Gautami Tadimalla

Biography

Gautami Tadimalla (born 2 July 1969) is an Indian actress and politician who 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.

She was introduced to the Tamil film industry through Guru Shishyan (1988), a film that starred Rajinikanth and Prabhu. 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). which was produced by her cousin. 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 were 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). Her film Sasanam, featuring Arvind Swami, was released in 2006, but it was shot in 1996. 

She played the lead in the Tamil serial Indira. She had hosted a talk show on Sun TV titled Anbudan. She acted in the serial Abirami which was telecast on Kalaignar TV. 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). 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, a remake of the original Malayalam film, Drishyam. 

In 2016, his film Manamantha (2016) with Mohanlal, has garnered positive reviews from the audience. She made a comeback to Malayalam after 14 years in the horror thriller titled E (2017) playing the lead role. She plays a pivotal character in Thupparivaalan 2 directed and starring Vishal.