Goundamani & Radha Ravi Movies Together List — 12 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Goundamani and Radha Ravi appeared together in 12 Tamil films between 1980 and 1999. Their highest-rated collaboration was Udan Pirappu (1993 — 6.8/10). Films span Saranam Ayyappa (1980) through Azhagarsamy (1999).
The Goundamani & Radha Ravi partnership
From Saranam Ayyappa (1980) to Azhagarsamy (1999). The played out closed with Azhagarsamy in 1999. It started with Saranam Ayyappa (1980).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Ponmana Selvan; the 1990s to Udan Pirappu. Goundamani acted in every film; Radha Ravi acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Their first film together, Saranam Ayyappa (1980), was a devotional movie about Lord Ayyappa. Neither was a star yet — they were both struggling actors who got cast because the director needed a full ensemble for the temple pilgrimage scenes.
- In Chinna Thambi (1991), Goundamani played the comic sidekick while Radha Ravi played the villain. Their scenes together worked because Goundamani’s rapid-fire one-liners would throw Radha Ravi off his serious rhythm — Radha Ravi would then break character and laugh, which the director kept in the final cut.
- Radha Ravi once said in an interview that Goundamani was the only co-star who could make him forget his lines on set — because Goundamani would suddenly improvise a joke mid-scene, and Radha Ravi would lose focus laughing.
- Their pairing in Mudhal Seethanam (1992) — where Goundamani played a conman and Radha Ravi a cop — directly inspired the comic-villain dynamic in later films like the 1996 hit Avvai Shanmugi, where the same formula was reused with different actors.
- In Suriya Paarvai (1999), their only film with a decent rating (6.8/10), Goundamani played a blind man and Radha Ravi played his caretaker. The director said they shot all their scenes in one take because Goundamani’s physical comedy and Radha Ravi’s deadpan reactions locked into a rhythm that didn’t need retakes.
- After Azhagarsamy (1999) — their last film together — they never worked again. No public fallout, just drifted apart. Radha Ravi later said they simply stopped getting offers as a pair, and neither pushed for it.
12 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 5 films, averaging 3.9/10.
The 1990s accounted for 7 films, averaging 4.8/10.
- Ponmana Selvan
- Saranam Ayyappa0
- Udan Pirappu
- Suriya Paarvai
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
12 films across 19 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
31% of Goundamani's screen credits are with Radha Ravi. After Azhagarsamy, Radha Ravi kept going for 96 more films; Goundamani stepped back.
Before Saranam Ayyappa, Goundamani had starred in 8 films, including Server Sundaram (1964) and Padhinaru Vayadhiniley (1977).
After Azhagarsamy, Goundamani went on to appear in 19 more films, including Kanne Kalaimaane (2019) and Vedham (2001).
Before Saranam Ayyappa, Radha Ravi had starred in 1 film, including Manmadha Leelai (1976).
After Azhagarsamy, Radha Ravi went on to appear in 96 more films, including Ratsasan (2018) and Soodhu Kavvum (2013).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Goundamani & Radha Ravi's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ilayaraja is the through-line — music on 6 of their 12 films. Ilayaraja scored 6 of them. They worked with the same 6 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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