Yami breaks her silence

During the trailer launch of her upcoming film Haq, Yami was asked about being tagged a “nationalist actor” because of her recent choice of films. In recent times, she has featured in projects such as Lost, Article 370, Uri: The Surgical Strike and A Thursday. The actor dismissed the label with humour.

“There is a label, I don't even know it. I don't know. If it is there, it is the work of those people, I don't want to say anything. It is not there, there is something else, then there is something else, then there is something else, then there is something else. Then there is something else.” Kuch underrated label tha. There was someone else before him. It keeps shifting. Main woh sab nahi samajhti hun ((There's a label – I don't even know what it is. If there is one, well, people will always have something to say. If not this label, then something else, and then something else again. Earlier, it was underrated. Before that, it was something else. It keeps shifting,” Yami said when asked about being tagged a nationalist.

The actor continued, “I believe that the opportunity I am getting, the stories to tell, its existence, its importance, its necessity – the medium of entertainment. se. We can also make a documentary. We are in an entertainment business, there are all types of audiences — tier 1, tier 2, tier 3. We try to connect people with each other, little by little, kuch fresh kahaani lane ki (The opportunities I'm getting to tell stories which have their own identity, their own importance, and their own need to be told through the medium of entertainment. We could've made a documentary too, but we are in the entertainment business, which caters to all kinds of audiences. The effort is always to connect the majority of people together.”

Here, Yami shared that she respects the labels given by her audience, saying, “Agar aap kahaani ko dekhte hain, aur aapko acha lage, woh ek achi film hai. Agar aapko kuch aur dimaag me aye, then you are a different kind of audience, and I respect that too. It's fine. But, the audience never told me that. I've been in service to them.”

It translates to, “If you watch a story and like it, then it’s a good film. If you think of something else while watching it, that’s fine too, you’re a different kind of audience, and I respect that. It’s fine. But the audience has never said anything like that to me.”

Yami’s next project

Fans saw Yami last in the comedy Dhoom Dhaam along with Pratik Gandhi. The film released on Netflix earlier this year. She will next be seen with Emraan Hashmi in Haq. It is inspired by the 1985 Shah Bano vs Ahmed Khan case. The film also features Vartika Singh, Danish Husain, and Sheeba Chadha. It is directed by Suparn S Varma, written by Reshu Nath, and produced by Vineet Jain. It is slated to release on November 7.