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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 Raghupathy

as Azhagu Sundaram

as Aarthi's brother
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 Ravi's Father

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 All in All Azhaguraja

as Pandiya
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

as varadarajan