She was not using the language on a regular basis and hence had to put in some extra hard work as her grammar went wrong.
Gupta has made appearances in several international films, such as “Gandhi” (1982), in which she played the niece of the Mahatma Gandhi, and the Merchant Ivory films “The Deceivers” (1988), “In Custody” (1993), and “Cotton Mary” (1999).
She starred along with Madhuri Dixit in “Khalnayak” (1993); she was featured in the popular song 'Choli ke peeche' in the movie. She has made the telefilms “Lajwanti” and “Bazar Sitaram” (1993), which won the 1993 National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film.
Her big break on television came with “Khandaan” (1985), Gulzar's “Mirza Ghalib” (1987), a TV miniseries, followed by Shyam Benegal's “Bharat Ek Khoj” (1988) and later “Dard” (1994 DD Metro), “Gumraah” (1995 DD Metro), “Saans” (Star Plus), “Saat Phere” (2005), “Chitthi” (2003), “Meri Biwi Ka Jawab Nahin” (2004), and “Kitani Mohabbat Hai” (2009).
She also hosted the Indian version of the TV series “The Weakest Link”, “Kamzor Kadii Kaun” (Star Plus), and appeared in “Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin” (Sony TV) which gave her considerable popularity.
She has directed successful TV series, such as “Saans” (1999), “Ans Siski” (2000) and “Kyun Hota Hai Pyarr”. She played the role of Shubha, one of the four women main leads in “Ladies Special”. She is now seen in "Dil se Diya Vachan" as Doctor by profession and mother-in-law of the lead character Nandani aired on ZeeTV.
She also ran a theater production company, “Sahaj Productions” with actor, Rajendra Gupta, and acted and produced Hindi play “Soorya Ki Antim Kiran Se Soorya Ki Paheli Kiran Tak”.
She has also had some roles in Rishtey (TV series) which was aired on Zee TV during 1999-2000.
