Sayani Gupta

Sayani Gupta (born 9 October 1985) is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films. A graduate from the Film and Television Institute of India, she made her feature film debut in 2012 in Second Marriage Dot Com.^[1] She has since appeared in supporting roles in films such as Fan (2016), Jolly LLB 2 (2017) and Article 15 (2019).^{[2][3][4][5][6]} She essayed the role of a blind Pakistani-Bangladeshi lesbian activist named Khanum in Margarita with a Straw opposite Kalki Koechlin.^[7]

Sayani Gupta
Gupta in 2020
Born	(1985-10-09) 9 October 1985 (age 39) Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Alma mater	Film and Television Institute of India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2011–present

Early life and education

Gupta was born on 9 October 1985 in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in West Bengal.^[8][9] She graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India.^[10][11]

Filmography

Films

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Note
2012	Second Marriage Dot Com	Poonam
	The Land of Cards	Young Queen	Bengali film
2014	Shuruaat Ka Interval	Opa
2015	Margarita with a Straw	Khanum
	Parched	Champa
2016	Fan	Sunaina	[12]
	Baar Baar Dekho	Chitra	[13]
2017	Jolly LLB 2	Hina Siddiqui
	The Hungry	Loveleen Ahuja
	Jagga Jasoos	Little Girl	[6]
	Jab Harry Met Sejal	Isha	Deleted scene
	Fukrey Returns	Sheetal	Deleted scene
2019	Darkness Visible	Asha	[14]
	Article 15	Gaura
	Posham Pa	Regha
	Axone	Upasana
2021	Pagglait	Akansha	[15]
2022	Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga	Lajwanti "Lajjo"	[16]
2023	Zwigato	Zwigato Regional Head
2024	Asukh Bisukh

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2017–present	Inside Edge	Rohini Raghavan		[17][18]
2018	Kaushiki	Kaushiki		[19]
2019–present	Four More Shots Please!	Damini Rizvi-Roy		[20]
2024	Call Me Bae	Madhulika Sahay/Anamika	Special appearance	[21]

Short films

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2015	Leeches	Raisa	[22]
2016	Call Waiting	Aarti	[23]
2017	The Proposal
2018	Shame	Natasha	[24]
	Detour	Nimisha	[25]
2019	Red Velvet		[26]
	Shameless	Bharti	[27]

Singer

As a singer, she sang "Kahab To" in Article 15. She also served background vocals on most of the Four More Shots Please soundtrack.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. Ghosal, Sharmistha (22 May 2016). "Who's that girl?". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
2. "Whoa! Sayani Gupta looks unrecognisable in 'Jolly LLB 2'". Archived from the original on 10 February 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
3. IANS (10 February 2017). "Sayani Gupta plays pregnant woman in Jolly LLB 2". The Indian Express. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
4. IANS (16 March 2016). "Kalki has been a support system: Sayani Gupta". The Indian Express. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
5. Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (23 April 2015). "Meet the feisty Khanum". The Hindu. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
6. PTI (26 April 2015). "Ranbir Kapoor is outstanding: Sayani Gupta". The Indian Express. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
7. "Bollywood movies which touched upon homosexuality as a subject". Zee News. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
8. "Sayani Gupta Birthday : 37 साल की हुईं सायानी गुप्ता, ये हैं उनके 5 मशहूर किरदार". TV9 Bharatvarsh (in Hindi). 9 October 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
9. "Drama is in the Air: An Interview with Bollywood Actress Sayani Gupta ⋆ Greaves India". Greaves India. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
10. "किरदार के लिए बाल्ड लुक से भी नहीं हिचकिचाईं थीं ये अभिनेत्री, जन्मदिन पर जानें कुछ अनसुने तथ्य". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). 9 October 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
11. "Happy birthday Sayani Gupta; The actress has shared her own 'MeToo' experience". OrissaPOST. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
12. "Fan Tales: How Shah Rukh Khan's co-star Sayani Gupta bagged the film offer!". DNA. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
13. Paul, Ushnota (10 September 2016). "Sayani Gupta talks about Baar Baar Dekho, love and her ideal date". Filmfare. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
14. Felperin, Leslie (17 October 2019). "Darkness Visible review – mystery and murder on the streets of Kolkata". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
15. Kambam, Saichaitanya (16 September 2020). "Netflix picks up "Pagglait" starring Sanya Malhotra and Shruti Sharma". OnlyTech. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
16. Ramachandran, Naman (11 May 2022). "T-Series, Reliance Entertainment Set Theatrical Bow for Indian Satire 'Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
17. Goyal, Samarth (19 August 2017). "Sayani Gupta: Frankly, Indian TV is sh*t right now, there's no good show on offer". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
18. "Sayani Gupta sacrifices theatre opportunities for web-series Inside Edge". Deccan Chronicle. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
19. Farzeen, Sana (27 June 2018). "Kaushiki actor Sayani Gupta: Would love to dance around trees but only intense roles come my way". The Indian Express. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
20. Farzeen, Sana (24 January 2019). "Sayani Gupta: Four More Shots Please is my most glamorous project ever". Indian Express. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
21. Sharma, Devansh (7 September 2024). "Did you spot these 5 cameos in Ananya Panday's Call Me Bae?". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
22. "DIFF 2016: Leeches' Director Payal Sethi Opens Up About One Day Brides and India's Obsession With Virginity". News18. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
23. "SRK's FAN actress Sayani Gupta in short film 'Call Waiting'". The Indian Express. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
24. Desai, Rahul (16 January 2019). "Shame Short Film Review: A Smartly Designed Short Marred By Its Dominant Tone Of Social Justice". Film Companion. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
25. "Watch: Cab rides and conversations in short film 'Detour'". Scroll.in. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
26. Anand, Anand (28 February 2019). "डिजिटल रिव्यू: मखमली साजिश से होते कत्ल की खूबसूरत कहानी, रेड वेलवेट". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 19 May 2022.
27. IANS (7 April 2022). "Sayani Gupta-starrer short 'Shameless' releases digitally". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 May 2022.

External links

• Sayani Gupta at IMDb
• Sayani Gupta on Twitter