
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.
