chinna Gounder

Sethupathi I.P.S

49-O

Walter Vetrivel

Thoongadhey Thambi Thoongadhey

My Dear Marthandan

Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga

Nattamai

Ullathai Allitha

Lucky Man

Jai Hind