Yami Gautam Dhar was born on 28 November 1988 and is an Indian actress known predominantly for her work in Hindi films.
23 Facts About Yami Gautam
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Yami Gautam began her career as a model, and starred in television soap operas such as Chand Ke Paar Chalo and Yeh Pyar Na Hoga Kam.
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Yami Gautam has since starred in the streaming films A Thursday, Dasvi and Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga.
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Yami Gautam was born in a Hindu Brahmin family in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh and was brought up in Chandigarh.
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Yami Gautam's father Mukesh Gautam is a Punjabi film director.
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Yami Gautam has a younger sister Surilie Gautam, who made her big screen debut with the Punjabi film Power Cut.
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Yami Gautam did her regular schooling, and later entered college to pursue a graduate degree in law honours.
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Yami Gautam had aspired to join Indian Administrative Services as a young girl, but at the age of 20, she decided to venture into an acting career.
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Yami Gautam is fond of reading, interior decoration and listening to music.
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Yami Gautam was 20 when she moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in movies.
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Yami Gautam made her television debut in Chand Ke Paar Chalo.
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Yami Gautam has participated in reality shows Meethi Choori No 1 and Kitchen Champion Season 1.
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In 2015, Yami Gautam appeared alongside Varun Dhawan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in Sriram Raghavan's action thriller Badlapur.
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The film, which focuses on the story of a man named Raghu who, over the course of 15 years, avenges the murders of his wife Misha and his son, emerged as a critical and commercial success, collecting 770 million worldwide, with Yami Gautam's performance receiving praise.
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Later in 2017, Yami Gautam featured briefly in Ram Gopal Varma's political thriller Sarkar 3, the third installment of Varma's Sarkar franchise, alongside Amitabh Bachchan, Jackie Shroff, Manoj Bajpayee, and Amit Sadh.
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Yami Gautam next reunited with Khurrana in Amar Kaushik's comedy-drama Bala, a satire on physical attractiveness, which was released on 7 November 2019.
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Also featuring Bhumi Pednekar, the film opened to positive reviews, with Yami Gautam unanimously receiving acclaim for her portrayal of Pari Mishra, a ditsy Tik Toker and a part-time model hailing from Lucknow, who, upon finding out about her husband's baldness, feels cheated and leaves him.
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In 2021, Yami Gautam played the role of Maya in Pavan Kirpalani's horror comedy Bhoot Police, co-starring Saif Ali Khan, Arjun Kapoor, and Jacqueline Fernandez.
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Yami Gautam had a special appearance as Mannat in Shava Ni Girdhari Lal.
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Yami Gautam was cast in the lead role of Naina Jaiswal, a playschool teacher who takes 16 children hostage.
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Yami Gautam was cast in the role of Jyoti Deswal, an IPS officer in the jail where Chief Minister Ganga Ram Chaudhary was imprisoned.
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Yami Gautam has frequently featured on Times' 50 Most Desirable Women list.
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Yami Gautam ranked 12th in 2012,16th in 2018,8th in 2019 and 15th in 2020.