1. Yami Gautam Dhar is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films.
24 Facts About Yami Gautam
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Yami Gautam earned acclaim for her supporting roles in the thrillers Badlapur and Kaabil, and greater success came for starring in the war film Uri: The Surgical Strike and the satire Bala.
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Yami Gautam starred in the streaming films Bhoot Police, A Thursday, Dasvi, and Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga, and had further commercial success in the satire OMG 2 and the political thriller Article 370.
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Yami Gautam was born in a 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 Service 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 emerged as a critical and commercial success, earning over 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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The film opened to positive reviews, with Yami Gautam unanimously receiving acclaim for her portrayal of Pari Mishra, a ditsy influencer and a part-time model.
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In 2021, Yami Gautam starred in the unremarkable horror comedy Bhoot Police, co-starring Saif Ali Khan, Arjun Kapoor, and Jacqueline Fernandez.
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Yami Gautam ended the year in a brief role in the Punjabi comedy Shava Ni Girdhari Lal.
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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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In 2024, Yami Gautam Dhar collaborated with her husband for his political action thriller, Article 370.
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Yami Gautam described the film as "one of the most important in my career".
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WION's Shomini Sen felt that the role was simply a variation of those Yami Gautam Dhar had portrayed in Ginny Weds Sunny and Article 370, but praised her and Gandhi for elevating the script of an otherwise predictable film.
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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.