Shobana & Goundamani Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Shobana and Goundamani appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1985 and 1989. Their highest-rated collaboration was Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai (1989 — 6.8/10). Films span Marudhani (1985) through Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai (1989).
The Shobana & Goundamani partnership
From Marudhani (1985) to Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai (1989). The played out closed with Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai in 1989. It started with Marudhani (1985).
The shape of the work
Shobana acted in every film; Goundamani acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 1 decade
- Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai
- Ponmana Selvan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 4 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai, Goundamani kept going for 133 more films; Shobana stepped back.
Before Marudhani, Shobana had starred in 1 film, including Enakkul Oruvan (1984).
After Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai, Shobana went on to appear in 25 more films, including En Kitta Mothathey (1990) and Thurai Mugam (1996).
Before Marudhani, Goundamani had starred in 27 films, including Server Sundaram (1964) and Padhinaru Vayadhiniley (1977).
After Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai, Goundamani went on to appear in 133 more films, including Indian (1996) and Indian (1996).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Shobana & Goundamani's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ilayaraja is the through-line — music on 3 of their 3 films. Ilayaraja scored 3 of them.
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