Gautam Ghattamaneni made his debut as a child artist in Mahesh Babu's 1-Nenokkadine. Like his father, Gautam aced acting skills with the debut itself. However, there are hidden talents in Gautam that is currently the talk of the town. Gautam Ghattamaneni is a professional swimmer and he has now joined the list of top 8 professional swimmers in Telangana state. Gautam's mom Namratha shared the information on her social media profile.

Namrata reposted coach Ayush Yadav's post which reads, "Swimming professionally since 2018, Gautam has comfortably achieved his position amongst the top 8 competitive swimmers In Telangana State Swimming for his age group. He has adapted to the sport organically, thoroughly enjoying the hardwork, channelling the mentioned technique into speed and precision.

He performs all the four - Butterfly Backstroke, Breaststroke & Freestyle with ease and grace. His favorite being endurance freestyle where he swam a continuous 5kms within 3hours."