Name - Gul Panag
Birth - 3 January 1979, Chandigarh
Height: 1.68 m
Spouse: Rishi Attari (m. 2011)
Siblings: Sherbir Panag
Education - Punjabi University, Panjab University, Chandigarh, International school of Lusaka, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Lawrence School, Lovedale
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 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.
Gul won the coveted Miss India title in 1999, and was crowned Miss Beautiful Smile at the same pageant. At the Miss Universe 1999 pageant, she was ranked among the Top 10 contestants. Gul 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 was seen in the movie Straight. She featured in Rann in a role attempting to stop her boy friend from doing the right thing. Gul appeared on the front page of Maxim with whom she did a photo shoot in September 2008.
Gul has appeared in numerous advertisements on television 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 techno-savvy, with strong and interesting views on most subjects. She is highly active on Twitter. She was the Twitter Face for the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week held in 2009, to cover the happenings/proceedings on the micro-blogging site.
She ran at the Delhi Half Marathon in November 2010, but endured eve teasing from male runners at the event. She later remarked that the attitude of men in Delhi needed to change and that the city was unsafe for women. source : wikepedia
Awards
Zee Cine Critics Award - Best Actress, tied with Ayesha Takia for Dor (2007)
| Year | Film Name | Cast |
| 2012 | Fatso | Ranvir Shorey, Gul Panag, Purab Kohli, Neil Bhoopalam, Gunjan Bakshi |
| 2011 | Game | Abhishek Bachchan, Sarah Jane Dias, Boman Irani, Jimmy Shergill, Gul Panag |
| 2011 | Turning 30!!! | Gul Panag, Purab Kohli, Siddharth Makkar, Tillotama Shome, Jeneva Talwar |
| 2010 | Hello Darling | Gul Panag, Isha Koppikar, Jaaved Jaaferi, Chunkey Pandey, Divya Dutta |
| 2010 | Rann | Amitabh Bachchan, Paresh Rawal, Ritesh Deshmukh, Sudeep, Manisha Koirala, Gul Panag |
| 2009 | Straight | Vinay Pathak, Gul Panag, Siddharth Makkar, Achla Sachdev, Daman Baggan |
| 2008 | Hello | Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Isha Koppikar, Gul Panag, Dalip Tahil |
| 2008 | Summer 2007 | Sikander Kher, Ashutosh Rana,Yuvika Chaudhary, Alekh Sangal, Vikram Gokhale, Gul Panag |
| 2007 | Manorama Six Feet Under | Raima Sen, Abhay Deol, Gul Panag, Sarika, Vinay Pathak |
| 2006 | Dor | Shreyas Talpade, Ayesha Takia, Gul Panag, Girish Karnad, Prateeksha Lonkar Rushad Rana |
| 2005 | Jurm | Bobby Deol, Milind Soman, Lara Dutta, Gul Panag |
| 2003 | Dhoop | Om Puri, Revathi, Gul Panag, Sanjay Suri, Yashpal Sharma |
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