Yami Gautam (born 28 November 1988)[2] is an Indian film actress and model who predominantly appears in Hindi films.
In 2012, Gautam made her Bollywood debut with the film Vicky Donor. Upon release, the film was a critical and commercial success, and Gautam gained positive reviews for her performance.[3][4]
Her next projects include commercially successful films like Action Jackson(2014), Badlapur (2015) and Sanam Re (2016).
Yami Gautam was born in a Pahari-Punjabi family in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh and was brought up in Chandigarh.[1][5] Her father, Mukesh Gautam, is a Punjabi film director. Yami has a sister, Surilie Gautam who made her big screen debut with Punjabi film Power Cut.[6][7][8] She did her regular schooling and later joined college for pursuing a graduate degree in law honours. She had aspired to join Indian Administrative Services (IAS) as a young girl, but at the age of 20, Yami decided to start her acting career.[9] As she was pursuing Studies in Law Honors (first-year PU Student of the Law), but she left full-time studies for acting. Recently, she is doing her part-time Graduation from Mumbai.[10] Yami is fond of reading, interior decoration and listening to music.[10]
Gautam was twenty when she moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in movies.[11] She made her television debut withChand Ke Paar Chalo, which was followed by Raajkumar Aaryyan. Following this, she played her most notable role in Yeh Pyar Na Hoga Kam,[12] which aired on Colors.[13] Furthermore, she participated in the reality shows Meethi Choori No 1 andKitchen Champion Season 1.
Gautam made her film debut in Kannada film Ullasa Utsaha. Whilst the film failed at the box office, Gautam received positive reviews for her performance.[14]
Gautam later made her Bollywood debut with Vicky Donor, in which she starred opposite Ayushmann Khurrana.[15] She played the role of Bengali girl Ashima Roy, a girl who falls in love with a Punjabi boy with a past. Despite its small budget, the movie became a major commercial success and received critical appreciation.[3][4] Gautam received appreciation for her performance.
Taran Adarsh writes "Yami Gautam makes an imposing debut. She adds enormous value to the movie by her act, screen presence and striking looks. She's truly admirable towards the latter part of the film."[16] Madhureeta Mukherjee adds that Gautam "is a sheer delight to watch, emoting effortlessly."[17]
She made her Telugu debut with the 2011 film Nuvvila, directed by Ravi Babu. She signed her second film in Kollywood with Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum opposite Jai. Her second Hindi film was Eeshwar Nivas's Total Siyappa', opposite Pakistani actor-singer Ali Zafar produced by Reliance Entertainment and Neeraj Pandey, got released in 2014.
Gautam has completed filming for Prabhu Deva's Action Jackson opposite Ajay Devganand Sriram Raghavan's Badlapur opposite Varun Dhawan. Apart from those, she is busy in shooting a Tamil film Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum, a Telugu film Courier Boy Kalyan.[18][19] In 2016, she acted in Divya Khosla Kumar's romantic film Sanam Re.
She is currently filming for Bhushan Kumar's Junooniat.[20] She signed a film Kaabilstarring opposite Hrithik Roshan which is produced by Rakesh Roshan and directed bySanjay Gupta.[21]
Also her brand endorsements include Fair and Lovely, Cornetto, Samsung Mobile, Chevrolet, and many other brands.[22]
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