Gouthami was born in Tadimalla Village in West Godavari District in Andhra Pradesh. She was introduced to Tamil films through Guru Shishyan, a film that starred Rajnikanth. She was most active in Tamil cinema from the late 1980s to the mid-90s and was a competitor to the other heroines of the time, Kushboo and Bhanupriya. Her filmography includes Thevar Magan, as well as Mani Ratnam's Iruvar (1997), which co-starred Mohanlal, Prakash Raj, Aishwarya Rai, Tabu, Nasser and Revathi.
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