Gul Panag Short Biography | |
Full Name | Gulkirat Kaur Panag |
Nickname | Gul |
Profession | Actress, Model, Former Beauty queen & voice actress |
Date of Birth | 03-Jan-79 |
Age (as in 2020) | 43 Years |
Physical Measurement | |
Height (approx.) | feet inches– 5’6″ meters– 1.68m centimeters– 168cm |
Weight (approx.) | kilograms– 60kg pounds–132lbs |
Body Figure (approx.) | Breast- 32 , Waist-28 , Hips-34 |
Eye Colour | Dark brown |
Hair Colour | Black |
Personal Life | |
Hometown | Chandigarh, India |
Zodiac sign/Sun sign | Capricorn |
Religion | Sikhism |
Nationality | Indian |
Schooling | The Lawrence School, Lovedale & International School of Lusaka, Zambia |
College/University | Punjab University, Patiala & Panjab University, Chandigarh |
Education Qualification | Bachelors in Mathematics, Masters in Political Science |
Debut | Dhoop |
Family | Father– Lieutenant General H S Panag Mother– Gurjit Kaur Brother– Sherbir Singh Sister– Not available |
Hobbies | Travelling, Horse riding, jeep safari and biking |
Favourite Things | |
Favourite Food | Saag & Makke ki roti |
Favourite Actor | Amitabh Bachchan & Tom Cruise |
Favourite Actress | Rachel Weise |
Favourite Color | Red & black |
Favourite Destination | Munich, Germany |
Favourite Sports | Not known |
Husband, Affairs and More | |
Marital Status | Married |
Husband/Spouse | Rishi Attari |
Affairs/Boyfriends | Rishi Attari |
Income | |
Movie Fees | Not known |
Net Worth | $1 million to $5 million approx. |
Gul Panag Biography
- Born on 3 January, 1979, Gul Panag is a well-known actress because of her incredible acting in some hits movies like Manorama Six Feet Under.
- Gul is famous for her Zeenat character in the film Dor for which she received two awards.
- Panag is also a former beauty queen who successfully competed in the Miss Universe Pageant.
- She is a great pilot, actress, beauty queen, politician, model, and activist, setting an outstanding example of jack of all trades.
- In the year 2014 for Lok Sabha Elections, Gul Panag also turned out to be the Aam Aadmi Party candidate from Chandigarh.
Family & personal details
- She comes from an army background because her father Lieutenant General H S Panag was in the Indian Army and was the Army Commander, Central Command.
- Her mother Gurjit Kaur is a homemaker.
- Gul also has a younger brother named Sherbir Singh who is a nationally ranked skeet shooter.
- As her father was in the army so Panag and her family located in different places in India and abroad.
- Panag has married her longtime boyfriend named Rishi Attari on 13th March in the year 2011.
- Her husband is an airline pilot and the couple got married in a traditional Punjabi Sikh ceremony.
- The couple is also blessed with a son named Nihal Attari.
Education & qualification
- Due to the frequent transfers of her father, she studies in 14 different schools like Kendriya Vidyalayas of Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh, Wellington, Mhow, and Leh.
- Gul has also done her schooling from the International School of Lusaka, Zambia, and The Lawrence School, Lovedale.
- Later, Panag successfully completed her bachelor in Mathematics from Punjab University, Patiala.
- She further took admission to Panjab University, Chandigarh to pursue her masters in Political Science.
- From her college days only, she has a lot of interest in sports & public speaking due to which she also won a number of states & national level debate competitions.
Physical appearance
- The gorgeous-looking actress is 5 feet 6 inches tall with dark brown eyes and black hair color.
- She has a perfect physique with 32-28-34 measurements and weighs almost 60kg or 132lbs.
Acting Career
- She began her career in the year 2003 in war drama movie Dhoop where she is seen playing the role of Captain Rohit Kapoor’s wife.
- However, this film was not hit at the box office due to which it did not earn revenue.
- Consequently, she was then seen in mystery thriller movie Jurm in the year 2005 along with Lara Dutta and Bobby Deol.
- Gul then appeared in the movie Dor which is directed by Nagesh Kukunoor where she played the role of Zeenat along with Ayesha Takia.
- Panag’s movie Dor turned out to be a great hit and she received a lot of appreciation from her incredible performance.
- Later in the year 2007, she appeared in Manorama Six Feet Under along with Abhay Deol as well as Raima Sen.
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Although her film Manorama Six Feet Under went flop on box office but still she received immense appreciation from critics.
- She is seen playing the role of a medical student in the movie Summer 2007. In the same year, she acted in Hello movie which is based on the novel of Chetan Bhagat.
- In the movie Rann which is directed by Ram Gopal Varma, Gul performed with some famous actors like Ritesh Deshmukh and Amitabh Bachchan.
- After this movie, Panag got the chance to work in Turning 30 and as well as Fatso movie.
- In the year 2015, Gul is seen in movie Ab Tak Chhappan 2 where she is playing the role of crime reported.
- In this movie, she worked with Ashutosh Rana and Nana Patekar. However, this movie successfully generated a revenue of 6.64 crores.
- Along with Diljit Dosanjh and Navneet Kaur Dhillon, she acted in the movie Ambarsariya.
- She is also seen in the number of television advertisements and is the brand ambassador or Tata Sky with famous star Aamir Khan.
Interesting facts about Gul Panag
- Gul runs an NGO named Colonel Shamsher Singh Foundation to work for different causes like gender equality, education, and disaster management.
- In November 2010, she ran at the Delhi Half Marathon but sadly suffered from eve-teasing from the male runners present at the event.
- She has a huge fan following on the social media platform. Gul has 367k followers on Instagram.
- When Gul supported the lockdown she got trolled by one of the Twitter users “Adventure for privileged like you”.
- As a result, Panag gave a perfect reply saying her husband has been flying people back every day and there is no WFH option for him.