'If I was from a film family, I would not be myself'
Yami Gautam says being an outsider in Bollywood has given her perspective, and she'd not change it for anything on earth. She was a television set actor before she successfully transitioned to Bollywood in 2012 with ShoojitSircar's 'Vicky Donor'. Within an interview with Pinkvilla, Yami opened up about the nepotism debate in Bollywood.
"There is absolutely no fight here. You can't change if someone is born in an industry; that isn't something anyone has control over. You can't change where I result from, and proudly so. That is clearly a fact na? If it's a fact, then what is the challenge in accepting it?" she said. "But if you're getting an opportunity, the one thing is that you can't take anything for granted," she added.
Yami further said that she'd not have been the same person who she actually is today, had she been born right into a film family, and she cannot imagine being anyone but herself. She said, "Even easily feel, had I been from a film family, i quickly could have got this... No, i quickly would not have got the perspective that I've now. I would not be myself. And I want to remain the way I am."
The this past year has been an incredible year for Yami, professionally. Both her releases - AdityaDhar's'Uri: The Surgical Strike' and Amar Kaushik's'Bala' - were major box office successes and earned a lot more than Rs 100 crore.Yami played an intelligence officer in 'Uri: The Surgical Strike'. In 'Bala', a light-hearted comedy that touched after the main topic of premature balding, she played a TikTok sensation.
