Gayatri Jayaraman

Gayatri Jayaraman is an Indian actress, who appears predominantly in Tamil language films.

Gayatri Jayaraman
Born
Other namesGayatri Jayaram
Occupation(s)Actress, model
SpouseSamit Sawhny (m.2007)
ChildrenIshaan, Inara
Parent(s)Jayaraman
Chitra

Early life

Gayatri Jayaraman was born in a Tamil family. She studied in Adarsh Vidyalaya and the Church Park in Chennai. She was raised in Shahabad near Gulbarga until she was four years old, before her family headed to Madras. She spent a year in Bangalore.Gayatri at first wished to pursue a career in medicine and despite gaining 94% in board exams, she did not get a medical seat, and hence began reading a B.Sc. in life science at IGNOU. Gayatri balanced her time between modelling and education and thus also went on to study physiotherapy at SRM College in Chennai. About her decision to simultaneously pursue qualifications she revealed that "the average life of an actress on screen is maximum four years" and that "she can always return to physiotherapy once my career as an actress is over".

She took up her first modelling assignments for Nalli Silks, followed by Kumaran Silks, Pothys and Chennai Silks while also participating in the beauty pageants, winning the Miss Tamil Nadu title in October 1997 and Miss South India title in 1998. She entered the final stages of Femina Miss India 2000, after being selected among the 26 finalists from 8000 entries and made it through to the final 5, eventually finishing fourth. She has also been a video jockey on television, having appeared for Fanta "Ilamai Pudhumai" on Sun TV and "Telephone Manipol" on Vijay TV.[1]

Career

Gayathri began her career as an actress with director K. Balachander's tele-serial Azhukku Veshti and rejected offers from prominent directors such as Arjun before deciding to make her debut by featuring in Nagabharana's Neela. Neela, a Kannada film about a tribal singer with cancer.[1] It was selected as one of the thirty-two Indian films to feature at the International Film Festival of India. Gayatri won a Cinema Express Award for her performance, with a critic describing it as a "matured performance gives an impression of her being an experienced actress". She made her Tamil film debut after being approached by producer KRG to feature in his Manadhai Thirudivittai opposite Prabhu Deva. Gayatri, post-release, remarked that her role in the film was changed, with Kausalya playing the role that she had signed on to portray. The film became a commercial failure, although her appearance in the song "Manjakattu Mynaa" got her noticed.

Her Telugu film debut was with Srikanth in Aaduthu Paaduthu,[2] before she also went on to feature in a supporting role in Shree alongside Suriya, with Gayatri revealing that her role was chopped by the editors in post-production. She featured in another small role in Vaseegara alongside Vijay and Sneha, before going on to feature in a series of unsuccessful Kannada and Malayalam films.

She retired from films after her marriage and is now a certified scuba diving instructor in the Andaman Islands and briefly returned to compere the Chennai Super Kings Cheer Leaders talent show on Vijay TV in 2009. She also notably, anchored the show Super Kudumbam on Sun TV in early 2013.[3]

Personal life

In May 2007 she married Samit Sawhny, an Indian entrepreneur and author, in the Andaman Islands in a small and private wedding function.[4]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2001NeelaNeelaKannada
AsokaGypsy DancerHindiSpecial appearance
Manadhai ThirudivittaiShruthiTamil
2002Aaduthu PaaduthuGayatri / VasanthiTelugu
ShreeStellaTamil
April MaadhathilNimmi
2003VaseegaraAsha
2004Njan Salperu RamankuttySangeethaMalayalam
2005Lokanathan IASDurgaMalayalam
SwamyAishwaryaKannada
2006Naidu LLBTelugu
2021UppenaSangeetha's motherTelugu[5]
Lanke Kannada [6]

Television

Serials
YearTitleRoleLanguageChannel
2000 Shree Ganesh Devi Adishakti Hindi Sony TV
Micro Thodargal-Azhukku VettiRasathiTamilRaj TV
2001Micro Thodargal-Nizhal VilaiyattuGayathri
2017–2018NandhiniBhairaviSun TV
2019–2020AzhaguShakunthala Devi
2021–2022KayalSivasankari
2022Valli ThirumanamVasundharaColors Tamil
Shows
YearTitleRoleLanguageChannel
Ilamai PudhumaiHostTamilSun TV
Telephone ManipolHostTamilVijay TV
2006GrandmasterHerselfTamilVijay TV
2009Chennai Super Kings Cheer Leaders Talent ShowVijay TV
2012Super KudumbamSun TV
2016Achcham ThavirContestantVijay TV
2018Nandhini KudumbamHerselfSun TV
Web Series
YearTitleRoleLanguageChannel
2018Dollhouse DiariesDamayanthiTamilMX Player

References

  1. "பாலே டான்சர் பராக்!". Kalki (in Tamil). 11 November 2001. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  2. "Amid the glitz and glamour". The Hindu. 16 April 2002.
  3. "Three cheers!". The Hindu. 21 March 2009. Archived from the original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  4. "Tamil movie news gayathri jayaram actress gayathri jayaram manadhai thirudivittai vaseegara picture gallery images". behindwoods.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  5. #DhakDhakDhak Video Song | Uppena Movie | Panja VaishnavTej | Krithi Shetty | Vijay Sethupathi| DSP. Archived from the original on 14 May 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020 via YouTube.
  6. "'ನೀಲಾ', 'ಸ್ವಾಮಿ' ಬಳಿಕ ಸ್ಯಾಂಡಲ್‌ವುಡ್‌ಗೆ ರೀ-ಎಂಟ್ರಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟ ನಟಿ ಗಾಯತ್ರಿ ಜಯರಾಮನ್‌". Vijaya Karnataka (in Kannada). Retrieved 14 September 2021.
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