Gayatri Jayaraman

Gayatri Jayaraman
Gayatri Jayaraman
	Gayatri in the film Swamy (2005)
Other names	Gayatri Jayaram
Occupation(s)	Actress, model
Years active	2001 – Present
Spouse	Samit Sawhny (m.2007)
Children	Ishaan, Inara
Parent(s)	Jayaraman ; Chitra

Gayatri Jayaraman is an Indian actress who appears in films and television shows. She is best known for her role in the Tamil film Manadhai Thirudivittai (2001). Her glamorous appearance in the song Manja Kaattu Maina from the film gave her massive recognition.^[1]

Early life

Gayatri Jayaraman 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 studied in Adarsh Vidyalaya and the Church Park in Chennai and 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.

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 success and 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.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2001	Neela	Neela	Kannada
	Asoka	Gypsy Dancer	Hindi	Special appearance
	Manadhai Thirudivittai	Shruthi	Tamil
2002	Aaduthu Paaduthu	Gayatri / Vasanthi	Telugu
	Shree	Stella	Tamil
	April Maadhathil	Nimmi
2003	Vaseegara	Asha
2004	Njan Salperu Ramankutty	Sangeetha	Malayalam
2005	Lokanathan IAS	Durga	Malayalam
2005	Swamy	Aishwarya	Kannada
2006	Naidu LLB		Telugu
2021	Uppena	Sangeetha's mother	Telugu	^[4]
2021	Lanke		Kannada	^[5]

Television

Serials

Year	Title	Role	Language	Channel
2000	Shree Ganesh	Devi Adishakti	Hindi	Sony TV
2000	Micro Thodargal-Azhukku Vetti	Rasathi	Tamil	Raj TV
2001	Micro Thodargal-Nizhal Vilaiyattu	Gayathri		Raj TV
2017–2018	Nandhini	Bhairavi		Sun TV
2019–2020	Azhagu	Shakunthala Devi
2021–2022	Kayal	Sivasankari
2022	Valli Thirumanam	Vasundhara		Colors Tamil
2024–Present	Thangamagal	Bhairavi		Star Vijay

Shows

Year	Title	Role	Language	Channel
	Ilamai Pudhumai	Host	Tamil	Sun TV
	Telephone Manipol	Host	Tamil	Vijay TV
2006	Grandmaster	Herself	Tamil	Vijay TV
2009	Chennai Super Kings Cheer Leaders Talent Show			Vijay TV
2012	Super Kudumbam			Sun TV
2016	Achcham Thavir	Contestant		Vijay TV
2018	Nandhini Kudumbam	Herself		Sun TV

Web Series

Year	Title	Role	Language	Channel
2018	Dollhouse Diaries	Damayanthi	Tamil	MX Player

References

^ ^a ^b "பாலே டான்சர் பராக்!". Kalki (in Tamil). 11 November 2001. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
^ "Amid the glitz and glamour". The Hindu. 16 April 2002.
^ "Three cheers!". The Hindu. 21 March 2009. Archived from the original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
^ #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.
^ "'ನೀಲಾ', 'ಸ್ವಾಮಿ' ಬಳಿಕ ಸ್ಯಾಂಡಲ್‌ವುಡ್‌ಗೆ ರೀ-ಎಂಟ್ರಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟ ನಟಿ ಗಾಯತ್ರಿ ಜಯರಾಮನ್‌". Vijaya Karnataka (in Kannada). Retrieved 14 September 2021.

External links

Gayatri Jayaraman at IMDb

[kalki-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] #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.

[5] "'ನೀಲಾ', 'ಸ್ವಾಮಿ' ಬಳಿಕ ಸ್ಯಾಂಡಲ್‌ವುಡ್‌ಗೆ ರೀ-ಎಂಟ್ರಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟ ನಟಿ ಗಾಯತ್ರಿ ಜಯರಾಮನ್‌". Vijaya Karnataka (in Kannada). Retrieved 14 September 2021.

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