Gautami Tadimalla (born 2 July 1969), known
mononymously
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as Gautami, is an Indian actress and politician who has worked mainly in
Tamil
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,
Telugu
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and
Malayalam
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films in addition to
Hindi
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, and
Kannada
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films. She was one of the leading South Indian actresses from 1987 to 1998. She is also a television actress, television host, the founder o
Life Again Foundation and a costume designer.
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Personal life
![Gautami charity](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Gautami_charity.jpg)
Gautami was born in
Nidadavole
Nidadavolu is a town in East Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the mandal headquarters of Nidadavolu mandal in Kovvur revenue division.
History
The town was known as ''Niravadyaprolu'' or ''Nir ...
,
Andhra Pradesh
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to T. R. Seshagiri Rao and Vasundhara Devi. Her father was a pioneering radiation
oncologist
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and her mother was a pathologist and diagnostician. Gautami attended
Bishop Cotton Girls' School
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, Bangalore.
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 actor
Kamal Haasan from 2004 till 2016. In 2016, Gautami had announced on her blog that she had ended her relationship with him.
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"''.
She was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 35, and had recovered later.
Film career
She was introduced to Tamil film industry through ''
Guru Shishyan'' (1988), a film that starred
Rajinikanth and
Prabhu
''Prabhu'' means master or the Prince in Sanskrit and many of the Indian languages; it is a name sometimes applied to God. The term is also used by devotees of the Hindu God Lord Krishna/Vishnu as a title and form of address. It is also appended ...
.
She was most active in Tamil cinema from 1987 to 1998 and was a tough competitor to the other heroines of her time,
Khushbu
Khushbu Sundar (born Nakhat Khan; 29 September 1970) is an Indian actress, politician, film producer and television presenter. She is known for her works predominantly in Tamil, besides Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada films. She is a rec ...
,
Revathy
Asha Kelunni Nair (born 8 July 1966), better known by her stage name Revathi, is an Indian actress and director, known for her works predominantly in Tamil & Malayalam cinema - in addition to Telugu, Hindi & Kannada films.
She has won sever ...
,
Amala and
Bhanupriya. Gautami went to
GITAM University
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in Visakhapatnam to pursue engineering. Gautami made her debut in Telugu with the film ''Dayamayudu'' (1987). that was produced by her cousin.
She then appeared in films like ''
Srinivasa Kalyanam'' with
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Notable persons with the name include:
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* A. Venkatesh (directo ...
and
Bhanupriya.. Her notable performances in Malayalam films include ''
His Highness Abdullah
''His Highness Abdullah'' is a 1990 Indian Malayalam-language musical thriller drama film written by A. K. Lohithadas and directed by Sibi Malayil. It stars Mohanlal, Nedumudi Venu, Gautami, Sreenivasan, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair and Mamuk ...
'' (1990) with
Mohanlal
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, ''
Daddy
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'' (1992) with
Arvind Swami
Arvind Swamy (born 18 June 1970) is an Indian actor, model, entrepreneur and television presenter known for his work in Tamil cinema and a few Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam films. He was introduced as an actor by Mani Ratnam with the blockbuster ...
, ''
Dhruvam
''Dhruvam'' () is a 1993 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Joshiy, where story and dialogue are by S. N. Swamy and A. K. Sajan and screenplay by S. N. Swamy. It stars Mammootty, Jayaram, Suresh Gopi, Vikram, Gautami ...
'' (1993) with
Mammootty and ''
Ayalathe Adheham
''Ayalathe Adheham'' () is a 1992 Indian Malayalam-language family comedy drama film directed by Rajasenan and written by Sasidharan Arattuvazhi. It stars Jayaram, Gautami, Siddique, Vaishnavi, Meena, and Thilakan. The songs were composed by ...
'' (1993) with
Jayaram
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. Her role in ''
Sukrutham'' (1994) was penned by the writer
M. T. Vasudevan Nair
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. She has acted also in Kannada films ''
Elu Suttina Kote
''Elu Suttina Kote'' is an Indian Kannada-language film released in 1987. It is directed by B. C. Gowrishankar and produced by Sa Ra Govindhu.
