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Mahi Gill is an Indian actress, working in the Bollywood industry. She is best known for her role of Paro in Anurag Kashyap's critically acclaimed Hindi film Dev.D, a modern take on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Bengali novella Devdas for which she also won the 2010 Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress. She started her career in Punjabi films before making a debut in Bollywood with Dev.D.

Early life and education

Mahi Gill was born to a Sikh family on 19th December 1975 in Chandigarh. She completed her Masters in theater from Panjab University, Chandigarh in 1998.

Career

Mahi got her first break with the Punjabi based Bollywood film Hawayein and has done a couple of Punjabi films along with theatre. Anurag first saw her at a party and instantly finalized her to play the character of Paro in movie Dev D. She has worked in Ram Gopal Verma's 'Not a Love Story' which was based on true story of Niraj Grover Murder case of 2008. She also worked in Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster with Jimmy Shergill and Randeep Hooda which was released on 30 September 2011. This movie earned her a nomination at the FilmFare awards for best actress. Gill has also appeared in Paan Singh Tomar with Irrfan Khan. It was a true story of an athlete who became a dacoit. In this, she played the character of Paan Singh Tomar's wife.

Filmography

Year Film Role Language Notes

2003 Hawayein Lali Punjabi

2004 Khushi Mil Gayee

2006 Sirf Panch Din

2007 Khoya Khoya Chand Starlet at Prem Kumar's house Hindi

Mitti Wajaan Maardi Rani Punjabi

2008 Chak De Phatte Simran Punjabi

2009 Dev.D Parminder (Paro) Hindi Won, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress

Gulaal Madhuri Hindi

Pal Pal Dil Ke Ssaat Dolly Hindi Credited as Rimpy Gill

Aagey Se Right Sonia Bhatt Hindi