Sayani Gupta

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Summary

Sayani Gupta is an Indian actor known for films including Margarita with a Straw, Fan, Article 15 and Axone, and the series Four More Shots Please!. Her work includes women-centered stories and characters navigating sexuality, disability, caste and social expectations. In interviews, she has called for more quality roles for women, supported #MeToo and Time’s Up as movements advancing women’s equality, and urged society to create a safe environment for LGBTQIA+ people; she has also criticized the government’s response to protests against the CAA and police violence against students. In a 2016 interview, she described herself as straight and said she preferred “humanist” to “feminist,” while expressing respect for feminism and its equality aims.