Gayathrie

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{{Short description|Indian actress (born 1993)}}{{Indian name|Gayathrie|Shankar}}{{Infobox person
| name = Gayathrie
| image = Gayathrie Shankar.jpg
| birth_name = Gayathrie Shankar
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|05|02|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/person/gayathrie-shankar/31812 |title=Archived copy |access-date=6 January 2019 |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107072220/https://in.bookmyshow.com/person/gayathrie-shankar/31812 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Bangalore City]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
(present-day [[Bengaluru]])
| death_date =
| death_place =
| caption = Gayathrie in an interview
| othername =
| yearsactive = 2012 – present
| spouse =
| website =
| occupation = Film actress
}}

'''Gayathrie Shankar''' is an Indian actress who appears in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] language films. She debuted in 2012 with ''[[18 Vayasu]]'', and is best known for her role in ''[[Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom]]''. Since then, she has featured in various movies like ''[[Ponmaalai Pozhudhu]]'', ''[[Rummy (2014 film)|Rummy]]'', ''[[Oru Nalla Naal Paathu Solren]]'', ''[[Puriyatha Puthir]]'', and ''[[Super Deluxe (film)|Super Deluxe]]''. ''[[Vella Raja]]'' saw her dabble in web series.

== Personal life ==
Gayathrie is of [[Tamil Language|Tamil]] origin and she grew up in [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]].<ref name=autogenerated1>{{Cite web |url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-actress/gayathrie/gayathrie-shankar-interview.html |title=Gayathrie Shankar – Interview |access-date=28 February 2014 |archive-date=2 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302081004/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-actress/gayathrie/gayathrie-shankar-interview.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Career ==

The actress's first release was the psychological thriller ''[[18 Vayasu]]'', but was recognized for her work in ''[[Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom]]'' alongside [[Vijay Sethupathi]]. In 2013 she starred in two films, ''[[Ponmaalai Pozhudhu]]'' and ''[[Mathapoo]]''. She was next seen in ''[[Rummy (2013 film)|Rummy]]'', a 1980s college love story, opposite [[Inigo Prabhakaran]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Anupama|first=Subramanian|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130518/entertainment-kollywood/article/rummy-1980s-film|title=Rummy is a 1980s film|work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|date=18 May 2013|accessdate=18 September 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013135539/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130518/entertainment-kollywood/article/rummy-1980s-film|archivedate=13 October 2013}}</ref>

The multi-starrer ''[[Ula (film)|Ula]]'',<ref>{{cite web |last=Gupta |first=Rinku |url=http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/I-came-as-a-blank-slate-Gayathrie/2013/10/01/article1812016.ece |title=I came as a blank slate: Gayathrie |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |date=1 October 2013 |accessdate=12 December 2013 |archive-date=26 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126042946/http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/I-came-as-a-blank-slate-Gayathrie/2013/10/01/article1812016.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="indiatimes1">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-20/news-interviews/37871619_1_ashok-rajan-madhav-nkpk|title=Ajmal and Ashok kick start 'Ulaa'|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=20 March 2013|accessdate=18 September 2013|archive-date=4 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213552/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-20/news-interviews/37871619_1_ashok-rajan-madhav-nkpk|url-status=dead}}</ref> was renamed [[Chithiram Pesuthadi 2|''Chithiram Pesuthuadi 2'']] and saw a release in 2019. The movie is directed by [[Rajan Madhav]] of [[Muran (film)|Muran]] fame, also starred [[Radhika Apte]], [[Priya Banerjee]], [[Vidharth]] and [[Dwayne Bravo]]. ''[[Puriyatha Puthir]]'' directed by Ranjit Jeyakodi co-starring with [[Vijay Sethupathi]], released in 2017.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> ''[[Oru Nalla Naal Paathu Solren]]'' directed by debutant Arumugakumar was a dark comedy starring Vijay Sethupathi, [[Gautham Karthik]] and [[Niharika Konidela]]. The movie released on 2 February 2018. ''[[Seethakaathi|Seethakathi]]'' released on 20 December 2018. She worked as an assistant director on Seethakathi, directed by [[Balaji Tharaneetharan]]. She also featured in a cameo in Seethakathi. 2018 also saw her foraying into web series. She played Aadhira, in the [[Amazon Prime Video|Amazon Prime]] exclusive series called ''[[Vella Raja]].''

2019 saw the release of the much awaited ''[[Super Deluxe (film)|Super Deluxe]]'', directed by [[Thiagarajan Kumararaja]], starring [[Vijay Sethupathi]], [[Samantha Akkineni]], [[Fahadh Faasil]], [[Ramya Krishnan]], [[Mysskin]] among others. She is currently working on [[Maamanithan (film)|''Maamanithan'']], directed by [[Seenu Ramasamy]], costarring [[Vijay Sethupathi]].

