Gautami Tadimalla 
Tamil Nadu

Actress Gautami joins AIADMK

The 55-year-old actress, who acted in over 120 films, quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in October 2023 after serving it for more than 25 years.

DTNEXT Bureau

CHENNAI: Popular film actress Gautami Tadimalla on Wednesday called on All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami and formally got inducted into the main opposition party in Tamil Nadu.

The 55-year-old actress, who acted in over 120 films and was paired with top stars such as Rajinikanth and actor-politician Kamal Hassan, quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in October 2023 after serving it for more than 25 years.

On Wednesday, Gautami, who was born in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, called on former chief minister Palaniswami at his residence in Chennai and formally joined the AIADMK, a press release said. The AIADMK chief handed over a copy of the book ‘Maaperum Tamilkanavu (The Great Tamil Dream)’ with an image of former Chief Minister C N Annadurai to Gautami on the occasion.

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