Neena Gupta is an actor and television director. She won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film Woh Chokri. Her role in Badhaai Ho led to her winning the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress and receiving a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. Gupta was the writer and director for the series Saans, which she also starred in. For her involvement in the series, she won the award for Best Director at the Kalakar Awards 1998. Gupta has also directed the successful TV series Siski and Kyun Hota Hai Pyarrr.