Maintaining work-life balance has always been a challenge, especially when you are in a profession like acting, which can consume you physically, mentally and emotionally depending on the character you play. Over two years in a happy marriage with filmmaker Aditya Dhar, Yami Gautam Dhar clearly knows how to draw a line between her personal life and professional life.

When she’s on set, the OMG 2 actress, prefers immersing herself in work. She says, “There are those days at work which are very tiring, emotionally draining, days where you want to listen, but don’t want to talk because you don’t have anything left of you and the next day again you have to wake up early and get going, maybe, with a heavy scene. Some scenes of course can get very overwhelming. There are those complexities of the character you need to deal with. Without being in the zone you have to be in the zone and never completely cut off. So, when I am on set, I like to be aware. My mind keeps juggling with ideas.”

Even during breaks, Yami prefers to stay focused on her work. “During breaks, I am not sitting blank. I am actually thinking because in between shots you get very little time and I need to gather thoughts before I perform. These things can get overwhelming.”

It is only when she packs up is when she takes her mind off work and thinks of enjoying her family life. She signs off saying, “Once I reach home, I like to have a nice meal with my family…listen and talk to them and again that is what charges me. I am very particular of this distinction that this is my work time and this is my family time.”