Gul Panag is an Indian actress, voice actress, model, and former beauty queen who competed in the Miss Universe pageant. Her notable films include Dor, Dhoop, Manorama Six Feet Under, Hello, and Straight.
Background
Panag started her education in Sangrur, in Punjab. Her father was in the army and the family moved to different places across India and abroad. As a result of this, she studied in 14 different schools including Kendriya Vidyalayas (Chandigarh, Mhow, Leh and Wellington, Tamil Nadu), The Lawrence School, Lovedale and the International School of Lusaka, Zambia. She did her Bachelors in Mathematics from Punjabi University, Patiala, and Masters in Political Science from Panjab University, Chandigarh. As a student, Panag was interested in sports and public speaking. She won numerous state and national level debate competitions, including two gold medals at the Annual National Inter University Debate competition.
Education
Gul was born in Chandigarh, into a 2nd generation armed forces family. She had the fortune of traveling all over the country due to her father’s frequent transfers. By the end of her schooling she had changed 14 schools! Among many Kendriya Vidyalayas, The Lawrence School Lovedale, she also studied in Lusaka, Zambia, at the International School.
As a student, Panag was interested in sports and public speaking. She’s won many state and national level debating competitions, including gold medals twice, at the Annual National Inter University Debate.
Career
Panag won the Miss India title in 1999, and was crowned Miss Beautiful Smile at the same pageant. She participated in the Miss Universe 1999 pageant. Panag began her career in Bollywood, with the 2003 film Dhoop. Since then, she has worked in films like Jurm (2005) and the TV series Kashmeer. She played a commoner, fighting hard to save her husband from going to the gallows, in the 2006 Nagesh Kukunoor film, Dor. In 2008, she acted in the films Hello and Summer 2007. In 2009, she appeared in the movie Straight. She featured in Rann in a role attempting to stop her boy friend from doing the right thing. Panag appeared on the front page of Maxim with whom she did a photo shoot in September 2008. She is debuting in Punjabi movies with 'Sarsa'.
A highly successful model, Gul Panag has featured in a number of magazines and TV commercials. She was recently seen on the cover of Maxim and has also featured in TV commercials for popular brands like Tata Sky alongside Aamir Khan, WagonR, Toyota and Titan Raga watches.
Gul Panag is currently working on two bollywood projects- Mukta Arts’ ‘Hello Darling’ directed by Manoj Tiwari and Rajat Kapoor’s romantic comedy ‘Fatso’ alongside Ranvir Shorey and Purab Kohli.
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Quotations:
"Life without fixed goals is a life not lived", "Its the intellect that'll sustain you, not beauty. After all, how long the beauty will last?"