Mannan (1992) starring Rajinikanth featured Koundamani as one of the comedians. Koundamani was part of the famous Koundamani-Senthil comedy duo that dominated Tamil cinema comedy in the 80s and 90s. In this specific film, Koundamani played the comedy role while Vadivelu, Vivek, and Senthil (solo) were not the primary comedians.