The film, which focuses on the story of a man (Raghu, played by Dhawan) who over the course of 15 years avenges the murder of his wife (Misha, played by her) and son, emerged as a critical and commercial success, collecting ₹770 million (US$11 million) worldwide, with Gautam's performance receiving praise. In 2015, Gautam appeared alongside Varun Dhawan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in Sriram Raghavan's action thriller Badlapur. Both Total Siyappa and Action Jackson under-performed at the box office. Gautam's second Bollywood release that year was Prabhu Deva's action thriller Action Jackson, in which Ajay Devgn portrayed a double role, while she and Sonakshi Sinha featured as the love interests of his characters. Gautam and Ajay Devgn at the trailer launch of Action Jackson in 2014Īfter a two-year absence from Bollywood films, Gautam returned in 2014 and appeared in two films, the first of which was Eeshwar Nivas's romantic comedy film Total Siyappa, co-starring Ali Zafar, Anupam Kher, and Kirron Kher, in which she played the love interest of Zafar's character.
For her debut performance, Gautam received critical acclaim as well as several awards and nominations, including the Best Female Debut (tied with Ileana D'Cruz for Barfi!) trophy at the Zee Cine Awards, and a nomination under the same category at the 58th Filmfare Awards. The film, which marked Bollywood actor John Abraham's production debut, received positive reviews from critics and proved to be a major commercial success and one of the highest-grossing films of the year with worldwide grossing of ₹645 million (US$3.9 million). Co-starring opposite debutante Ayushmann Khurrana, Annu Kapoor and Dolly Ahluwalia, she portrayed Ashima Roy, a Bengali woman who falls in love with the titular character, a Punjabi lad from the Arora family, and gets to know about his past after marriage. She has also participated in reality shows Meethi Choori No 1 and Kitchen Champion Season 1.Īfter making her debut in lead with the 2009 Kannada film Ullasa Utsaha, Gautam made her Bollywood debut in a leading role in Shoojit Sircar's romantic comedy Vicky Donor (2012). Following this, she played her most notable role in television in, Yeh Pyar Na Hoga Kam, which aired on Colors. She continued to play the lead in Raajkumar Aaryyan. She made her television debut in Chand Ke Paar Chalo. Gautam was 20 when she moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in movies. After marriage, she changed her name to Yami Gautam Dhar. Yami Gautam married Aditya Dhar on 4 June 2021. She is fond of reading, interior decoration and listening to music. Recently, she has been doing her part-time graduation from Mumbai. Though she was pursuing studies in Law Honors (first-year PU Student of law), she left full-time studies for acting. She had aspired to join Indian Administrative Services (IAS) as a young girl, but at the age of 20, decided to venture into an acting career. She did her regular schooling, and later entered college to pursue a graduate degree in law honours. She has a younger sister Surilie Gautam, who made her big screen debut with the Punjabi film Power Cut.
Her father Mukesh Gautam is a Punjabi film director. Yami Gautam was born in a Hindu Brahmin family in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh and was brought up in Chandigarh.