#HTCityCheers23 | Yami Gautam on beginning her Hindi film career at 23: I was nervous, had a thousand questions

Actor Yami Gautam says she wasn’t scared even when venturing into a new territory like Hindi films at a young age of 23.

Yami Gautam was all of 23 when she decided to enter an industry as tough and unpredictable as Bollywood. And with her very debut film, Vicky Donor (2012), she achieved critical and commercial acclaim. However, Gautam admits she had her share of fears before it all happened.

Actor Yami Gautam was recently seen in the film Dasvi.

Ask her how was it like stepping into an unknown territory, and she recalls, “When I came to the city, I was, of course, nervous and had a thousand questions. But, I wasn’t fearful of saying no to anything. I only did what I felt I should do, want to do or need to do and not because I’m being told what to do. Despite venturing into unknown territory, I wasn’t scared. It all comes down to being yourself, being fearless about your choices, and just going for it …that helped me rediscover myself and led to a lot of good things.”

The actor recently completed 10 years in Hindi films. Her choice to debut with a quirky subject like sperm donation must have come with some apprehensions. However, Gautam, who played the role of an independent Bengali girl who falls in love with a Punjabi guy (played by Ayushmann Khurrana), says, “It’s a character that took a lot from me but also helped me take myself notches higher than what I expected from myself as a performer.”