Sayani Gupta Explained

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]

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

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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
	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		Lajwanti "Lajjo"	[16]
2023	Zwigato	Zwigato Regional Head
2024	Asukh Bisukh
	Khwaabon Ka Jhamela	Ruby

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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.

Notes and References

1. News: Ghosal . Sharmistha . Who's that girl? . 19 January 2021 . The Telegraph . 22 May 2016.
2. News: Whoa! Sayani Gupta looks unrecognisable in 'Jolly LLB 2' . https://web.archive.org/web/20170210100421/http://www.mid-day.com/articles/sayani-gupta-unrecognisable-look-jolly-llb-2-pregnant-woman-role-akshay-kumar-bollywood-news/17985151 . 10 February 2017 . 19 January 2021.
3. News: IANS . Sayani Gupta plays pregnant woman in Jolly LLB 2 . 19 January 2021 . The Indian Express . 10 February 2017 . en.
4. News: IANS . Kalki has been a support system: Sayani Gupta . 19 May 2022 . The Indian Express . 16 March 2016 . en.
5. News: Dundoo . Sangeetha Devi . Meet the feisty Khanum . 19 January 2021 . The Hindu . 23 April 2015 . en-IN.
6. News: PTI . Ranbir Kapoor is outstanding: Sayani Gupta . 28 March 2021 . The Indian Express . 26 April 2015 . en.
7. News: Bollywood movies which touched upon homosexuality as a subject . 3 September 2019 . Zee News . 6 September 2018 . en.
8. News: Sayani Gupta Birthday : 37 साल की हुईं सायानी गुप्ता, ये हैं उनके 5 मशहूर किरदार . 24 May 2023 . TV9 Bharatvarsh . 9 October 2022 . hi.
9. Web site: Drama is in the Air: An Interview with Bollywood Actress Sayani Gupta ⋆ Greaves India . 10 June 2016 . Greaves India . en-GB . 25 May 2020.
10. News: किरदार के लिए बाल्ड लुक से भी नहीं हिचकिचाईं थीं ये अभिनेत्री, जन्मदिन पर जानें कुछ अनसुने तथ्य . 27 March 2020 . Amar Ujala . 9 October 2019 . hi.
11. News: Happy birthday Sayani Gupta; The actress has shared her own 'MeToo' experience . 27 March 2020 . OrissaPOST . 9 October 2019.
12. News: Fan Tales: How Shah Rukh Khan's co-star Sayani Gupta bagged the film offer! . 19 May 2022 . DNA . 25 March 2016 . en.
13. News: Paul . Ushnota . Sayani Gupta talks about Baar Baar Dekho, love and her ideal date . 19 May 2022 . Filmfare . 10 September 2016 . en.
14. News: Felperin . Leslie . Darkness Visible review – mystery and murder on the streets of Kolkata . 28 March 2021 . The Guardian . 17 October 2019 . en.
15. Web site: Kambam . Saichaitanya . Netflix picks up "Pagglait" starring Sanya Malhotra and Shruti Sharma . OnlyTech . 16 September 2020 . 16 September 2020.
16. Ramachandran . Naman . T-Series, Reliance Entertainment Set Theatrical Bow for Indian Satire 'Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga' (EXCLUSIVE) . 19 May 2022 . Variety . 11 May 2022.
17. News: Goyal . Samarth . Sayani Gupta: Frankly, Indian TV is sh*t right now, there's no good show on offer . 28 March 2021 . Hindustan Times . 19 August 2017 . en.
18. News: Sayani Gupta sacrifices theatre opportunities for web-series Inside Edge . 28 March 2021 . . 29 June 2017.
19. News: 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 . 8 September 2024.
20. News: Farzeen . Sana . 24 January 2019 . Sayani Gupta: Four More Shots Please is my most glamorous project ever . Indian Express . 25 January 2019.
21. News: Sharma . Devansh . 7 September 2024 . Did you spot these 5 cameos in Ananya Panday's Call Me Bae? . Hindustan Times . 8 September 2024.
22. Web site: 23 November 2016 . DIFF 2016: Leeches' Director Payal Sethi Opens Up About One Day Brides and India's Obsession With Virginity . 12 June 2020 . News18.
23. News: SRK's FAN actress Sayani Gupta in short film 'Call Waiting' . 19 May 2022 . The Indian Express . 10 March 2016 . en.
24. Web site: Desai . Rahul . 16 January 2019 . Shame Short Film Review: A Smartly Designed Short Marred By Its Dominant Tone Of Social Justice . 12 June 2020 . Film Companion.
25. News: Watch: Cab rides and conversations in short film 'Detour' . 19 May 2022 . Scroll.in . 12 December 2018.
26. News: Anand . Anand . डिजिटल रिव्यू: मखमली साजिश से होते कत्ल की खूबसूरत कहानी, रेड वेलवेट . 19 May 2022 . Amar Ujala . 28 February 2019 . hi.
27. News: IANS . Sayani Gupta-starrer short 'Shameless' releases digitally . 19 May 2022 . The Times of India . 7 April 2022 . en.