Goundamani is a Tamil film actor and comedian. He is renowned for his acts with Senthil in the Tamil cinema. He is known in Tamil cinema for his insult comedies. He was the comedian that Tamil cinema was mostly interested in before the arrival of Vivek and Vadivel. His fans got excited by seeing the movie Jagghubai starring him along with Sarath Kumar.

According to some unconfirmed news Tamil comedian Goundamani died of a massive heart attack. Goundamani was admitted in a private hospital but the doctors failed to save him. In Goundamani's Wikipedia page somebody wrote "He died due to heart attach on 18-march-2010". The page has been edited again and the line got removed from wiki page. The news is not yet confirmed by any News channel or People from Kollywood.