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 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 movievayathinile.
Goundamani was born as Subramani in Valagundapuram, a village near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. His father is Karuppaiya and mother is Annam .He is married to Shanthi and haschildren.
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