Gazal Dhaliwal Age, Family, Partner, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Real Name	Gunraj Singh Dhaliwal (Before gender-change)
Nickname	Gunu
Profession(s)	Actress and Writer
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 170 cm in meters- 1.70 m in feet inches- 5’ 7”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms- 60 kg in pounds- 132 lbs
Figure Measurements (approx.)	34-28-36
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Black
Career
Debut	Film (Actress): Agli Baar (2015) Film (Writer): Wazir (2016)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	Not Known
Age	Not Known
Birthplace	Patiala, Punjab, India
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Patiala, Punjab, India
School	Budha Dal Public School, Patiala
College/University	• Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur • Xavier Institute of Communications (XIC), Mumbai
Educational Qualification(s)	• Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Chemical Engineering • A Course in Filmmaking
Religion	Sikhism
Hobbies	Reading, Writing, Singing, and Travelling
Relationships & More
Gender	Transgender
Marital Status	Unmarried
Affairs/Partner	Not Known
Family
Parents	Father- Bhajan Partap Singh Dhaliwal Mother- Sukarni Dhaliwal
Favourite Things
Favourite Singer(s)	Amit Trivedi, A. R. Rahman
Favourite TV Shows	Indian: Satyamev Jayate American: Mad Men, Modern Family, Six Feet Under, Friends
Favourite Book(s)	• Terribly Tiny Tales by Penguin Books India • Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell • The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand • Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Favourite Athlete(s)	Cricketer- Sachin Tendulkar Tennis Player- Maria Sharapova

Some Lesser Known Facts About Gazal Dhaliwal

• Gazal Dhaliwal is a Bollywood writer and actress.

• Gazal Dhaliwal is a transgender woman who first identified herself as a woman at the age of five, but at that time, she didn’t share it with anyone.
  

  Gazal Dhaliwal childhood pictures

• At the age of 14, she first shared it with her father, but he was unable to understand at that time.

• Once she was too depressed, that she ran away from the home.

• Later, her parents started supporting her and in 2007, after she underwent a Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS), her gender was completely changed from male to female.

• Till the age of 25, her name was Gunraj Singh Dhaliwal.

• Gazal Dhaliwal started her career as a software engineer in 2004 at Infosys Technologies Ltd. in Mysore, Karnataka.

• She left the software engineering job in 2005 to fulfil her dream of becoming a writer in Bollywood.

• She then studied filmmaking course the Xavier Institute of Communications (XIC) in Mumbai.

• After that, Gazal started assisting film director, Govind Nihalani for an animation film script.

• In 2014, she appeared on the Aamir Khan‘s TV show, Satyamev Jayate Season 3 in which talked about ‘Accepting Alternate Sexualities.’ She shared her whole story of transition publicly.

• She did her first short film, Agli Baar in 2015.

• In 2016, Gazal Dhaliwal, along with her eight-team members, attended the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) on Transgender Rights in the USA. It was the first Indian team of this kind to be the part of a three-week exchange program that was organised by the US Department of State.

• She has written the dialogues for several films like ‘Wazir’ (2016), ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ (2016), and ‘Qarib Qarib Singlle’ (2017).

• She co-wrote the screenplay of the film ‘Qarib Qarib Singlle’ (2017).

• In 2018, Gazal wrote the story of the short film ‘A Monsoon Date.’
  

  Gazal Dhaliwal’s film – A Monsoon Date (2018)

• She also wrote the story, dialogues, and screenplay of the film ‘Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga’ (2019).

• Gazal Dhaliwal is a dog lover.
  

  Gazal Dhaliwal loves dogs