Ever since she made her Bollywood debut with a hatke film like Vicky Donor, Yami Gautam Dhar has taken on roles that are drastically different from her previous ones. To nail the process of doing something new on screen, Yami says an actor needs to sync well with the director.
Throwing more light on her thoughts, Yami tells us, “You always learn from your elders and the people around you. Aditya (Dhar, director and Yami’s husband) is someone who encourages it. It’s someone who participates in or comments on anything. Any good filmmaker will tell you that filmmaking is a collaboration. It is a collaborative process. It’s the director’s call at the end of the day. However, I see the first cut and have my inputs ready. That said, of course, in the end it’s the director’s call. There is no room for me here. It only comes from the intention to make the product better. We all depend on each other, whether it’s members of the editing, music or background departments.”
About her choice of cinema, Yami, who was last seen in Article 370, says she gained confidence over the years to choose the kind of cinema she did. She shares, “I have gained this confidence over time. I got it through experience. It is very important to know what you are doing because if I choose to be a part of a film, I take it as my responsibility. The key is not to take yourself too seriously, but to break the pattern. It can never be like, “Oh! That’s the kind I’m comfortable with. It should always be about breaking the pattern… whether it’s your performance in the entire film, or that scene, or that line. And it has to be something different.”
Throwing more light on her thoughts, Yami tells us, “You always learn from your elders and the people around you. Aditya (Dhar, director and Yami’s husband) is someone who encourages it. It’s someone who participates in or comments on anything. Any good filmmaker will tell you that filmmaking is a collaboration. It is a collaborative process. It’s the director’s call at the end of the day. However, I see the first cut and have my inputs ready. That said, of course, in the end it’s the director’s call. There is no room for me here. It only comes from the intention to make the product better. We all depend on each other, whether it’s members of the editing, music or background departments.”
About her choice of cinema, Yami, who was last seen in Article 370, says she gained confidence over the years to choose the kind of cinema she did. She shares, “I have gained this confidence over time. I got it through experience. It is very important to know what you are doing because if I choose to be a part of a film, I take it as my responsibility. The key is not to take yourself too seriously, but to break the pattern. It can never be like, “Oh! That’s the kind I’m comfortable with. It should always be about breaking the pattern… whether it’s your performance in the entire film, or that scene, or that line. And it has to be something different.”
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