mixed response. She next had a special appearance as Mannat in Shava Ni Girdhari Lal. Gautam's first release in 2022 was Behzad Khambata's thriller A Thursday, alongside Neha Dhupia and Atul Kulkarni. Gautam was cast in the lead role of Naina Jaiswal, a playschool teacher who takes 16 children hostage. Film was premiered on Disney+Hotstar on 17 February 2022. Upon its release, the film opened to mixed-to-positive reviews, with Gautam particularly receiving positive reviews for her performance. Sneha Benganl of CNBC TV18 found it her "career's best performance" and felt Gautam as Naina was "equal parts dangerous and vulnerable, daring and conflicted." Gautam's second release in 2022 was Tushar Jalota's social comedy Dasvi, alongside Abhishek Bachchan and Nimrat Kaur. Gautam was cast in the role of Jyoti Deswal, an IPS officer in the jail where Chief Minister Ganga Ram Chaudhary was prisoned. Film was premiered on Netflix and JioCinema on 7 April 2022. Upon its release, the film opened to mixed reviews. Upcoming projects She has committed to appear as protagonist in Aniruddha Roy Chowdhary’s social drama Lost and will also appear in OMG 2 – Oh My God! 2. Filmography Films Television Awards and nominations Other honours 2013: iTimes's No. 12 Most Desirable Woman of 2012. See also List of Hindi film actresses References External links Living people 1988 births Actresses from Himachal Pradesh Indian film actresses Indian television actresses Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses in Telugu cinema Actresses in Kannada cinema People from Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh Actresses from Chandigarh Punjabi people 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses in Malayalam cinema Screen Awards winners Zee Cine Awards winners International Indian Film Academy Awards winners Actresses in Punjabi cinema