Gagan Malik

Gagan Malik is an Indian Model and television actor.^[1][2] He is well known for his lead role in Ramayan^[3] as Ram.^[4][5][6] In 2014, Malik won the Best Actor Award in the The World Buddhist Film Festival organised by the United Nations ^[7]

Career

Gagan Malik started his career with Kumkum on Star Plus and then he played a lead role in Zee TV's show Saath Saath Banayenge Ek Aashiyaan,^[8][9] he also appeared in Star One's, TV serial Shakuntala. He played the lead role of Ram in Ramayan together with Neha Sargam and Neil Bhatt. Malik also starred At Sri Lankan film "Sri Siddhartha Gauthama" as Prince Siddhartha.^[10][11] "Sri Siddhartha Gauthama" film inspired by the spiritual odyssey of The Buddha has won international awards at the Delhi International Film Festival in India ^[12] and the United Nations Buddhist Film Festival in Vietnam and broken box office records in Sri Lanka.^[13]

Television

Charity

In 2013, the idealist actor Gagan Malik, together with Navin Gooneratne who produced "Sri Siddharta Gautama" film, launched the “Lotus World” project based on the fundamentals of Buddhism by The Light of Asia Foundation, a non profit organization based in Sri Lanka focused on the advancement of Buddhism throughout the world through audio visual media, to invite likeminded people around the world to the “Lotus Family” to serve humanity.^[14] The idea is to form a Family of Members of like thinking based on the Noble Eightfold Path. Three basic principles have been identified. The first is Goodness – cultivating purity of self through Right Speech, Right Action and Right Livelihood. The second is Friendship – extending the hand of friendship to all who wish to be in the Family of Members and the community at large. The third is Mindfulness – elevating self-awareness through the practice of Mindfulness Meditation resulting in greater clarity and peace of mind . He stressed that playing the role of Sri Siddharta Gautama had entirely changed his life and his attitude , which is how Lotus World was born. The satisfaction of “doing something for another person” is what has encouraged actor Gagan Malik to give-up the glamourous life style of a film star. As the founder of this project, Malik hopes that children would learn the joy of serving others, books to record their good deeds as a part of the Lotus World’s “One good deed a day project” were presented at the launch.^[15]

References

External links

• Gagan Malik at the Internet Movie Database
• Lotus World by Gagan Malik