The Emmy Award-winning show, Delhi Crime, is back with its third season. Sayani Gupta is earning high praise for her gripping portrayal of Kusum in Delhi Crime Season 3. Known for her instinctive performances
and attention to detail, Sayani says the role instantly sparked something in her when she first read the script. She also opened up about how she improvised most of her dialogues.
Sayani Gupta says, “Ever since I read it, I could see scope. Every time Tanuj (Chopra) and I spoke, we felt like we were on the same page and started building the character, her walk, her body language, her spirit animal, her costumes, makeup, everything in great detail.”
That collaborative process with director Tanuj Chopra gave Sayani the creative freedom to truly inhabit the role. She says, “Tanuj gave me full freedom to build her and trusted me. I improvised most of my scenes and wrote my own dialogues.” For Sayani, this level of trust allowed her to dig deep and craft a character that felt unpredictable yet truthful.
Reflecting on the experience, Sayani calls Delhi Crime 3 one of her most creatively liberating projects. “It’s been one of the most fulfilling experiences of my career,” she says. Riding high on the acclaim for Kusum, Sayani is now gearing up to reprise her much-loved role in the upcoming Four More Shots Please! Season 4.
Meanwhile, Delhi Crime Season 3 was released on November 13. News18 Showsha gave the show 3.5/5 stars. Our review mentioned, “Like its predecessors, Delhi Crime 3 is as much a crime drama as it is a social commentary. It holds up a mirror, forcing you to look. The cinematography amplifies this discomfort: the intrusive close-ups, the claustrophobic frames, the rawness of emotion. It’s almost as if the camera itself is complicit, forcing us to witness what we usually turn away from. The visual style remains consistent with the earlier seasons: intimate, immersive, and often unbearable in its realism.”
“Sayani Gupta as Kusum is a masterstroke in casting. Once a trusted aide within the trafficking machinery, she slowly finds herself becoming a casualty of the same system she helped sustain. The betrayal that unfolds around her feels deeply personal, yet never overplayed,” our review also mentioned.
