Goundamani

Acting

Goundamani

Born 1935-05-25 · 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.

Acting credits

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En Rasavin Manasile is a 1991 Tamil film directed by Kasthuri Raja. The film stars Rajkiran, Meena, Rajchandar and Saradha Preetha in lead roles.

En Rasavin Manasile

1991

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Meenu, who belongs to a small family, falls in love with Chinnaiya, a village leader. However, she pretends to like the son of Chinnaiya's enemy who already is head over heels in love with her.

Uthama Raasa

1993

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Cheran Pandiyan

1991

Idhaya Vasal poster
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Idhaya Vasal

1991

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A 1990 Tamil family Drama film.

Vazhkai Chakkaram

1990

Kadhalar Dhinam poster
7.3

Two college students, the slum child Raja and the dean's daughter Roja, chat with each other over the Internet and fall in love. However, Roja is engaged and Raja cannot bear to disrespect her father, to whom he owes his livelihood.

Kadhalar Dhinam

1999

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8.0

A rich man, gets fed up of his gambling brother and his spoilt son, Vijay. Upon his death, his son and brother learn that the property will be inherited by Rakayi, a poor girl, if she marries Vijay.

Sakkarai Panthal

1988

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Chinnaponnu, an innocent woman, is childlike and Sannasi, a womaniser, sets his eyes on her. Chinnaponnu's mother gets her married to Chellaiya but her behaviour does not change.

Idhu Engal Rajyam

1985

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2.0

Satyaraj and goundamani's combo.

Pollachi Mappiley

2010

Indian poster
7.0

Senapathy, an ex-freedom fighter, is angry. He is angry against the rampant corruption at every level of the bureaucracy. He will clean it up at any cost.

Indian

1996

Chinna Thambi poster
6.8

Nandini is a rich girl raised by her three loving brothers. However, after an astrologer predicts that she will marry a man of her choice, her brothers try to protect her all her life.

Chinna Thambi

1991

Idhaya Kovil poster
7.0

Shankar, a budding singer loses his love, Gowri, who commits suicide. When Shankar turns famous, he eventually develops friendship with Surya, a college girl, who falls in love with him.

Idhaya Kovil

1985

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Muthuvel falls in love with a medical student, Thilakavathi, even though he thinks that she is a ghost at first. He fights for their love and encourages Thilakavathi to pursue her career.

Magudam

1992

Thirumathi Palanisamy poster
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Hamsaveni, a teacher, agrees to marry an illiterate man on the condition that she will stay with her ailing father after marriage. However, on the wedding night, he refuses to comply with her terms.

Thirumathi Palanisamy

1992

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Karuvayan, a hardworking villager, refuses to sell his land to Thambi Durai, a rich man. When Thambi Durai and his brothers rape and kill Karuvayan's sister, he decides to take revenge.

Karimedu Karuvayan

1986

Anbin Mugavari poster
7.0

Lakshmi, an orphan, saves a man and falls in love with him. However, she is unaware that he is a prisoner who is on the run from the cops.

Anbin Mugavari

1985

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Raja has a conflict with the powerful Dhamalingam, who in turn ruins his sister's life. To atone for the sins of her father, Dhamalingam's daughter marries Raja.

Raaja Raajathan

1989

Baba poster
6.3

Baba is an atheist who always questions the existence of a higher power. But when a turn of events bestows him with divine powers, he uses the opportunity to help other people.

Baba

2002

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7.0

Walter Vetrivel is a 1993 Indian Tamil film, directed by P. Vasu, starring Sathyaraj, Sukanya and Ranjitha in lead roles. The film had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 14 January 1993. It completed a 150 day run on theaters and became one of the highest grossing films for Sathyaraj during 90's in terms of revenue. The movie released to extremely positive reviews and became a blockbuster. The film was later remade in Telugu as S. P. Parasuram with Chiranjeevi and in Hindi as Khuddar with Govinda.

Walter Vetrivel

1993

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Raja Gopuram

1985

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Prem, a police officer, and Vidhya, his colleague, fall in love and get married. When Vidhya's brother-in-law is falsely accused of a murder, the couple tries to find the real culprit.

Dharma Pathini

1986

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7.0

Malaiyoor Mambattiyan is the story of a group of youngsters in the village headed by Mambattiyan, who lead the life in a forest by robbing the rich and distributing the wealth to the poor; thus Mambattiyan becomes the local Robin Hood.

Malaiyoor Mambattiyan

1983

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6.7

A couple witnesses the murder of a high-profile politician and flees to save their lives. While they get separated, a diligent police officer sets out to find them and nab the culprit.

Malabar Police

1999

Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga poster
6.6

Sakthi tries to sabotage his marriage arranged by his father but gets a huge shock when the girl turns out to be the one he loves.

Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga

1999