On the move

There are three other releases — Aagey Se Right where she plays a reporter,Paan Singh Tomar where she essays the role of a dacoit’s wife,and Dabangg,Arbaaz Khan’s home production. “Each of my roles are different; I don’t want to be typecast,” says the 26-year-old,a tad conscious about other guests at the restaurant trying to draw her attention.

Kohled eyes,soft curls kissing her cheeks,the dusky Gill is definitely a looker. Dressed in a little black mini,she’s a far cry from Paro in Dev.D. “But I am exactly like Paro,” she insists. “I am temperamental,short-tempered,speak my mind and,like Paro,I too have moved on in life. Only I haven’t had sex in the fields,” she laughs,just as she orders a sugarcane juice and some nimboo chicken. “I am very desi and a hardcore non-vegetarian,but these days I have to watch my weight. These are the difficulties of being an actress,” she winks. She lets us on some more trivia: “I was never given a name. My parents and relatives called me Rimpy when I was born. It was only a few years ago,that my best friend christened me Mahie.”

Attention doesn’t bother her. “I still have a long way to go. I can’t get complacent,” she says,adding,“Money is not the most important thing,but then I need it to sustain here. I have to maintain an apartment in Lokhandwala and next month I am buying a Ford Endeavor,” she says. But it is hard to believe that the gorgeous actress isn’t dating anybody. “There are a lot of proposals,but I haven’t finalised anyone,” she laughs. “I will soon. After all,the city makes you lonely.”

Gill first came to Mumbai three years ago with a suitcase full of clothes and memories of a failed marriage. “I was 17 when I got married. My parents were against it but I wouldn’t listen,” she says. Once in Mumbai,she attended every party in town with the hope of getting noticed. “I was horrible at auditions and photo shoots. A director spotting me at a party was my only hope. Eventually it was at one of my friend’s son’s birthday party that Anurag Kashyap noticed me,” she says,adding,“I can do anything for Anurag. When he called me one evening to ask if I would work in Gulaal,I was preparing for a holiday. But I gave up the plan instantly and rushed to the studio,” she says as her manager interrupts to tell her that the makers of Surmai Shaam will be here any time.

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