Gul Panag is a psychoanalyst on a mission in ‘The Haunting’

Actress Gul Panag, who started her career in Bollywood in 2003 with the movie ‘Dhoop’, will be sharing screen with Erica Fernandes in the short film ‘The Haunting’ where she is investigating a murder mystery.

Gul said: “So, my character is an investigator. She works with the police, she is a psychoanalyst and she’s profiling this character, who allegedly has committed this murder and she believes that this girl is making up stories.”

The 44-year-old actress has been part of a number of TV shows and films. She acted in movies like ‘Dor’, ‘Hello’, ‘Summer 2007’, ‘Straight’, ‘Ab Tak Chappan 2’, ‘Ambarsariya’, ‘Student of the Year 2’, among others. Gul also hosted a few shows such as ‘Kismey Kitnaa Hai Dum’, ‘Musafir Hoon Yaaron’, and was also seen in web series like ‘The Family Man’, ‘Paatal Lok’, and many more.

The story is surrounded by supernatural incidents that took place after the murder of a woman whose sister tries to explain that she was killed by a demon but no one believes her. Later, she is also shown to be possessed by the demons. The lead character played by Erica and her story about the evil forces or demons.

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Directed by Tanveer Bookwala, ‘The Haunting’ features Erica Fernandes alongside Prakruti Mishra and Gul Panag.

‘The Haunting’ streams on Amazon miniTV.

Panag started her education in Sangrur, in Punjab. Her father, Lt. Gen. Panag was in the army and the family 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 Punjab University, Patiala, and Masters in Political Science from Punjab 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.

Panag won the Miss India title in 1999, and was crowned Miss Beautiful Smile at the same pageant. She participated in the Miss Universe 1999 pageant. She has appeared in numerous advertisements on television and print media and is the brand ambassador for Tata Sky, along with Aamir Khan. Panag was the Twitter Face for the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week held in 2009, to cover the happenings/proceedings on the micro-blogging site.

Gul Panag runs the Colonel Shamsher Singh Foundation, an NGO that works towards a variety of causes including gender equality, education and disaster management. She served on the advisory board of the Wockhardt Foundation. She also participated in the India Against Corruption movement.

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