Yami Gautam is a familiar and respected face today. Known for leading films such as Uri: The Surgical Strike and Article 370, she is also the wife of Dhurandhar director Aditya Dhar. However, her journey to this point was anything but easy. Yami entered the entertainment industry at just 20 years old. Before films, she spent several years working in television. In 2010, she made her big-screen debut with the Kannada film Ullasa Utsaha, but fame continued to elude her. It was in 2012 that she marked her Bollywood debut with Shoojit Sircar’s Vicky Donor, co-starring Ayushmann Khurrana. While the film was both a critical and commercial success, it did not translate into immediate security for Yami. In fact, she found herself questioning whether she had a future in the industry at all. Speaking recently to Humans of Bombay, Yami opened up about this uncertain phase of her life. “Back then, things were much more challenging,” she said. “There were times when I would think, ‘I don’t think it’s going to work out,’ or ‘Should …