Yami Gautam is one of the few actresses known for her natural looks amidst a time when fillers, botox or going under the knife is the norm. Actresses are often told to change things about themselves in order to fit the mould. Yami known for movies like ‘Vicky Donor’, ‘Article 370’ and was last seen in ‘Dhoom Dhaam’ has recalled an incident in a recent interview where she was advised to change her eyebrows. She opened up on why she did not succumb to it and how it’s important to sometimes ignore all these things. She said during a chat with News18 Showsha, “These things happen. I’m sure that almost every girl goes through it, every female actor goes through it. And it usually happens when you’re very new and vulnerable and it becomes very easy for people to give you advice. Sometimes they don’t mean harm and they genuinely mean it. You can figure that out by seeing if any of their advice has worked on any of your colleagues. You do have access to people [who can change the way you look] but I’m not the kind of person who would do that.” For Yami, the key lies in knowing when to simply tune out. “You’ve to be mentally very strong to cut that noise out for yourself. There’s no satiating point there. There’s no full stop to it. Today, it’s going to be something about your face and tomorrow, it could be something else. I would just listen to their advice and smile and that’s it. Months later, they would meet me and tell me, ‘You didn’t take any of my advice, did you, darling?’”One such suggestion has stayed with her. “I was told to change one of my eyebrows, that it needs to be shaped in a way so that the curve can be removed as that would make me look edgier and cooler. They perhaps wanted my eyebrow to look like two snails approaching each other from either side (laughs)! He was a very senior make-up artist. My heart really sank and I just told him that we should move on and get ready,” Yami recalled.The actor explained that cosmetic procedures, for her, would only compromise her craft. “It’s about perspective also. But that’s not the idea of beauty for me. For someone else, it could be an editorial call. When you see somebody that looks that way on a magazine cover, it may look really cool. But I’m an actor. When you see me onscreen, you shouldn’t have to focus on why my face, cheeks or lips is looking unnatural. That can’t become a distraction.”Yami added further, “Even if I wasn’t an actor, I wouldn’t have undergone any such procedure that alters the structure of my face or puts anything I don’t believe in into my skin. At that moment, it could make you look good but it could’ve consequences later. It’s also something that you need to do again and again. But duniya bahot badi hai. To each, his own. If it makes someone happy, that’s great. But if someone’s doing it under pressure, that’s sad.”
