Gayathri Raguram

Gayathri Raguramm
Born	8 April 1983 Chennai, india
Occupation	Film actor, choreographer
Years active	2000–present
Spouse(s)	Deepak Chandrasekhar (2006–2009)
Parent(s)	Raghuram, Girija

Gayathri Raguram is an Indian film actress and choreographer who works in south indian language films. Daughter of noted dancer, Raguram, she began acting in the 2002 film Charlie Chaplin and later started working as choreographers in films.

Film Career

Gayathri started acting at 14. She has said that she never dreamt that she would be an actress but that offers kept "pouring in from high school". She had insisted on being known by her full name to avoid confusion with another actress, Gayatri Jayaraman, who was also active in the same period.

Her debut was with Prabhu Deva, Charlie Chaplin (2002), which was followed by a film each in Kannada (Manasella Neene), Tamil (Style) and Malayalam (Nakshathrakkannulla Rajakumaran Avanundoru Rajakumari). 2003 she was seen in four unremarkable films and subsequently she quit films to relocate to the USA after failing to make a breakthrough as an actress. She made the decision after a potential film with Dhanush got delayed.

She returned in 2008 as a choreographer with films like Jayam Kondaan (2008) and Poi Solla Porom (2008) and has since worked in big budget productions including Kanthaswamy (2008), Aadhavan (2008), Ko (2011) and Vaanam (2011). Her work in the satire Tamil Padam was well received. By 2014, she had choreographed around 100 films.

Personal life

Gayathri was born to dance choreographers Raghuram and Girija Raghuram in 1983. Great grand daughter of K. Subramanian director and producer. Girija is the elder sister of another choreographer Kala. Gayathri got married to Deepak Chandrasekhar who is a software engineer working in United States of America in 2006. Later the couple filed for divorce in 2009. Her elder sister Suja is also a prominent dancer and actress.

She joined the BJP party on 20-12-2014. She was inducted as a party member of BJP by the party president Amit Shah in a public meeting organised at Maramalai Nagar in Chennai.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2002	Charlie Chaplin	Susi	Tamil
	Manasella Neene		Kannada
	Nakshathrakkannulla Rajakumaran Avanundoru Rajakumari	Ashwathy	Malayalam
	Style		Tamil
2003	Maa Bapu Bommaku Pellanta		Telugu
	Parasuram	Meena	Tamil
	Whistle	Anjali	Tamil
	Vikadan	Gowri	Tamil
2011	Vaanam	Herself	Tamil	Cameo appearance in the song "Who Am I?"
2012	Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi	Fitness Instructor	Tamil	Cameo appearance in the song "Azhaipaya Azhaipaya"
	Love Failure		Telugu	Cameo appearance in the song "Inthajare Inthajare"
2015	Idhu Enna Maayam	Herself	Tamil	Cameo appearance in the song "Irikkirai"
2016	Tharai Thappattai		Tamil

External links

• Gayathri Raguram at the Internet Movie Database

• http://silverscreen.in/features/gayathri-raguram-interview-dancing-beat/
• http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/events/11089.html
• http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2009/09/21/sunday-celebritykala-master-she-%E2%80%98sagala-kala-vallavi%E2%80%99
• http://www.narthanashala.com/teachers.html
• http://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/apr/29ss.htm