Yami Gautam on juggling motherhood and acting responsibilities with family support. The actress said that her strong and progressive mother’s support helped her resume work
Yami Gautam. Pic/AFP
It’s always a mental fight before societal pressure for a new mother to return to work while battling the unbearable desire to spend time with her newborn. For Yami Gautam, who had a son with director and husband Aditya Dhar in May 2024, the decision to go back to the screen was also clouded by this guilt. But she found solace and support in her husband and family.
“Initially, there was a feeling of mom-guilt [because I was] resuming work so soon. But my mother had told me to not allow the sentiment of motherhood hold me back as I have worked hard all my life [to be] an independent woman,” shares Gautam, who had two releases this year — Dhoom Dham and Haq. While the actor is thrilled to embrace this phase of life, she shares that her “strong and progressive mother’s support helped me to resume work.”
(L-R) Yami Gautam in ‘Dhoom Dhaam; and ‘Haq’
Dhar shares the load by being a hands-on father. Gautam shares that her filmmaker husband also encourages her to continue working. “When he saw Haq he said some of the nicest things to me. I always look forward to his feedback on my work as an actor. Being a mother is a blessing in my life but I must work as I want to,” smiles the actor.
Being bold in her choice of films has almost always worked in Gautam’s favour, whether with Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019) or Article 370 (2024). She believes that one must have “courage to tell a story that is based on or is inspired from real life stories”. “You cannot have fear in your mind when making a film. You have to be brave to tell such stories, should you choose to do one,” she says.
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