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