The actresses who have made a decade earlier debut or a little earlier include Alia Bhatt, Shraddha Kapoor, Parineeti Chopra and Sonakshi Sinha, etc. But hardly anyone suddenly remembers that Yami Gautam also made her Bollywood debut in the same phase of 2010-12 when Alia, Shraddha or Sonakshi came into the industry.
Yami’s latest film ‘Dhoom Dhum’ has recently been released on Netflix. His film with Prateek Gandhi is giving people a good dose of comedy. The review of the film is mixed, but on social media, the public is looking very surprise with Yami’s comedy in ‘Dhoom Daham’.
However, it is not new for Yami to surprise the public. Rather, it can also be said that if it is an art to surprise, then Yami has made his career on this art. Yami, who is unnecessary controversies and the overdose of PR campaign, has been doing her work quietly and keeps impressing the public. But perhaps they should see a little more on the screen and there are many reasons for this.
Yami’s first film was surprise hit
In October 2012, Alia made her debut with big filmmaker and popular film like Karan Johar, due to which she got a lot of limelight in the industry and media from the beginning. But only a few months before his arrival, in April, a film surprised the public a lot, its name was ‘Vicky Donor’.
People were surprised to see the best deals made by this film on an issue like sperm donation with a sensitive topic with comedy. If you look at the lead pair in the story of ‘Vicky Donor’, while the character of Ayushmann Khurrana was the source of comedy, the film’s emotional depth came from the character of Yami Gautam. Yami played the wife of a sperm donor who cannot become a mother. This plot was the largest catalist to open the message of the twist story and put it in front of the public.
Yami, who came to the public’s eye with TV shows like ‘Chand Ke Paar Chalo’ and ‘Ye Pyaar Na Hoga’, surprised the public in the first time with ‘Vicky Donor’. Already in the role, he had shown that he does not have only a beautiful face, but also acting talent. Yami for ‘Vicky Donor’ also received the ‘Best Debut’ Award in many popular Bollywood Awards shows and nomination in this category.
Struggle started after the first film
‘Vicky Donor’ became a solid start and debut hit for Yami, but after this surprise hit, he had to struggle for new films. Then, when I got the role, the next two films ‘Total Siapa’ and ‘Action Jackson’ flopped. In a later interview, Yami said, ‘After my first film, but after its success, I started getting confused … I could not understand which way to go. I was unable to connect with the opportunities I was getting. ‘Stay empty without work or whatever opportunities are getting caught and keep trying?’ All these questions used to come to my mind. It took me some time to understand myself and recognize my voice.
In ‘Badlapur’, Yami played Varun Dhawan’s wife, but this character dies at the beginning of the film. The character was not long, but a hit film was recorded three years after Yami’s debut. In 2016, Yami did two romantic drama films ‘Sanam Re’ and ‘Junooniyat’ with Pulkit Samrat. Both of them flopped. Yami’s next hit became ‘Kaabil’ in 2017. In this film with Hrithik Roshan, Yami played a blind girl and got her praise. After ‘Vicky Donor’, ‘Kaabil’ can be considered as the film that explored Yami’s acting talent again. In the next film ‘Batti Gul Meter Chalu’, Yami played the supporting role of a lawyer. Yami’s work in this loose film was a good thing.
Yami’s big blast and help from OTT
2019 gave Yami Kaushal a fierce limelight. Vicky Kaushal’s film ‘Uri: The Surgical Strike’ released earlier. Vicky was the highlight in the trailer of the film, but when people saw the role of Yami in the theater, they were surprised. Seeing the kind of agration and attitude in this role, Yami, who was playing the under -cover raw officer, the audience’s mouth remained open.
In his second release ‘Bala’ the same year, Yami played a viral social media influencer. The way Yami with his first coastar Ayushmann Khurrana was praised in every review of the film. He had caught the excessive body language and gestures of an influencer very closely. After giving two hits a year, Yami appeared in OTT projects during the lockdown era.
People liked her in the role of a vibrant girl in the romantic comedy ‘Ginni Weds Sunny’. The way Yami played the dark shade in ‘A Tharsade’, he once again surprised the audience. In ‘tenth’, his performance was seen in the scenes with Abhishek Bachchan. And the audience considers ‘Chor Nikla Ke Bhaga’ as an undefied thriller, whose weight is in Yami’s acting performance.
Hit on fit-box office in every role
After lockdown, in 2023, Yami first appeared in ‘OMG 2’ on the big screen. In this film, the way he played a lawyer showing the negative side of the story, he was highly praised. Yami’s next big solo hit came in 2023 ‘Article 370’. NIA Yami, who became a special agent of Ki, did fierce action in the film. The film, which was made on a political issue, also did wonders at the box office. Yami got a lot of praise as well as the film which collected more than 100 crore gross collection at the worldwide box office.
Along with strong performance in strong characters, Yami has appeared in four big box office hits since 2019. If we look at Yami compared to the actresses that came with him, Parineeti Chopra, who came in 2011, neither got a very strong character and has also struggled a lot in the last few years at the box office. Sonakshi Sinha, who came before these two, is also looking for success for some time, while Yami, who came almost with Taapsee Pannu and Vani Kapoor, also needs great success at the moment.
Alia and Shraddha’s record in the actresses in the industry around Yami’s debut is better than that. In 2010-12, the actresses making debut are only Alia who has given big solo hits like ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’, ‘Raji’ or ‘Dear Zindagi’ in the style of mail stars. Shraddha’s account does not have only such big hits with her own lead role. Whereas Yami has a film like ‘Article 370’ in which she was seen lifting the weight of the film on her shoulder in the style of ‘Bollywood Hero’.
Whether it is a comedy or action, Yami has provided his acting range in all kinds of characters. The way she surprise her work and gives weight to her character, she makes her a strong actress, who should be seen on the big screen.