A tribute to evergreen comedians of tamil cinema

Cinema , in its early stage was considered to be one of the greatest inventions in Science , which was out of reach for most of the people, time progressed, and now its really a part and parcel of our life..  Started as a medium for educating people, now its gone far from its initial objective.. As Maniratnam , one of India's great directors has quoted in his movie  'Iruvar ' , cinema is like a medium to convince people , to draw people's attention , which is far more powerful than poems,stories, articles , journals..
Now , whether boon or bane , cine stars are more attracted to making money than the passion for it . And almost , whoever has convinced the people on screen as a hero , is considered to be a real-life hero ..And those hero's utilize that following for their political reasons , as well as social welfare activities..But there are some , whom everybody admires , still not in the political arena or even small screen or even in ad's which help them make a lot of money..

Cinema , now has evolved a lot and one of its primary motto is to entertain people and , comedians perform a vital role in it. One such pair is Koundamani and Senthil.. One of the evergreen pairs of comedians which Tamil Cinema has produced.

They are fondly called as "Laurel and Hardy of Tamil Cinema".

Goundamani , originally born in a village in Coimbatore,  was interested in theatrical dramas and was actively a part of it from his early days. His original name was Mani , and when he entered into cinema at the age of 16 , he used to counter everyone with his one-liners or one-word witty answers, was called as Counter-Mani , and later it became Goundamani..

Senthil , born in Ramanthapuram district on the other hand , did not have interest in dramatics initially , he ran away from his home at the age of 12 , and was working as bar-attender in a bar , and a sales boy in a oil shop. Thats where he realized his talent of timing , people were coming to him just to speak with him for sometime , so that they can get relieved from their daily hectic work life.  So he nurtured his skill , and then later joined with Goundamani in cinema..

They are very hilarious , and they have produced some outstanding comedies in Tamil Cinema , they were almost part of all movies , and they were ruling the roost for almost two decades. They were just amazing in their body language, timing , and their dialogue delivery. They were and one of the best in Slapstick comedies till date.

Few famous comedies which the duo has made, the "vazha palam " joke , in  the movie "Karakattakaran" , and in the same movie , the car joke , the one dealing with the history of the car, Gentleman where the duo perfomed many rib-tickling jokes with the backdrop of westernization , and in Indian , RTO and a agent comedy is still known widely , and cheered by all generation of people.  And  one of the best evergreen comedies ever , in the movie 'Jai Hind ' where Goundamani plays a cop and Senthil comes in his dream in various avatar's , like Sandalwood smuggler Veerapan , Puli kuti,puna Kuti , and 'Lucky Man' playing roles of Yeman and ChitraGupta ,too name a few..

Goundamani's one liners are even now famous and still always a part in cinema , to mention a few , " Arasial'la idalam sadaranam pa' , ' Start Music ' , 'Ida poye thanjavur'la irukuru kalvetla eludi,angae utkaru,pinnadi vara thalaimuraiku thevai padum ' , 'Nan pathavadu pass , neenga eight fail na', ..

Later at one point of time , they gave way for the youngsters and they have laid a path for the up-coming comedians..To mention a few highlights of Goundamani and Senthil , the duo did not even endorse one product, while the whole set of Cine actors were earning huge sum in ad's . Goundamani said no to small screen serials, ad's , and even never expressed his political feelings and ideas to the media..

Even now , Goundamani attends important functions in Cine field, but never lashes out  comments or his ideas about others to the media...

One of the evergreen actor !!!

Start Music !! Adra Adra Adra !!