It stars Rebel Star Ambareesh, Gouthami, Ramesh Aravind, Sundarakrishna Urs, Nagesh Kashyap, Shankar ...
'' (1987), ''
Chikkejamanru
''Chikkejamanru'' () is a 1992 Kannada-language drama film directed by Om Sai Prakash. The cast includes V. Ravichandran, Gautami, Jai Jagadish, Shubha and Mukhyamantri Chandru among others. The film was a remake of Tamil film ''Chinna Gounder' ...
'' (1992), ''
Cheluva
''Cheluva'' is a 1997 Kannada comedy-drama film directed and enacted by V. Ravichandran in dual roles. The rest of the cast includes Gautami,Meena, Suman and Tiger Prabhakar among others. The film is a remake of Telugu film '' Hello Brother' ...
'' (1997), and in the Hindi movies, ''
Pyar Hua Chori Chori'' (1991), ''
Aadmi'' (1993), ''
Janta Ki Adalat'' (1994), ''
Trimurti
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'' (1995), ''
Dhaal
''Dhaal'' () is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Sameer Malkan, starring Vinod Khanna and Sunil Shetty.
Plot
Inspector Varun Saxena (Vinod Khanna) successfully apprehends Pilot Baba's (Amrish Puri) son for running over and ...
'' (1997) and ''Haiwan'' (1998).. Her notable Tamil movies like ''
Apoorva Sagodharargal'' (1989), ''
Raja Chinna Roja
''Raja Chinna Roja'' () is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language children's film, directed by S. P. Muthuraman, and produced by AVM Productions. The plot revolves around Raja (Rajinikanth), who arrives in the city to become an actor. In the process he m ...
'' (1989), ''
Panakkaran
''Panakkaran'' () is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by P. Vasu. A remake of the Hindi film '' Lawaaris'' (1981), it stars Rajinikanth and Gautami. The film was released on 14 January 1990, Pongal day, and ran for more tha ...
'' (1990), ''
Ooru Vittu Ooru Vanthu'' (1990), ''
Namma Ooru Poovatha
''Namma Ooru Poovatha'' () is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Manivasagam and produced by Rajeshwari Manivasakam. The film stars Murali, Gautami, Goundamani and Senthil. It was released on 19 November 1990, and Gautami won the Ta ...
'' (1990), ''
Dharma Durai'' (1991), ''
Nee Pathi Naan Pathi
''Nee Pathi Naan Pathi'' () is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Vasanth and produced by Kavithalayaa Productions. The film stars Rahman, Gautami and Heera. The music was composed by M. M. Keeravani under the pseudony ...
'' (1991), ''
Rickshaw Mama
''Rickshaw Mama'' () is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language film directed by P. Vasu. The film stars Sathyaraj, Gouthami and Khushbu. It was released on 15 January 1992, and completed a 100-day run.
Plot
Bhuvana, a lonely girl who is parent-less, ...
'' (1992), ''
Thevar Magan
''Thevar Magan'' () is a 1992 Indian, Tamil-language drama film written by Kamal Haasan, who also produced the film, and directed by Bharathan. It stars Haasan, Sivaji Ganesan, Revathi, Gautami and Nassar; with Kallapart Natarajan, Kaka Rad ...
'' (1992), ''
Honest Raj
''Honest Raj'' is a 1994 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language action thriller film directed by K. S. Ravi. The film stars Vijayakanth, Gautami and Aamani, while Devan (actor), Devan, Manorama (Tamil actress), Manorama, Senthil, Vijayakumar (Ta ...
'' (1994), ''
Nammavar
''Nammavar'' () is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan and produced by B. Venkatarama Reddy. The film stars Kamal Haasan and Gautami, while Nagesh, Senthil, Kovai Sarala, Srividya and Karan play supporting r ...
'' (1994), ''
Kuruthipunal'' (1995) as well as
Mani Ratnam
Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and few Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films. Ratnam has won six ...
's ''
Iruvar
''Iruvar'' () is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language epic political drama film co-written, produced and directed by Mani Ratnam. The film, inspired by the lives of M. Karunanidhi, M. G. Ramachandran and J. Jayalalithaa is set against the backdrop ...
