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Gazal Dhaliwal Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 4, 2026 • 6 min read

Quick Info

BirthplacePatiala, Punjab, India

ProfessionActor And Writer

NationalityIndian

Marital statusUnmarried

FamilyFather - Bhajan Partap Singh Dhaliwal; Mother - Sukarni Dhaliwal

Gazal Dhaliwal Biography

Gazal Dhaliwal is an Indian screenwriter and actress from Patiala, Punjab, known for her writing on several notable Hindi films and for speaking publicly о

Early life and background

Gazal Dhaliwal was born in Patiala, Punjab, and raised in a Sikh family. She attended Budha Dal Public School in Patiala before moving on to higher studies. Gazal completed a Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering from Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur. Later she pursued a filmmaking course at the Xavier Institute of Communications in Mumbai.

Her birth name was Gunraj Singh Dhaliwal. Gazal identified as female from a young age and publicly transitioned later in life. Her parents are Bhajan Partap Singh Dhaliwal and Sukarni Dhaliwal.

Career

Gazal began her professional life in the technology sector, starting work as a software engineer at Infosys Technologies in Mysore in 2004. After roughly a year she left that role to pursue a career in films and storytelling.

She moved into filmmaking through formal study and practical work, assisting director Govind Nihalani on an animation film script. Gazal made a short-film directorial debut with Agli Baar in 2015. She has established herself more prominently as a screenwriter and dialogue writer for Hindi cinema.

Her film-writing credits include contributing dialogues to Wazir (2016) and Lipstick Under My Burkha (2016). She worked on Qarib Qarib Singlle (2017), where she is credited as a co-writer of the screenplay in addition to writing dialogues. In 2018 she wrote the story for the short film A Monsoon Date. Gazal also wrote the story, dialogue, and screenplay for Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (2019).

Public profile

Gazal has spoken publicly about her experience as a transgender woman. In 2014 she appeared on the television program Satyamev Jayate (Season 3) to discuss accepting alternate sexualities and to share her personal transition story.

In 2016 she and an eight-member Indian team participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program on Transgender Rights in the United States, a three-week exchange organized by the U.S. Department of State.

Personal details and interests

Gazal is a transgender woman and was known as Gunraj Singh Dhaliwal until her transition. She is unmarried. She lists reading, writing, singing, and travelling among her hobbies, and is a dog lover.

Physical attributes often reported in public profiles include a height of approximately 170 cm (5'7"), weight around 60 kg (132 lbs), dark brown eyes and black hair. Favourite artists and cultural tastes noted in her profile include singers Amit Trivedi and A. R. Rahman, TV shows such as Satyamev Jayate, Mad Men, Modern Family, Six Feet Under and Friends, and books ranging from Terribly Tiny Tales to classics by Margaret Mitchell and Ayn Rand.

Latest updates

Beyond her early short film work, Gazal's recent credited projects in the excerpt include the 2018 short A Monsoon Date and the 2019 feature Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga. Her screenwriting and dialogue contributions to mid-2010s films like Wazir, Lipstick Under My Burkha and Qarib Qarib Singlle are among the works that shaped her public profile as a writer in Bollywood.

Editorial Review and Sources

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Recent Work

A Monsoon Date

Wrote the story for the short film.

2018
Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga

Wrote story, dialogues, and screenplay.

2019
Qarib Qarib Singlle

Co-wrote the screenplay and wrote dialogues.

2017
Lipstick Under My Burkha

Wrote dialogues.

2016
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Career Highlights

  1. Started career as a software engineer before moving into filmmaking
  2. Made short film Agli Baar (2015)
  3. Wrote dialogues for Wazir (2016) and Lipstick Under My Burkha (2016)
  4. Co-wrote Qarib Qarib Singlle (2017) and wrote its dialogues
  5. Wrote story for A Monsoon Date (2018) and the story, screenplay and dialogues of Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (2019)
  6. Represented India in the IVLP exchange on Transgender Rights (2016)
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Gazal Dhaliwal known for?

Actor And Writer

What is Gazal Dhaliwal’s marital status?

Unmarried