Yami Gautam on award shows: The way they are functioning, they are themselves saying, ‘Don’t take us seriously’
But I’m sure you’ve read the social media posts… I have, and it’s my audience saying it. So, I think that in itself is a really big thing for me. I’m here because of them and, of course, the belief of certain directors in me when probably not many believed. I don’t go to any award functions, with all due respect to them. Yes, you are not seen at parties and award functions as such, but it’s said that the film industry is all about networking at such events… That must be true. There is no denial about it. But if I don’t connect with that, then how do I work? How do I tell someone that I want this opportunity? I’ll work really hard, identify the right scripts and wait for that opportunity from certain directors to take that chance with me, which is what happened in 2019 with Uri, with Aditya (Dhar, filmmaker and her husband). But socially or in terms of going against my personality, something that doesn’t make me happy, or …
