Goundamani & Jaishankar Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Goundamani and Jaishankar appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1983 and 1994. Their highest-rated collaboration was Paayum Puli (1983 — 6.5/10). Films span Paayum Puli (1983) through Varavu Ettana Selavu Pathana (1994).
The Goundamani & Jaishankar partnership
From Paayum Puli (1983) to Varavu Ettana Selavu Pathana (1994). The spanned closed with Varavu Ettana Selavu Pathana in 1994. It started with Paayum Puli (1983).
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 60% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Paayum Puli; the 1990s to Singaravelan. Goundamani acted in every film; Jaishankar acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
5 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 3 films, averaging 5.2/10.
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.8/10.
- Paayum Puli
- Ponmana Selvan
- Singaravelan
- Varavu Ettana Selavu Pathana
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 11 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Goundamani had 20 films behind them; Jaishankar had 166. After Varavu Ettana Selavu Pathana, Goundamani kept going for 69 more films; Jaishankar stepped back.
Before Paayum Puli, Goundamani had starred in 20 films, including Server Sundaram (1964) and Padhinaru Vayadhiniley (1977).
After Varavu Ettana Selavu Pathana, Goundamani went on to appear in 69 more films, including Indian (1996) and Indian (1996).
Before Paayum Puli, Jaishankar had starred in 166 films, including Apoorva Raagangal (1975) and Pattanathil Bhootham (1967).
After Varavu Ettana Selavu Pathana, Jaishankar went on to appear in 7 more films, including Arunachalam (1997) and Vishnu (1995).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Goundamani & Jaishankar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ilayaraja is the through-line — music on 4 of their 5 films. Ilayaraja scored 4 of them.
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