Occupation Film actor Parents Karuppaiya, Annam Spouse Shanthi Karuppaiya | Name Subramani Karuppaiya Role Film actor Years active "1977 - present" | |
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Full Name Subramani Karuppaiya Children Karuppaiya Sumithra, Karuppaiya Selvi Movies Similar People | ||
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Subramani Karuppaiya (born 25 May), known by his stage name Goundamani, 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 (as a warning to his co artiste to be prepared) 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.
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- Goundamani speech 49 o movie audio launch funny comedy videos hq
- Goundamani s emotional speech we should save our farmers 49 o audio launch comedy
- Early life and career
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Goundamani s emotional speech we should save our farmers 49 o audio launch comedy
Early life and career
Goundamani was born as Subramani in Kannampalayam, a village near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. His father is Karuppaiya and mother is Annam (Kaliamma).He is married to Shanthi and has 2 children.
He entered into the Tamil film industry due to his strong theatrical background. He is popular of giving counter to the co- actors during stage performance which garnered him the name " Counter Mani". This in Tamil polyglot became as stage name "Goundamani". Goundamani has played lead roles in a few films during his career, but is predominantly a supporting actor playing comedy roles. 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.
