Gagan Malik

Malik was born and brought up in a Jat Hindu family in New Delhi, Delhi, India. He has three elder brothers and a sister. He was educated in Hansraj school Central^[5] in New Delhi. In his childhood, his mother used to read the epic Ramayana to him.^[6] When he was young, he used to participate in his colony Ramleela and he have always played the character of Ram in it.^[7] Prior to his acting debut, Malik played first class cricket in India. He also played cricket for the Ranji Trophy team in New Delhi. After twelve years of cricket he moved to acting. Malik has vast experience in TV commercials (Times of India, Skoda, Birla Sun Life Insurance), music videos, modeling and designer shows. In 2004, he won Mr. Photogenic in national male beauty pageant Mr India.^[8][9]

In 2005, Malik landed a starring role in Hum Ladkiyan. It tells the story of the young engineer Siddharth, Indian-born engineer, raised and living in the U.S. arrives in Varanasi to work on the Ganga Cleaning Project. The show premiered in Tel Aviv, Israel on September 9, 2005.

He began his acting career in television with Kumkum on Star Plus and then he played a lead role in Zee TV's show Saath Saath Banayenge Ek Aashiyaan,^[10][11] he also appeared in Star One's, TV serial Shakuntala. In 2012, he played the lead role of Ram in Ramayan. The show was immensely popular in Indonesia and hence Malik, together with his co-stars Neha Sargam and Neil Bhatt, were invited to perform in a special stage show in Jakarta organised by antv.^[12][13][14]

In 2013, Malik debuted in international film with the Sri Lankan Sinhala language film "Sri Siddhartha Gautama" as the titular character.^[15][16] "Siddhartha Gauthama" film inspired by the spiritual odyssey of The Buddha has won international awards at the Delhi International Film Festival in India^[17] and the United Nations Buddhist Film Festival in Vietnam^[18] and broken box office records in Sri Lanka.^[19] He won the Best Actor Award in the 2014 World Buddhist Film Festival for his role in "Siddhartha Gauthama".^[20][21]

Malik is part of celebrity cricket team Jaipur Raj Joshiley for Indian sport-reality entertainment show Box Cricket League season 2.^[22][23] Currently he plays the role of Lord Rama in Sankatmochan Mahabali Hanuman in Sony TV.

In 2016, he confirmed that he is "strongly involved" in an international film based on the Buddha. It is reported will be the most expensive movie made on the Buddha. The pre production is on and the team will be shooting the teaser towards July or August.^[24]

Malik married when he was 22. His wife's name is Pooja and they live in Mumbai. Malik said, "I am married and have my Sita with me who is very supportive. Otherwise, I am all sorted and therefore don’t have to worry about any kind of controversies."^[25]

In 2014, Malik embraced Buddhism on Poson Poya day in Mihintale, Sri Lanka.^{[26][27][28][29]} On February 10, 2022, Malik ordained at Wat That Thong [th] Temple in Bangkok, Thailand. His short-termed Bhikkhu will last for 15 days which he would take the opportunity to further study the teachings of Buddhism in Thailand.^[30] But he remained a Buddhist monk for 4 months (until June 2022), during which time he visited major Buddhist sites related to the life of the Buddha and Ambedkar.

On July 5, 2025, Malik had a meeting with a Vietnamese monk who practices the 13 austere ascetic practices at Bodh Gaya. That Vietnamese monk was Venerable Thich Minh Tue. It was a meeting between the man who portrayed the Buddha in a film and the one who truly follows the Buddha's teachings nearly 2,600 years later.

• 2005 Bharati^[35] as Siddharth (lead role)

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