Just a fortnight back, Gul Panag left everyone surprised after revealing that she and her husband Rishi Attari became parents to a baby boy, Nihal, news of whose birth was shared after six months after his arrival. A leading daily has now reported that Gul was signed on by Karan Johar to join the cast of Punit Malhotra’s campus romance, Student of the Year 2, three months after giving birth. The film which marks the debut of Chunky Panday’s daughter Ananya Panday and TV actress Tara Sutaria opposite Tiger Shroff has Gul playing the role of a sports coach. The role was previously played by Ronit Roy in the franchise’s first installment. Samir Soni will play the role of the Principal in the much-anticipated sequel.

A source informed the leading daily, “The team was looking for an extremely fit actress who was comfortable riding a bike and could play a sports coach to the new ‘students’. Gul quickly lost weight after her delivery and began shooting in May, joining the team during the film’s Mussoorie schedule and in Dehradun, where it was shot at FRI (Forest Research Institute) which was converted into Saint Teresa School for the shoot.”

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Keeping in mind that Gul plays a sports teacher she has a sporty and athletic look in the film and will be seen in shorts and tights. In real life, the actress rides a motorbike and even has a pilot’s license to boot.

The SOTY2 shoot will wrap-up by September-end. The shooting of the film kicked off in April. The team will be traveling to Dehradun and Mussoorie again after completing the patchwork that they are shooting currently in Mumbai.

Gul has been missing from the silver screen for some time now. She was last in the Nana Patekar and Ashutosh Rana starrer Ab Tak Chhappan 2 in 2015. She also did the Punjabi comedy-thriller Ambarsariya featuring Diljit Dosanjh and Navneet Kaur Dhillon in 2016.