She will also be seen in the yet to be released movies, Titanic and K13 and the horror thriller Pechi.

== Filmography ==

=== Films ===
*''All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year !! Film !! Role(s) !! Notes
!Ref.
|-
|rowspan="2"|2012 || ''[[18 Vayasu]]'' || Gayathri || Debut Film
|
|-
| ''[[Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom]]'' || Dhanalakshmi ||
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|2013 || ''[[Ponmaalai Pozhudhu]]'' || Divya ||
|
|-
| ''[[Mathapoo]]'' || Pooja ||
|
|-
|2014 || ''[[Rummy (2014 film)|Rummy]]'' || Meenakshi ||
|
|-
|2017 || ''[[Puriyadha Pudhir]]'' || Meera ||
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-09-01|title=Puriyatha Puthir movie review: Vijay Sethupathi shines in this decent thriller|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/puriyatha-puthir-star-rating-vijay-sethupathi-4822917/|access-date=2021-05-29|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|2018 || ''[[Oru Nalla Naal Paathu Solren]]'' || Godavari ||
|
|-
| ''[[Seethakaathi (film)|Seethakaathi]]'' || Herself ||
|
|-
| rowspan="4"|2019 || ''[[Chithiram Pesuthadi 2]]'' || Priya ||
|
|-
| ''[[Super Deluxe (film)|Super Deluxe]]'' || Jyothi ||
|
|-
| ''[[K-13 (film)|K- 13]]'' || Pavithra ||
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=It's a wrap for Arulnithi and Shraddha Srinath's next|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2018/dec/24/its-a-wrap-for-arulnithi-and-shraddha-srinaths-next-9342.html|access-date=2021-05-27|website=The New Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-03|title=K13 movie review: An interesting premise that should have yielded a better result|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/k13-movie-review-rating-5709311/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Oththa Seruppu]]'' || Usha || Only Voice Over
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |2021
|''[[Tughlaq Durbar]]''
|Herself
|Special appearance in the song "Arasial Kedi"
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tughlaq Durbar begins with a pooja!|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/tughlaq-durbar-begins-with-a-pooja-news-tamil-tidsaPhhbghhb.html|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Sify|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|Style="background:#FFFFCC;"|[[Maamanithan (film)|''Maamanithan'']] {{Dagger}}
|{{TBA}}
|Filming
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gayathrie teams up with Vijay Sethupathi again for Maamanithan|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2018/dec/17/gayathrie-teams-up-with-vijay-sethupathi-again-for-maamanithan-9261.html|access-date=2021-05-27|website=The New Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|Style="background:#FFFFCC;"|[[Titanic Kadhalum Kavundhu Pogum|''Titanic Kadhalum Kavundhu'' ''Pogum'']]''{{Dagger}}''
|{{TBA}}
|Filming
|
|-
|style="background:#FFFFCC;"|[[Bagheera (upcoming film)|''Bagheera'']] {{Dagger}}
|{{TBA}}
|Filming
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-31|title=Gayathrie roped in for important role in ‘Bagheera’|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/gayathrie-roped-important-role-bagheera-121542|access-date=2021-05-27|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |2022
|Style="background:#FFFFCC;"|''Kaayal'' {{Dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}
|{{TBA}}
|Filming
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gayathrie’s next, 'Kaayal'|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2021/may/17/gayathries-next-kaayal-2303368.html|access-date=2021-05-27|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
|-
|Style="background:#FFFFCC;"|''Nna Than Case Kodu'' {{Dagger}}
|{{TBA}}
|Filming; Debut [[Malayalam]] film
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=மலையாளத்தில் அறிமுகமாகும் காயத்ரி|url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/south-cinema/643669-gayathrie-introduces-in-malayalam.html|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Hindu Tamil Thisai|language=ta}}</ref>
|-
|Style="background:#FFFFCC;"|Untitled [[Seenu Ramasamy]] film {{Dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}
|{{TBA}}
|Filming
|<ref>{{Cite web|title='Super Deluxe' star Gayathrie joins the cast of Seenu Ramasamy’s next|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2021/jul/31/super-deluxe-star-gayathrie-joins-the-cast-of-seenu-ramasamys-next-2337843.html|access-date=2021-08-22|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
|}

=== Web series ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Series
! Role
! Notes
|-
|2018||''[[Vella Raja]]''||Aadhira ||[[Amazon Prime]]
|-
|2019|| ''[[Fingertip (webseries)|Fingertip]]'' || Sandhya || [[ZEE5]]
|-
|2021||''I Hate You I Love You||
||Madboys Original YouTube Channel
|-
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|id=5408141|name=Gayathrie}}
* {{Twitter}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Actresses from Bangalore]]
[[Category:Actresses in Tamil cinema]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Tamil actresses]]
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:1993 births]]

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