'' (1997). She had a good chemistry with all superstars of Tamil cinema like
Kamal Haasan and
Rajinikanth. She was very much content to do all glamour roles mostly with Kamal Haasan. But she was equally at ease when she was paired with
R. Sarathkumar,
Sathyaraj or
Prabhu
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. She made a guest appearance in the song "Chikku Bukku Railu" with
Prabhu Deva
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in the film ''
Gentleman'' (1993).
Her film ''
Sasanam
''Sasanam'' () is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Mahendran. The film set in the Chettinadu backdrop features Arvind Swamy, Gautami and Ranjitha in leading roles, while Balabharathi composes the music and Nambiyathiri handles cinem ...
'', featuring
Arvind Swami
Arvind Swamy (born 18 June 1970) is an Indian actor, model, entrepreneur and television presenter known for his work in Tamil cinema and a few Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam films. He was introduced as an actor by Mani Ratnam with the blockbuster ...
, released in 2006, but it was shot in 1996. She played the lead in the Tamil serial ''Indira''. She had hosted a
talk show
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in
Sun TV titled ''Anbudan''.
She acted in the serial ''
Abirami'' which was telecast on Kalaignar TV. 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
The Vijay for Best Costume Designer is given by STAR Vijay as part of its annual Vijay Awards ceremony for Tamil language, Tamil (Kollywood) films.
The list
Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won.
Nominations
* ...
for ''
Dasavathaaram
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'' (2008). She would go on to style several of his other films, including ''
Vishwaroopam
''Vishwaroopam'' (titled ''Vishwaroop'' in Hindi; ) is a 2013 Indian action spy film directed and produced by Kamal Haasan, who also enacts the lead role, and is written by Kamal Hassan, Chakri Toleti and Atul Tiwari. The film has Rahul Bose ...
'' (2013) and ''
Uttama Villain
''Uttama Villain'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by Ramesh Aravind and written by Kamal Haasan. The film was presented by N. Lingusamy in association with Kamal Haasan and produced by S. Chandrahasan for Raaj Ka ...
'' (2015). After sixteen years, she returned to acting, by starring in the Tamil film ''
Papanasam
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'' (2015), in which she was paired with her real-life domestic partner,
Kamal Haasan- a remake of director
Jeethu Joseph
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's original Malayalam picture, ''
Drishyam
''Drishyam'' () is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film written and directed by Jeethu Joseph. It stars Mohanlal and Meena, with Ansiba Hassan, Esther Anil, Kalabhavan Shajohn, Asha Sharath, Siddique, Roshan Basheer and N ...
''. In 2016, her Telugu film (after almost 20 years of absence in
Telugu
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*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
S ...
cinema): ''
Manamantha
''Manamantha'' () is a 2016 Indian Telugu language, Telugu-language anthology film written and directed by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti and produced by Sai Korrapati. It stars Mohanlal, Gautami, Viswant Duddumpudi, and Raina Rao and also marks the form ...
'' (2016) with
Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair
Mohanlal Viswanathan (born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, film distributor, and director who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appe ...
and other two junior artists has garnered positive reviews alike from the audience. She made comeback to
Mollywood industry after a 14-year sabbatical from acting in the horror-thriller titled ''
E'' (2017) by playing the lead role. She would be seen currently in ''
Thupparivaalan 2
''Thupparivaalan 2'' () is an upcoming Indian action thriller detective film produced, directed and starred by Vishal. A sequel to the 2017 film ''Thupparivaalan'', it also stars Prasanna and Ashya. The music will be composed by Ilaiyaraaja. ...
'' directed and starring
Vishal, where she'd be playing a pivotal character.
Political career
Gautami is a member of the BJP since 1997. She was BJYM vice president She joined the party in 1997 under the leadership of
LK Advani
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. 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
Rajapalayam is an assembly constituency located in Virudhunagar district in Tamil Nadu. It falls under Sivakasi Lok Sabha constituency, Tenkasi Lok Sabha Constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil N ...
.
Charity work
Gautami founded Life Again Foundation (LAF) to help cancer patients.
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.
LAF also runs 2 Mobile hospitals.
It also sponsors under-privileged students for higher education.
It runs Supplementary Education Centres and Vocational Training Centres.
Awards and honours
References
External links
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1969 births
Living people