But she's best known for her TV stint in Yeh Pyaar Na Hoga Kam as a UP girl, and now for Vicky Donor — for which director Shoojit Sircar found her entirely inappropriate at first! "I have no connection with Bengal. Later, Shoojit told me, 'For me, you were a complete no because you don't look Bengali at all.

But I was convinced you could play the part, so the look could be managed with makeup'. I had to be comfortable not only in Ashima's skin but also in terms of the look.

A lot of work had to be done. When I heard the concept, I was like, are you serious? It's easy to make a good docudrama on sperm donation, but how do you make a commercial, entertaining film which conveys the message and is also tasteful? But now, I'm glad my decision to choose Vicky Donor as a launchpad was right," she says.

However, Yami has had a brush with reality TV — she participated in the show Meethi Chhuri. "I just did one episode and I respect it, but that was something I didn't relate to, so I never did any more episodes," says Yami.

"As an actor, a professional, this is the time to learn. Unless you try something that you don't enjoy, how will you find out what it is that you do enjoy doing?" Her co-actor from Vicky Donor, Ayushmann Khurrana, is no stranger to reality TV either, having won Roadies 2 .

What does she think of the reality route to fame that many are willing to take? "I think the reason why Ayushmann is an exception is that he didn't have that intention — that I'm going to use a show to get fame or enter films. I think when you enter a reality show as what you are, that's different.

My forte is my acting. If I do a reality show, it's because I want to do that show, not because I ultimately want to achieve something else out of it.

But I didn't have to do anything like that. It's about making the right choices, and you have to learn to say no.

You need to have your priorities straight, and I think I always had that," says Yami. But Yami's not dismissive of fame either.

"Whether you're in this industry or not, each one of us as a human being would like to be admired for the kind of person we are or the work we do. Being in this industry is no exception.

Finally, you are working for the audience. So it is important — but there's a very thin line between desiring fame and being desperate for it.

And I'm on the first side," she says (less)