Yami Gautam says playing the ‘damsel in distress’ in films is no longer for her | Bollywood

Actress Yami Gautam who was last seen in director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury’s Lost, recently said even though she has a soft spot for dance and music, she feels commercial films are not her cup of tea. During an interview, she said that she cannot act in a film unless she offers something solid in terms of her role. She said that she is following the same from her first film Vicky Donor. Read also: Yami Gautam says she once told her mother to watch Kangana Ranaut’s Queen instead of her own film

Yami Gautam made her film debut opposite Ayushmann Khurrana in the 2012 film Vicky Donor. It came after the success of her commercials and commercials, followed by her first TV show Chand Ke Paar Chalo. After a successful debut, he starred in films like Badlapur, Sanam Re, Uri: The Surgical Strike, A Thursday, Dasvi and Kaabil among many others.

During a recent chat, Yami was asked if she believes in carving her own path, in relation to her strong characters in the latest films, rather than giving in to box office momentum. Responding, the actor told Puja Talwar, “I thought, especially since 2019 that, while there’s always room and room and room for any kind of movie, like you said damsel in distress, I don’t know if that’s really happening. to work as a characterization, but definitely not for me. Even if I choose to make a very commercial film, I should do something meaningful in it. I can’t be there anymore just as a presence.” In 2019, Yami delivered Uri, directed by her husband Aditya Dhar, which took off her career.

“I always wanted to do this and that’s why I made my debut with a film like Vicky Donor. But people forget very soon. Now they feel like ‘now we feel you’ve arrived, now we see you doing all these roles’. I feel like I got it right with my first film too. I was trying to do the same. But there is always a better time for things. I don’t think for me I will really work, although I love songs, I love dancing. I love doing this…I don’t know how commercial but my idea is jo bhi film karo, chahye Lost jaise film hai, A Thursday, aanewali Chor hai (for me the commercial aspect of a film is), it should be commercial in the sense that people should enjoy it,” Yami added.

Yami’s latest outing Lost features her in the role of a journalist who digs deep after a young man goes missing in Kolkata. It also stars Pankaj Kapur, Rahul Khanna, Neil Bhoopalam and Pia Bajpiee. She will next be seen in Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga and OMG – Oh My God! 2.