Get to know...Sayani Gupta

The actor on her favourite subjects, her secret vices, and more

Get to know...Sayani Gupta

Currently I am

At the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival for the screening of Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Film, Badminton.

High point in life

Getting through the Film and Television Institute of India.

Low point in life

I have one every day.

One thing I would never buy

Animal print.

Today I’m craving

Coffee.

Last thing I ordered online

Hook rings for my mother to hang her plants.

App I check before going to bed

WhatsApp.

Advice I’d give my 18-year-old self

Do exactly what you’re doing; you’re fab.

My favourite subject in school

Chemistry, history... it kept changing. But it was always the tough ones.

I’d swipe right on

Any travel plan.

My favourite Sunday memory

Waiting for my father to come from the shops, in the hope that he’d got us some snacks. I was very young -- five or six years old -- but I remember it so well.

My most star-struck moment

I’m not star-struck at all.

My favourite bad habit

Overdoing the caffeine.

If I could travel back or forward in time, I’d…

Rewind. I don’t want to see the future. But I’d like to revisit my father.

The best thing about fame

No queues!

The worst thing about fame

Everywhere you go, people want selfies. But sometimes you just don’t want to be recognised.