The kind of comedy, celebrates his 75th birthday today. Goundamani, the number one comedian in the 80's and 90's was out of films for a while. He is bouncing back into films with 49-O which is all set to hit screens in April. Though he was born as Mani, he adopted the name Goundamani as his screen name after he became popular in a stage play in which he portrayed an "Oor goundar". He played only small roles in films at the beginning of his career, but later he shared screen space with Senthil and all the films in their combination became hits. He has acted with all the top stars in the industry and he has also done some films as the lead hero.