[brraverishhh]

Prabhu had many others like Vietnam colony,Arangetra veLai

Interestingly both of them were Malayalam remakes directed by the hilarious directorial combo Siddique-Lal. Mohanlal-Innocent in the original Vietnam colony pretty shared the honours. In Tamil GM stole the show.

Another of Prabhu's best is 'Kanni Raasi' directed by Paandiarajan.

[Fegasderty]

m.r.ratha,all time my fav.[ratta kannira]marakka mudiyuma???

[TorryJens]

IMO, goundamani is loud, uncouth and pure slapstick. The 80s sucked as far as comedians were concerned, with every movie having the goundamani-senthil duo.

I prefer subtle and witty humour from the likes of NSK, Cho and Vivek.

[doctorzlo]

IMO, goundamani is loud, uncouth and pure slapstick. The 80s sucked as far as comedians were concerned, with every movie having the goundamani-senthil duo.

I prefer subtle and witty humour from the likes of NSK, Cho and Vivek.

ok, ok this sounds snobbish.

I do enjoy slapstick too, gounds and vadivelu included, but not on a regular basis.

Mozhi is a good example of humour without any regular comedians.

[brraverishhh]

NOV,
You didn't even mentioned Nagesh

[Paul Bunyan]

You didn't even mentioned Nagesh

sorry Joe, I didnt want to limit myself.

Not only Nagesh, there are too many good comedians from Thangavelu, Balaiah, SV Sekhar, Manivannan etc

of course there have been loud ones such as VK Ramasamy, Thengai Srinivasan and some real unfunny ones like YG Mahendran, MRR Vasu and some obscene ones like SS Chandran Vennira Aadai Moorthy, etc.

[tgs]

Gounder excelled in slapstick too. But to remember him only for the kicks would be missing his point altogether. The signature kick reflected an attitude of irreverence that lifted his comedy to a new level. It is always going to be deifficult to compare acropss ages. Though I have enjoyed and laughed with most across the ages, GM is the only man who has me laughing out loud, laughing when I recall scenes and so on.

Many people share your opinion that he was loud and generally helped lowered the bar. That is really unfortunate. His sense of timing, ability to generate humour even in the complete absence of funny lines, fantastic voice modulation (something Senthil shares ably) set him apart. Truly one of the most under-appreciated talent in the history of Tamil Films. There are some small and noble efforts trying to offset that.

IMO, NSK is an acquired taste. I didn't like him initially vis-a-vis Nagesh. It took me a while to get a hang of his style etc. Now I can never get enough of some sequences, like the competition song with MGR in Chakravarthi ThirumgaL. But with Gounder there is no such thing as acquired taste. It is a hit or miss.

[NeroASERCH]

Many people share your opinion that he was loud and generally helped lowered the bar. That is really unfortunate.

Truly one of the most under-appreciated talent in the history of Tamil Films. :aghast:
he was holding the fort for more than a decade and it was old age that made him pave the way for others.

[Slonopotam845]

. Vivek...his play of words are getting boring too.

vadivelu is all about dialogue delivery........... and timing too

Everyone is commenting on how vadivelu's comedies are getting too repetitive and boring. Isnt that the job of scriptwriters :huh may be they are running out of ideas.

But a comedians skill lies in elevating the humor in the scene even if the script only has a little to offer. I think vadivelu is excellent in that regard. Both his dialogue delivery and timing are perfect.

[S.T.D.]

all the comedians are good..it changes time to time cos eventually the comedey by one becomes boring cos theres too much of it, like in every single movie, so then another person becomes famous, and then after one year that person becomes boring too cos he's in all the famous movies doing all the comedy, and then it movies on etc etcc

it used to b vivek fo me...nw vaidvel...and kinda santhanam is getting gd!

[9mm_fan]

tia@gaayu
i expect u would say vijay as best comedian..

[Raj_Copi_Jin]

Santhanathu rendu vote-a? he imitates Koundar. Aniyayam

Some years back, it was Vivek, now Vadivenu (veru vazhi illa )

[softy54534]

one thing...vj is not a comedian! buttt vj is still awesome at everything and he does do awesome comedy...ghilli..one of the bestttt! i laugh every time i even think about it aaaa aaaaa aaaaaaaaaaa falling from the roof

tia@gaayu
i expect u would say vijay as best comedian..

[Ifroham4]

one thing...vj is not a comedian! buttt vj is still awesome at everything and he does do awesome comedy...ghilli..one of the bestttt! i laugh every time i even think about it aaaa aaaaa aaaaaaaaaaa falling from the roof
Originally Posted by ThalaNass tia@gaayu
i expect u would say vijay as best comedian..

[TorryJens]

I think ,Rajesh Kanna is better than Santhaanam

[doctorzlo]

I think ,Rajesh Kanna is better than Santhaanam

Joe, adhu Ramesh Kanna.
Rajesh Kanna is an unintentional comedian.

[Big A]

Originally Posted by joe I think ,Rajesh Kanna is better than Santhaanam

Joe, adhu Ramesh Kanna.
Rajesh Kanna is an unintentional comedian. Sorry! Tounge slip ayiduchu.

I don't know why ramesh kanna is not recognised as a worth comedian..He was good in Thenali ,Nee varuvaai ena etc .

is it because he is known as director more than comedian .I think he directed ajith movie 'thodarum'

[Drugmachine]

He was pretty good in his debut film 'unnidathil ennai koduthEn'.

He is KSR's assistant and comes in a brief role even in Avvai Shanmugi , as a director in the scene where Meena interrupts the shooring

Kamal: Ivaru dhaan director ?
Meena: enna periya Ashok LeylAnd TVS director-A ? verum Cinema director dhAnE .

Ramesh kanna: Paandi neenga EdhO personal-A pEsureenga pOla irukku... naan appuram varEn

[TorryJens]

If i have to prefer only one My choice is Cho :P

His nakkal's and timing

Watch for Muhammad bin Tughlaq

Then there is a big list.

Among them Nagesh comes first.
In the next generation Koundamani.
As of now it is Vadivelu. Vivek's comedies boring nowadays. Almost of same type.

[Beerinkol]

Thirumaran,
I agree that Cho is best in political satire ..Muhammod bin Thuglak was excellent.

But Cho is not versatile like Nagesh.