Sayani Gupta

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Sayani Gupta
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Gupta in 2020
Born (1985-10-09) 9 October 1985 (age 38)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Alma mater Film and Television Institute of India
OccupationActress
Years active2011–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]

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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
YearTitleRoleNote
2012 Second Marriage Dot Com Poonam
The Land of Cards Young QueenBengali 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 IshaDeleted scene
Fukrey Returns SheetalDeleted scene
2019Darkness VisibleAsha [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
2024Asukh Bisukh

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2017–present Inside Edge Rohini Raghavan [17] [18]
2018KaushikiKaushiki [19]
2019–present Four More Shots Please! Damini Rizvi-Roy [20]

Short films

YearTitleRoleRef.
2015LeechesRaisa [21]
2016Call WaitingAarti [22]
2017The Proposal
2018ShameNatasha [23]
Detour Nimisha [24]
2019Red Velvet [25]
ShamelessBharti [26]

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 ]

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