Yami Gautam is considered one of the prominent faces in the industry at present. He has given some great films in recent times. His performance was liked a lot. The actress is celebrating her 36th birthday. Along with her career, she has also progressed in her personal life. She started her career in the world of television and then came into films. Now she has brought some good projects on OTT also. But let us know where all this started.
Father Punjabi film director
Yami Gautam was born in a film family. His father Mukesh Gautam is a director of Punjabi films. His sister Surili Gautam also works in films. She was born in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh but later Yami’s family shifted to Chandigarh. During her studies, Yami Gautam dreamed of becoming an IAS but later she changed her stream and turned her attention towards acting. He also started getting success in this. It started with TV serials.
A serial came in the year 2008. Its name was Walk Across the Moon. Yami Gautam played the lead role in this. After this she was also seen in Rajkumar Aryan and CID. His serial Yeh Pyaar Na Hoga Kam was also in the news. After this Yami turned towards films. He got work in Hindi films a little later, but in South, he made his debut in 2010 with the film Ullasa Uthsa.
Entered Bollywood
Yami had been working in the South for only two years when in 2012 she became a part of a much talked about film. The name of the film was Vicky Donor. Ayushmann Khurrana also made his entry with this film. The film was on a slightly different subject, hence it was also in discussion. Ayushmann Khurrana’s fortunes improved with the film, but Yami Gautam could not do the same with this film. Now they had to wait.
She kept waiting for the right film in Bollywood. Meanwhile, he also worked in Ajay Devgan’s Action Jackson and Varun Dhawan’s Badlapur. After this, she was seen in Batti Gul Meter Chalu with Shahid Kapoor and in the film Kaabil with Hrithik Roshan. Till now people knew her only because of Fair Lovely Girl because this ad of hers was very popular. But the film he got after this not only brightened his career but also made the lead actor of the film a big commercial star. The film was ‘Uri The Surgical Strike’ which came in the year 2019.
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Yami’s rise after Uri
After doing the film Uri, Yami started getting good roles. By then, coincidentally, OTT platforms had also started expanding their reach. After this, Yami Gautam started getting some action films. In which the matter seemed to be settling. If we look at Yami’s career graph, according to Bollywood Hungama, she has worked in 10 films in her 12-year career so far. Of these, 6 films have been hits. It has a superhit film OMG 2 and also a blockbuster film Uri The Surgical Strike. Her film Bala with Ayushmann Khurrana was also a hit. In 2024 itself, she has given a hit film named Article 370. Four of his films also suffered losses. Some of his films have also come on OTT which have received praise from fans.
How much is the net worth?
Talking about personal life, Yami Gautam is married to film producer-director Aditya Dhar. She is also the mother of a son. Talking about Yami Gautam’s net worth, according to different reports, she has assets worth Rs 80-90 crore. The surprising thing is that she is richer than her husband Aditya Dhar. Aditya has directed successful films like Uri. He is also a screenwriter and a renowned producer.