Gazal Dhaliwal

Gazal Dhaliwal
Born1982 (age 41–42)[1]
Patiala, Punjab, India
Occupations
  • Writer
  • Showrunner

Gazal Dhaliwal is an Indian screenwriter who wrote the screenplay and dialogues for Vinod Chopra Films’ Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga, starring Rajkummar Rao, Anil Kapoor and Sonam K Ahuja. Previously, she worked on Alankrita Shrivastava's critically acclaimed Lipstick Under My Burkha as the dialogue writer and she wrote the dialogues and co-wrote the screenplay for Qarib Qarib Singlle, directed by Tanuja Chandra, starring Irrfan Khan and Parvathy. She also wrote additional dialogues for Wazir that starred Amitabh Bachchan and Farhan Akhtar.

She is also a public speaker and LGBTQ+ activist, who has spoken openly about being a transgender woman in several talks and in the media – most famously in an episode of the Aamir Khan-led talk show, Satyamev Jayate.[2]

  1. ^ "When Queer People Watched 'Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh...' With Trans Writer Gazal Dhaliwal On Valentine's Eve". News18. 14 February 2019. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2021. Dhaliwal underwent Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS) in 2007 at age 25.
  2. ^ Som, Rituparna; Noronha, Navin (8 January 2019). "Is Gazal Dhaliwal Bollywood's Best New Writer?". Vice. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.