Actor Yami Gautam is receiving immense praise for her performance in her latest release ‘OMG 2’. When a fan called her 'under-utilised' in the industry, Yami penned a note sharing her thoughts about the majority of the industry relying on ‘marketing.’
She also said that for her the priority is in the ‘depth of the script’.
A fan took to X to talk about Yami Gautam's performance in ‘OMG 2’ and wrote, ‘It’s amazing how each and every time @yamigautam manages to SURPRISE us with her performance! #OMG2 is no exception. She owns each and every frame she’s in! Even her silence speaks a lot. I hate the term ‘underrated’. I’d just say she’s under-utilised by our filmmakers.’
Yami replied, ‘Some people find success overnight, some people have to prove themselves persistently for years. Some people are great at marketing their talent (or lack of it), some people only want their talent to speak. As an actor I just know how to act and work exceptionally hard on identifying good scripts and versatile characters, that’s my talent. I don’t understand or get involved much with marketing of my talent’.
‘Unfortunately for majority of our industry everything relies on marketing of a person or project and not on the depth of a script or character. May be that’s the reason why people feel I am under-utilised. Anyways, Thanks so much Aavishkar for your kind words, it’s truly very encouraging. I will get there eventually, slowly but steadily, one film at a time,’ she added.
‘OMG 2’ is a sequel to the 2012 film ‘OMG - Oh My God’, which starred Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal.
The film, directed by Amit Rai, stars Akshay Kumar and Pankaj Tripathi. It collected ₹10.26 crore on the first day, and ₹15.30 crore on its second day, taking the total to ₹25.56 crore so far.
Yami Gautam made Bollywood debut with Vicky Donor in 2012. She has appeared in a number of films since then, including ‘Total Siyappa’, ‘Action Jackson’, ‘Badlapur’, ‘Sanam Re’, ‘Kaabil’, ‘Uri: The Surgical Strike’, ‘Bala’ and ‘Lost’.
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