Saiyami Kher On The Advice She Ignored For 10 Years

A decade in Bollywood is proof enough, but Saiyami Kher’s version comes with a small lesson: not every piece of advice is worth taking.

In Filmfare’s Do You Dare series, guests either hear a pointed question or pass. Kher didn’t blink. She took the question and opened up about the suggestions thrown at her when she was starting out.

Two suggestions she ignored

Kher said one insider told her to date an actor or director because it would make finding work easier. A different person told her to get a lip job, on the logic that she should look a particular way while entering the industry. She described both as ridiculous.

"Both of which I ignored," she said, adding that she has managed to keep working for 10 years with "the same lips" and without dating an actor or director.

The pressure is bigger than one interview

This isn’t simply one actor’s memory. The ideas Kher describes — that access or a certain face is the price of entry — circulate quietly in entertainment and beyond. For the women watching these interviews, the stakes are familiar: be liked, be linked, look the part.

Kher’s response offers a different frame. Instead of treating someone else’s checklist as a career plan, she kept the work at the centre. She stayed rooted in her beliefs, built her career on her own terms, and let the next job come from what she brought to the table. It’s a useful example for anyone wading through free advice that doesn’t feel like their own.

Ten years is a meaningful milestone because it outlasts almost every trend, phone call and well-meaning suggestion that arrives with it. The work did the talking.

What’s next on her calendar

Kher isn’t slowing down. Away from the cameras, her diary is just as full.

• An international project is lined up, with details still under wraps.
• A half marathon in Mumbai this coming January.
• The Tata Ultra Marathon in February.
• A fourth Ironman triathlon planned for September 2027.

It’s a fitting rhythm for someone who prefers endurance over shortcuts.

Source: Filmfare

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