After making her Kannada debut , Gautam made her Bollywood debut with a leading role in Shoojit Sircar 's romantic comedy-drama '' Vicky Donor '' ( 2012 ) . Co-starring opposite Ayushmann Khurrana and Annu Kapoor , she portrayed Ashima Roy , a Bengali woman who falls in love with a Punjabi ( Khurrana ) and gets to know about his past after marriage . The film , which marked Bollywood actor John Abraham 's production debut , received positive reviews from critics and proved to be a major commercial success and one of the highest-grossing films of the year with worldwide grossing of 645 million ( US$ 3.9 million ) . For her debut performance , Gautam received critical appraisal as well as several awards and nominations , including the Best Female Debut ( tied with Ileana D'Cruz for '' Barfi ! '' ) trophy at the Zee Cine Awards , and a nomination under the same category at the 58th Filmfare Awards
58th Filmfare Awards
58th Filmfare Awards
Yami Gautam