Gul Panag
Born	Gul Kirat Panag January 3, 1979 (1979-01-03) (age 30) Chandigarh, India
Occupation	Actress, Model
Years active	2000–present
Official website

Gul Panag (3 January 1979^[1]; Chandigarh, India) is a critically acclaimed^{[citation needed]} Bollywood actress, famous model, and former beauty queen who competed in the Miss Universe pageant. Some of her notable films are Dor, Manorama Six Feet Under, Hello, and Straight.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Career 3 Awards 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Biography

Gul started her education in Sangrur, in Punjab. However, her father's army career ensured that, she moved to different places across India (and abroad). As a result of this, she changed some 14 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 degree 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 2 gold medals at the prestigious Annual National Inter University Debate competition.

[edit] Career

Gul won the coveted Miss India title in 1999, and was crowned Miss Beautiful Smile at the same pageant.^[2] At the Miss Universe 1999 pageant, she was ranked among the Top 10 contestants. Gul began her career in movies, with the 2003 film Dhoop. Since then, she has worked in films like Jurm (2005) and the TV series Kashmeer (STAR Plus)^{[citation needed]}. She received widespread acclaim for her astute assaying of the role of Zeenat Fatima, a commoner fighting hard to save her husband from going to the gallows, in the 2006 Nagesh Kukunoor film, Dor. The 2007 film, Manorama Six Feet Under, inspired by Chinatown (film), earned her good reviews^{[citation needed]}. In 2008, she acted in the films Hello and Summer 2007. Her 2009 lineup includes the movies Straight and A Rectangular Love Story. Gul appeared on the front page of Maxim (magazine) with whom she did a major photoshoot in September 2008.^[3][4]

As should not be a surprise to anyone, Gul has been a highly successful model, appearing in numerous ads in the TV and print media over the past decade or so (Most notably - The Titan Raga watches ads, and most recently in the Tata Sky ads along with Aamir Khan). Gul is the brand ambassador for Tata Sky, along with Aamir Khan.

Gul is also a highly techno-savvy lady, with strong and interesting views on most subjects. She is highly active on Twitter, and has a huge base of followers on the same. So much so that, Twitter appointed her as their official ambassador at the recently concluded "Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week" Event@Delhi, to cover the happenings/proceedings on the micro-blogging site.

[edit] Awards

Nominated

• Stardust Award for Best Actress In A Supporting Role (2009) Movie: Hello

• Screen Award for Best Actress In A Supporting Role (2007)Movie: Dor

Won

• 'Won Zee Cine Critics Award - Best Actress , tied with Ayesha Takia for Movie Dor (2007)

[edit] Filmography

Year	Film	Role
2003	Dhoop	Peehu Verma
2005	Jurm	Sonia
2006	Dor	Zeenat Fatima
2007	Manorama Six Feet Under	Nimmi
2008	Summer 2007
2008	Hello	Priyanka
2009	A Rectangular Love Story
2009	Straight	Renu
2009	Anubhav

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Gul Panag at the Internet Movie Database
• Gul Panag on Twitter
• Gul Panag Interview at BlogAdda - Part 1 (Available as Podcast also)
• Gul Panag Interview at BlogAdda - Part 2 (Available as Podcast also)

Preceded by Lymaraina D'Souza

Miss India Universe 1999

Succeeded by Lara Dutta