Gouthami Biography

Gautami was married to businessman Sandeep Bhatia in 1998 with whom she has a daughter Subbalakshmi born in 1999. She divorced Sandeep Bhatia in 1999. 

Since 2005, she and actor Kamal Haasan have been in a live-in relationship. The couple met on the sets of Apoorva Sagodharargal in 1989 and have since remained close friends. 

She and Kamal have refused to marry each other, citing 'lack of faith in marriage' as the main reason. On November 1, 2016, Gauthami officially announced that she's getting separated from Kamal Hasan, taking her daughter's Life in concern.

She was most active in Tamil cinema from the late 80's to the mid 90's, and was a competitor to the other heroines of the time, Kushboo and Banupriya.Her filmography includes Thevar Magan, as well as Mani Ratnam's "Iruvar"(1997), which co-starred Mohanlal, Prakash Raj, Aishwarya Rai, Tabu, Nasser and Revathi.

She has acted also in Kannada films Elu Suttina Kote, Chikkejamana and Cheluva, and in the Hindi movies, Pyar Hua chori chori, Janata ki Adalat, Haiwan, Admi, Appoo Raja, Trimurti, and Dhaal. Prior to this, she had done a few movies in Malayalam, notably His Highness Abdulla (starring Mohanlal), and Dhruvam (starring Mammootty), Daddy (opposite Arvind Swamy), and Ayalathe Adheham (opposite Jayaram). Her role in Sukrutham was penned by the writer M.T.Vasudevan Nair.

She has acted in the Tamil serial "Indira" in the lead role of Indira. She made a guest appearance in the song 'Chikku Bukku Railu' with Prabhu Deva in the film Gentleman. Recently she has also hosted a talk show in Sun TV titled Anbudan which was launched to compete with Koffee with Anu running on STAR Vijay. She is currently acting in the serial abhirami which is telecasted in kalingar tv.