Ghazal Dhaliwal is a Bollywood film writer and actress. As a writer, she is best known for her film “Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To Aisa Laga”. She is also a transgender woman, as she has changed her gender from male to female. Here is detailed information about them.
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Ghazal Dhaliwal was born as Gunraj Singh Dhaliwal in Patiala, Punjab, India. His family and friends fondly call him Gunu. At the age of five, Gunraj identified herself as a woman as she liked playing with dolls and wearing her mother’s clothes. However, he did not tell his parents about it. When he turned 14, he told his father about this. His father was unable to understand his son and did not take anything seriously. It was only after Gunraj ran away from home in despair that his parents started taking him seriously. In 2007, at the age of 25, Gunraj underwent sex reassignment surgery (SRS) to change his gender. It was only after the surgery that Gunraj came to be known as Ghazal Dhaliwal.
Ghazal Dhaliwal’s childhood pictures
Physical Appearance
Height: 5′ 7”
Weight: 60 kg
Eye colour: dark brown
Hair Color: Black
family and friends
He was born in a Sikh family to Bhajan Pratap Singh Dhaliwal and Sukarni Dhaliwal.
Ghazal Dhaliwal with her parents
As of 2018, Ghazal was unmarried.
livelihood
Ghazal Dhaliwal did her schooling from Budha Dal Public School, Patiala. He completed his Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering from Malviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur. In 2004, he started working as a software engineer at Infosys Technologies Limited in Mysore, Karnataka. However, Ghazal left the job in 2005 to pursue a career as a writer in Bollywood. He then did a one-year course in film production from Xavier Institute of Communications (XIC), Mumbai. He then got a chance to assist film director Govind Nihalani for an animated film.
In 2014, Ghazal Dhaliwal made an appearance in the Satyamev Jayate Season 3 episode, ‘Accepting Alternate Sexualities’, hosted by Aamir Khan.
In 2015, she made her acting debut in the short film Ugli Bar. Apart from being an actress, she is also a writer and made her writing debut in 2016 with the film Wazir. He wrote the dialogues of this film. He also wrote dialogues for several other films such as Lipstick Under My Burkha (2016) and Qarib Qarib Single (2017). In 2017, Ghazal co-wrote the screenplay of the film Qarib Qarib Single.
In 2018, Ghazal Dhaliwal wrote the story of the short film, A Monsoon Date. He also wrote the story, dialogues and screenplay of the film ‘Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga’ (2019) starring Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Sonam Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao.
Ghazal Dhaliwal posing with the poster of the film ‘Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To Aisa Laga’
Favourite Things
- Singer: Amit Trivedi, AR Rahman
- TV Shows: Satyamev Jayate, Mad Men, Modern Family, Six Feet Under, Friends
- Books: Terribly Tiny Tales by Penguin Books India, Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
- Cricketer: Sachin Tendulkar
- Tennis Player: Maria Sharapova
fact
- In 2016, she along with eight other members of her team participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) on Transgender Rights in the United States; Becoming a part of the US State Department’s three-week exchange program is one of the first such initiatives for India.
- Ghazal Dhaliwal loves reading, writing, singing and travelling.
- She never smokes or drinks alcohol.
- He is a dog lover.
Ghazal Dhaliwal loves dogs
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