WHEN SAYANI ALMOST HAD A BREAKDOWN AMID THE SECOND WAVE

Every time the Sayani Gupta says she used to get scared phone would ring, as that would mean some bad news

The past couple of months have been stressful for many due to the steep rise in Covid-19 cases. It also saw many celebrities amplifying people’s requests for hospital beds, oxygen and more. Actor Sayani Gupta, too, used social media to help people in need, and while the number of cases is going down now, she admits she felt extremely overwhelmed.

“I hope and pray every day, even now, that I don’t get any bad news. I just want an uneventful day. I used to get scared every time the phone would ring. And one day, I was just going to have a breakdown,” she confesses.

Talking about her experience during the peak of the crisis, the Four More Shots Please! actor says she’ll never be able to forget it. “I was trying to help as many people as I could. I spent all day and night on calls with people I didn’t know. And these were people I’ll never meet in my life, but their losses felt so personal. You want to do whatever little you can in your power to help them,” she recalls.

While Gupta admits that it has been tumultuous, she assures she’s in a better mind space. “It’s okay now, but I just can’t forget the fear and helplessness that we all felt some time ago. Seeing the way people suffered and how little control we had over everything, it was pretty bad,” says the 35-year-old, who’s “immensely grateful” for a healthy life.

Noting how social media played a big part in helping people, she says that even she found solace in the virtual world when she was going through a tough time. “I got to know people through social media, and they became my emotional pillar. There were four people, and we were helping each other with information. We were in touch day in and day out. That was the kind of support that you don’t even get from your own friends sometimes,” states the actor whose film clocks a year today.