Mohar Basu (MID-DAY; July 29, 2019)

After tackling a military action drama in Uri: The Surgical Strike and a social comedy in Bala, the rom-com, Ginny Weds Sunny, serves as a perfect change of pace for Yami Gautam. Ahead of the Vikrant Massey-starrer going on floors in September, the team conducted look tests with the leading lady for a pivotal sequence in the film. mid-day lay its hands on the actor's first look as the on-screen bride.

A source reveals, "The love story revolves around Ginny, who meets Sunny for an arranged marriage, but turns him down. Sunny then teams up with her mother to woo her. In the film, Ginny has a mind of her own, and the attire had to depict that. So, the director and the styling team rejected the traditional red colour to emphasise that Ginny is a different bride. After extensive brainstorming with director Puneet Khanna and several outfit changes, everyone agreed that the emerald green ensemble was perfect for the sequence."

In keeping with her no-nonsense entrepreneur character in the movie, Gautam will be seen wearing pantsuits and pencil skirts in greys and blacks. The rom-com, that marks the directorial debut of Khanna, will be shot across Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad and Manali over two months.
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Chaya Unnikrishnan (DNA; July 29, 2019)

The year started on a good note for Yami Gautam, who played one of the lead roles in Uri: The Surgical Strike, which made to the Rs 200-crore club. Post its success, the Kaabil actress signed three films, starting with Amar Kaushik’s Bala, which sees her reuniting with her Vicky Donor co-star Ayushmann Khurrana after seven years. Yami plays a model from a small town with big aspirations in the film, which is intertwined with a social message.

Besides Bala, she has an untitled romantic comedy co-starring Diljit Dosanjh with whom she will be sharing screen space for the first time. Soon, she will begin shooting for Ginny Weds Sunny with Vikrant Massey. She plays a girl whose mother ploys with a prospective groom to convince Ginny to get married. The pretty actress is looking forward to an interesting year ahead with these movies in her kitty.

Yami says, “Uri has been a very wholesome, rewarding experience. Not only did it allow me as an artiste to explore new layers as an actor, but it also opened several new possibilities. Since Uri released, there has been a positive stream of work that I have been fortunate to receive and I look forward to each of these films. Like Uri, Bala is again an unexplored territory for me. It is a special script, it’s funny and a film with a great social message. While the other two are comedies, too, each of these three projects has me playing characters that are massively different from the other. So, while the genres are similar, the stories and characters in each of these films are vastly varied.”