Yami Gautam, an Indian actress, has said that changing one’s physical appearance should be a personal choice and not a professional requirement in the film industry.She revealed that she had been advised to have a nose job in the past, but she refused to go through with it.
Yami said that she was perplexed by people’s obsession with beauty standards, and the toxic cycle of suggesting someone to change their appearances in order to get more work needed to break.She believes that it is not right to pressure actors to change their appearance for the sake of getting cast or looking better.
Yami’s co-star in Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga, Sunny Kushal, also revealed that he had been asked to get a nose job done.He refused to do so as well.
Yami commented that such advice is harmful to actors who take it seriously, and that it is a personal choice to change one’s appearance.
Yami began the year with the ZEE5 thriller Lost and recently headlined Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga, a Netflix heist thriller directed by Ajay Singh and produced by filmmaker Amar Kaushik, known for helming Stree, Bala, and Bhediya.Yami has been in the film industry for more than a decade and has had a packed 2022, featuring in films like Dasvi and A Thursday.
Overall, Yami Gautam believes that it is important for actors to make their own decisions about their physical appearance and not to feel pressured to change for the sake of their career.She hopes that the film industry will break the toxic cycle of suggesting that actors change their appearances to get more work.
