Gautami

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Gautami
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Gautami in 2013
Born
Gautami Tadimalla

(1968-07-02) 2 July 1968 (age 56)
Ichchapuram, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Alma mater GITAM University, Visakhapatnam
Occupations
  • Actress
  • social worker
Years active1987–1998
2015–present
Works Full list
Political party All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Other political
affiliations		 Bharatiya Janata Party
(1997–2023)
Spouse
Sandeep Bhatia
​
​
(m. 1998;div. 1999)​
Partner(s) Kamal Haasan
(2005–2016)
Children1
Relatives Soumya Bollapragada (niece)
Website gautamitadimalla.com

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 charity.jpg
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

YearAward CategoryAwarded WorkRef
1990 Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize Namma Ooru Poovatha
1991 Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil Nee Pathi Naan Pathi [26]
1991 Cinema Express Awards for Special Best Tamil Actress Nee Pathi Naan Pathi [27]
1991 Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress Chakravyuham [28]
1994Ramu Kaaryatt Award for Best Actress-Malayalam Sukrutham
2009 Vijay Award for Best Costume Designer Dasavathaaram [29]
2017 Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Costume Designer Vishwaroopam
2024 Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Character Artiste (Female) Papanasam

Filmography

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