Model-actor Amruta Patki welcomes co-pilot Gul Panag on board
Model-actor Amruta Patki welcomed Gul Panag to the gang.
From walking the ramp to winning Miss India title, facing the camera to flying a private plane... model-actor Amruta Patki and Gul Panag have a lot in common.
The refreshing news of Gul becoming a licensed pilot broke last week. She was welcomed to "the gang" by Amruta, who is a self-professed adventure enthusiast and a private pilot too.
In a conversation with Vagabomb she said, "A bunch of us were sitting and talking about it, and a friend said, 'Let's join The Bombay Flying Club,' and I said 'Okay, let's do it.' I was the only one who ended up joining the course, and it was amazing. After almost nine years of finishing college, suddenly studying basics of Science, Maths, Meteorology, and Engineering was not easy at all."
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"When you do something like this, it's like winning a lifetime achievement award. The adrenaline rush, the high, the way you feel when you wear that uniform, it's amazing and precious. It's a very, very long process - 40 hours of flying and three months of ground training (are required). But, if you have the passion for it, you go for it."
She won Femina Miss India in 2006 and subsequently won Miss Earth 2006 pageant.
She has not only acted in Hindi film industry but Marathi industry as well. She made her acting debut in Bollywood with Hide & Seek (2010) and in the Marathi film industry with Satya Savitri Satyavan (2012).