Gautami Tadimalla was born on 2 July 1969 and is an Indian actress and politician who has worked mainly in Tamil and Telugu, in addition to Malayalam, Hindi, and Kannada films.
26 Facts About Gautami
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Gautami was one of the leading South Indian actresses from 1987 to 1998.
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Gautami is a television actress, television host, the founder of Life Again Foundation, and a costume designer.
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Gautami was born in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh to T R Seshagiri Rao and Vasundhara Devi.
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Gautami's father was a pioneering radiation oncologist and her mother was a pathologist and diagnostician.
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Gautami married Sandeep Bhatia, a businessman, in 1998, and the couple have a daughter, Subbulakshmi born in 1999.
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Gautami was in a relationship with actor Kamal Haasan from 2004 till 2016.
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In 2016, Gautami had announced on her blog that she had ended her relationship with him.
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Gautami was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 35, and had recovered later.
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Gautami was introduced to Tamil film industry through Guru Shishyan, a film that starred Rajinikanth and Prabhu.
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Gautami was most active in Tamil cinema from 1987 to 1998.
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Gautami went to GITAM University in Visakhapatnam to pursue engineering.
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Gautami then appeared in films like Srinivasa Kalyanam with Venkatesh and Bhanupriya.
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Gautami has acted in Kannada films Elu Suttina Kote, Chikkejamanru, Cheluva, and in the Hindi movies, Pyar Hua Chori Chori, Aadmi, Janta Ki Adalat, Trimurti, Dhaal and Haiwan.
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Gautami made a guest appearance in the song "Chikku Bukku Railu" with Prabhu Deva in the film Gentleman.
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Gautami had hosted a talk show in Sun TV titled Anbudan.
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Gautami acted in the serial Abirami which was telecast on Kalaignar TV.
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Gautami made a comeback to the film industry in the late 2000s as a costume designer for films starring her partner Kamal Haasan.
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Gautami won the Vijay Award for Best Costume Designer for Dasavathaaram.
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Gautami went on to style several of her other films, including Vishwaroopam and Uttama Villain.
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Gautami made comeback to Malayalam after 14 years in the horror thriller titled E playing the lead role.
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Gautami playing a pivotal character in Thupparivaalan 2 directed and starring Vishal.
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Gautami was BJYM vice president Gautami joined the party in 1997 under the leadership of LK Advani.
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Gautami extensively campaigned for Atal Bihari Vajpayee during that period in Andhra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
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Gautami took a break from politics after her daughter was born.
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Gautami founded Life Again Foundation to help cancer patients.