Gul Panag

Gul Panag (3 January 1979; Chandigarh, India) is a Bollywood actress, model, and former beauty queen who competed in the Miss Universe pageant. Her films include Dor, Manorama Six Feet Under, Hello, and Straight.
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 studied in 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.
Career
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 movies, 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 recently 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 major photo shoot in September 2008.

Gul appeared 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 techno-savvy, with strong and interesting views on most subjects. She is highly active on Twitter, and has a huge base of followers on the same. 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.

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)

Filmography
Year Film Role
2003 Dhoop Peehu Verma
2005 Jurm Sonia
2006 Dor Zeenat Fatima
2007 Manorama Six Feet Under Nimmi
2008 Summer 2007 Vishakha
2008 Hello Priyanka
2009 Straight Renu
2010 Rann Nandita Sharma
2010 Turning 30 Naina Singh

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