Gauthami

Gautami

Gautami

Indian actress


Gautami Tadimalla (born 2 July 1968) is an Indian actress and politician from All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. She has worked mainly in Tamil and Telugu, in addition to Malayalam, Hindi, and Kannada films. She was one of the leading South Indian actresses from 1987 to 1998. She is also a television actress, television host, the founder of Life Again Foundation, and a costume designer in Films.[1][2]

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Personal life

Gautami in Life Again Foundation Charity Work

Gautami was born into a Telugu speaking family from Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh to T. R. Seshagiri Rao and Vasundhara Devi. Her father was a radiation oncologist and her mother was a pathologist and diagnostician. Gautami attended Bishop Cotton Girls' School, Bangalore.[3]

Gautami married Sandeep Bhatia, a businessman, in 1998, and the couple have a daughter, Subbulakshmi born in 1999. They later got divorced in 1999.

Gautami was in a relationship with an actor Kamal Haasan from 2005 till 2016. In 2016, Gautami had announced on her blog that she had ended her relationship with him.[4] Gautami wrote on her blog: "It is heartbreaking for me to have to say today that I and Mr. Haasan are no longer together. After almost 13 years together, it has been one of the most devastating decisions that I have ever had to make in my life".[5]

She was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 35,[6] and had recovered later.[7][8][9]

Film career

She was introduced to Tamil film industry through Guru Shishyan (1988), a film that starred Rajinikanth and Prabhu.[1] She was most active in Tamil cinema from 1987 to 1998.

Gautami went to GITAM University in Visakhapatnam to pursue engineering. Gautami made her debut in Telugu with the film Dayamayudu (1987). that was produced by her cousin.[1][10] She then appeared in films like Srinivasa Kalyanam with Venkatesh and Bhanupriya.

Her notable performances in Malayalam films include His Highness Abdullah (1990) with Mohanlal, Daddy (1992) with Arvind Swami Dhruvam (1993) with Mammootty and Ayalathe Adheham (1993) with Jayaram. Her role in Sukrutham (1994) was penned by the writer M. T. Vasudevan Nair. She has acted also in Kannada films Elu Suttina Kote (1987), Chikkejamanru (1992), Cheluva (1997), and in the Hindi movies, Pyar Hua Chori Chori (1991), Aadmi (1993), Janta Ki Adalat (1994), Trimurti (1995), Dhaal (1997) and Haiwan (1998).

Her notable Tamil movies was Apoorva Sagodharargal (1989), Raja Chinna Roja (1989), Panakkaran (1990), Ooru Vittu Ooru Vanthu (1990), Namma Ooru Poovatha (1990), Dharma Durai (1991), Nee Pathi Naan Pathi (1991), Rickshaw Mama (1992), Thevar Magan (1992), Honest Raj (1994), Nammavar (1994), Kuruthipunal (1995) as well as Mani Ratnam's Iruvar (1997).

She made a guest appearance in the song "Chikku Bukku Railu" with Prabhu Deva in the film Gentleman (1993).[1] Her film Sasanam, featuring Arvind Swami, released in 2006, but it was shot in 1996.[11] She played the lead in the Tamil serial Indira. She had hosted a talk show in Sun TV titled Anbudan.[10] She acted in the serial Abirami which was telecast on Kalaignar TV.[12] She made a comeback to the film industry in the late 2000s as a costume designer for films starring her partner Kamal Haasan. She won the Vijay Award for Best Costume Designer for Dasavathaaram (2008).[13] She went on to style several of her other films, including Vishwaroopam (2013) and Uttama Villain (2015).

After sixteen years, she returned to acting, by starring in the Tamil film Papanasam (2015), in which she was paired with her partner Kamal Haasan, remake of the original Malayalam film, Drishyam.[14] In 2016, his film Manamantha (2016) with Mohanlal, has garnered positive reviews from the audience.[15] She made comeback to Malayalam after 14 years in the horror thriller titled E (2017) playing the lead role.[16][17]

Political career

BJP (1997 - 2023)

Gautami is a member of the BJP since 1997. She was BJYM vice president [18] She joined the party in 1997 under the leadership of LK Advani. She extensively campaigned for Atal Bihari Vajpayee during that period in Andhra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. She took a break from politics after her daughter was born. She is back into BJP in 2017. In 2021, she was appointed as in-charge of the Rajapalayam Assembly constituency.[19][20] On 23 October 2023, She quit BJP, claiming that the party's senior members have been helping a person who has swindled her off her properties.[21]

AIADMK (2024 - present)

On 14 February 2024, She joined the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in the presence of its general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami.[22][23]

Charity work

Gautami founded Life Again Foundation (LAF) to help cancer patients.[24] Life Again Foundation has conducted more than 360 motivational camps for cancer patients, cancer awareness campaigns, and food drives. It also conducts Yoga and Alternative Therapy programs. It also periodically conducts health camps to conduct tests that screen for cancer and overall health.[25] LAF also runs 2 Mobile hospitals.[24] It also sponsors under-privileged students for higher education.[25] It runs Supplementary Education Centres and Vocational Training Centres.[25]

Awards and honours

Filmography


References

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  2. "A banquet of ideas at TEDx Chennai". The Hindu. 1 October 2012. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  3. Rangan, Baradwaj (11 July 2015). "Gautami talks about her milestone movies and Kamal". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  4. Bhattacharya, Ananya (1 November 2016). "Kamal Haasan and Gautami part ways after living together for 13 years". India Today. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  5. Gauthami: 'Don't feel scared of breast cancer' | startrack – Movies Archived 20 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine. ChennaiOnline (2012-03-09). Retrieved on 2012-07-11.
  6. Gauthami enters small screen. Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2009-11-25). Retrieved on 2012-07-11.
  7. Univercell 3rd Vijay Awards – Winners List – Tamil Movie News Archived 18 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine. IndiaGlitz (2009-06-15). Retrieved on 2012-07-11.
  8. "Give timely support to good films, Kamal tells media". The Hindu. 9 July 2015. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  9. "Life Again Foundation – One for one… We are there for everyone!". Archived from the original on 14 February 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  10. "Life Again Foundation | One for One... We are there for Everyone!". Life Again Foundation. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  11. "Chinnathambi bags six awards". The Indian Express. 30 October 1992. p. 3. Retrieved 14 February 2021 via Google News Archive.
  12. "39th Annual Filmfare Tamil Best Actor Actress". 8 February 2017. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2019 via Internet Archive.
  13. "'Chinnathambi' Bags Cinema Express Award". The Indian Express. 25 February 1992. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  14. Kamalhassan bags 4 awards for Dasavatharam ~ Archived 10 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Yoory.com. Retrieved on 2012-07-11.
  15. "TN Govt. announces Tamil Film Awards for six years". The Hindu. 14 July 2017. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023.
  16. "Tamil Nadu State Film Awards announced for 2015". MSN.com. Chennai, India. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2009.

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