Gouthami Tadimalla

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Gouthami,(Telugu:గౌతమి ) born as Gouthami Tadimalla, is a popular Indian actress. She has acted in Telugu, Tamil,Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada films. Her first film was Dayamayudu,a Telugu movie based on the life of Jesus Christ.

Film career

She was studying at Dr.Lankapalli Bullayya College in Vizag, Andhra Pradesh when she got her first film offer. She was introduced to Tamil films through Guru Shishyan, a film that also starred Rajnikanth.

She was most active in Tamil cinema from the late 80's to the mid 90's, and was a competitor to the other heroines of the time, Kushboo and Banupriya.

Her role in the movie Thevar Magan was well received by the audience. She also achieved critical acclaim for her role in Mani Ratnam's "Iruvar"(1997), which had Mohanlal, Prakash Raj, Aishwarya Rai, Tabu, Nasser and Revathi^{[citation needed]}.

She has acted also in Kannada films Elu Suttina Kote, Chikkejamana and Cheluva, and in the Hindi movies, Pyar Hua chori chori, Janata ki Adalat, Haiwan, Admi, Appoo Raja, Trimurti, and Dhaal.

Prior to this, she had done a few movies in Malayalam, notably His Highness Abdulla (starring Mohanlal), and Dhruvam (starring Mammootty). Her performances in movies like Daddy (opposite Arvind Swamy) and Ayalathe Adheham (opposite Jayaram) were appreciated. Her role in Sukrutham, penned by the celebrated writer M.T.Vasudevan Nair, was much acclaimed owing to her convincing performance that well justified the character's graph^{[citation needed]}.

She has acted in the Tamil serial "Indira" in the lead role of Indira. She also made a guest appearance in the famous song 'Chikku Bukku Railu' with Prabhu Deva in the film Gentleman. Recently she has also hosted a talk show in Sun TV titled Anbudan which was launched to compete with Koffee with Anu running successfully on STAR Vijay.

Personal life

She married Sandeep Bhatia on June 7, 1998 at Taj Coromandel hotel in Chennai whom she divorced a year later. She now lives with Kamal Hassan along with her only daughter. She considers Kamal's daughters as hers and has publicly declared that she has 3 daughters^{[citation needed]}. The same is with Kamal's daughters too. She suffered from breast cancer and now she fully recovered from it. Recently she won award of Best Costume Designer for the movie Dasavatharam.

Filmography

Tamil Films

Telugu Films

Hindi Films

Malayalam Films

Kannada Films

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External links

• Gautami Photo Gallery