Gauthami Nair
{{Short description|Indian actress, film director}}
{{Indian patronymic|Gauthami|Nair}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Gauthami Nair
| image = Gauthami Nair (cropped).jpg
| caption = Gauthami in 2019
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| birth_place = Alappuzha, Kerala, India
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| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|film director}}
| education = Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram (MSc psychology)
| parents =
| years_active = 2012–present
}}
Gauthami Nair is an Indian actress and director who is associated with Malayalam films. She made her silver screen debut in the 2012 film Second Show.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/second-show-review-malayalam-pcmaoFgdgefic.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519003923/http://www.sify.com/movies/second-show-review-malayalam-pcmaoFgdgefic.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 May 2015 |title=Second Show |website=Sify |access-date=31 October 2019}}{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movie-reviews/diamond-necklace/movie-review/13012359.cms |title=Diamond Necklace |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=31 October 2019}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-review-dont-miss-diamond-necklace/20120507.htm |title=Review: Don't miss Diamond Necklace |website=Rediff |access-date=31 October 2019}}
Early life
Gauthami Nair was born to Madhu Nair and Sobha in Alappuzha.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}} She has an elder sister, Gayathri.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}}
She left her studies mid-way to pursue a career in films,{{Cite news |first1=Shiba |last1=Kurian |date=13 June 2012 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news-and-interviews/Gauthami-is-career-minded/articleshow/14059074.cms |title=Gauthami is career minded |language=en |newspaper=The Times of India}} but in 2012, she enrolled herself in a course in Psychology at the Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram. She went on to pursue masters at the same college and graduated with the second rank in the university exams.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/gauthami-nair-second-show-actress-get-kerala-university-second-rank-msc-psychology-1.2730338 |script-title=ml:അഭിനേത്രി മാത്രമല്ല ഗൗതമി ഭയങ്കര പഠിപ്പിസ്റ്റുമാണ് |language=ml |trans-title=Gautami is not only an actress but also a terrific student |website=Mathrubhumi |access-date=31 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511221948/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/gauthami-nair-second-show-actress-get-kerala-university-second-rank-msc-psychology-1.2730338}}{{Cite web |url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2018/03/27/diamond-actress-gauthami-nair-bags-university-rank.html |title='Diamond' actress Gauthami Nair bags university rank |website=On Manorama |access-date=31 October 2019}}
Career
She started her acting career by starring in the Malayalam film Second Show.{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-09/news-and-interviews/31627613_1_character-challenges-second-show |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329072430/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-09/news-and-interviews/31627613_1_character-challenges-second-show |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 March 2013 |title=I'd love to play a psycho: Gauthami Nair |author=Manu Vipin |date=9 May 2012 |newspaper=The Times of India |accessdate=25 May 2012}} Her second film was Diamond Necklace in Malayalam, in which she starred with Fahadh Faasil and Samvrutha Sunil as a nurse.{{cite web |url=http://www.balconybeats.com/2012/actresses/i-was-super-excited-to-be-working-with-lal-jose-and-fahad-in-diamond-necklace-gauthami-nair-in-balcony-baatein/ |title=I was super excited to be working with Lal Jose and Fahad in 'Diamond Necklace': Gauthami Nair in 'Balcony Baatein' |publisher=Balconybeats |date=30 April 2012}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/list-of-winners-at-the-60th-idea-filmfare-awards-south-3745.html |title=List of Winners at the 60th Idea Filmfare Awards (South)}} Her role as a Tamil girl and the charisma with which she carried herself around even when everything around her was collapsing in the film was very much appreciated.{{cite news |title=Gauthami Nair is back in college |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/malayalam/news-and-interviews/Gauthami-Nair-is-back-in-college/articleshow/16820582.cms?referral=PM |newspaper=The Times of India |date=15 October 2012 |author=Manu Vipin}} Her next Malayalam film Chapters, was also well received.{{Cite web |url=http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=13735675&programId=7940954&BV_ID=%40%40%40&channelId=-1073751665&tabId=8 |title=Unknown title |trans-title= |year=2013 |website=Manorama Online |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401115700/http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=13735675&programId=7940954&BV_ID=%40%40%40&channelId=-1073751665&tabId=8}}
Personal life
She announced that she will marry someone working in the industry in March 2017 through online news portals,{{Cite news |url=http://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2017/03/28/gauthami-nair-wedding-malayalam-movie-industry.html |title=It's guessing time, peeps! Gauthami Nair's fiancé is from Mollywood itself |work=OnManorama |access-date=2 April 2017}} and married film-maker Srinath Rajendran on 2 April 2017.{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/gauthami-nair-srinath-rajendran-marriage-relationship-969145-2017-04-03 |title=Gauthami Nair and director Srinath Rajendran are married now |website=India Today |date=3 April 2017 |access-date=31 October 2019}} In 2023 she announced that they went separate ways after 3 years of marriage.{{Cite web |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cJgfJP0q-h0&t=194s#bottom-sheet |title=If there isn't an issue then why?=Youtube | date=21 February 2023 |via=YouTube |access-date=21 February 2023}}
Filmography
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References
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External links
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Category:Indian film actresses
Category:Actresses from Alappuzha
Category:Filmfare Awards South winners
Category:Actresses in Malayalam cinema