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Acting
May 25, 1935
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.
as Benny Quick
as Caravan Krishnan
as Savuri
as Comedian
as Mani
as Kaalai
as Visky
as 'Puncture' Pandian
as Annamalai
as Ranjith
as Ramanathan
as Chinnasamy
as Thanneermalai / Aadiyapaatham / Ezhumalai
as Ulagavaayan
as Kundalagesi
as Romeo
as Auto Driver
as Ekambharam
as Dhandabani
as Vijay´s Uncle
as Tamizhmani / 'Pollachi' Ponnusamy
as Kaali
as Thangarasu
as Azhagu Sundaram
as Kathavarayan
as Ranjith
as Vasu
as Subbaiyaa
as Gopal
as Ramesh
as Govindsamy
as Chinnappa
as Mani
as Perusu
as Josiyar
as Kathavarayan
as Joseph
as Kottaisamy
as Kittu
as Anja Singam Maruthupandi
as Thangamani
as Thalayari Mama
as Subramani
as Diwakar's uncle
as Vellasamy
as Mani
as Lawyer's P.A
as Govindan
as Vellaiyangiri
as Royal Ramasamy
as Appakannu
as Govind
as Dhandapani
as Kuyilkunju
as Panikutti Ramasamy
as Karuppan
as Drums Mani
as Guitarist
as Muthu
as Sisubalan
as Dharmalingam
as Mechanic Maanikkam (motor mechanic)
as Pannaiyar
as 'Idea' Mani
as Paavada Samy / Paavada Kanth
as Sutti Josiyar
as Kathavarayan
as Hong Kong Annamalai
as Thavil
as Kundalakesi
as Mayilsamy
as Sanjeevi
as Devdas
as Kupusamy
as George Kutty
as Gopi Krishna
as Pandiya
as All in All Azhaguraja
as Varadhan
as Landlord Chinna Pannai
as Nayanam
as house owner
as Chettiar
as Singaram (Chakravarthy's driver)
as Velu
as Kaliyannan
as Manager
as Brother-in-Law
as Koothu
as Subramani
as Car Driver