Sayani Gupta | |
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Born | Calcutta, West Bengal, India | 9 October 1985
Alma mater | Film and Television Institute of India |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2011–present |
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]
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]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Note |
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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 |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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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 | [21] |
Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
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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] |
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 ]
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