Entertainment industry can
give you a lot of fame, success, identity but at the same time there is a dark
side to it too.
Meet the actress who has
spectacular talent but had to face a lot hardship to sustain in Bollywood. It’s
none other than Mahie Gill, who made her debut 8 years back with Anurag
Kashyap’s Dev D opposite Abhay Deol.
In an exclusive interview
to Mumbai Mirror, Mahie Gill has opened up about her depression phase, on her
stable but mysterious boyfriend and how playing a small role in Dabangg
back-fired for the actress.
Mahie spoke about the
lowest phase of her life where she revealed how she fought depression for a
year-and-a-half. “I used to be chatty, and friendly. I got lots of film
offers, even Anurag signed me for Gulaal, but I was cheated of all my money by
my best friend. I was broke and battled depression for a year-and-a-half during
which I stopped meeting people and signing films,” said Mahie.
She also spoke about how
she started her journey to Bollywood, “I’d left Chandigarh in my 20s hoping to
bag small TV roles. I’d read in magazines that filmmakers signed newbies after
spotting them at bars and clubs, so I’d hang around them in Mumbai. It finally
happened a year later at a kid’s party whose mom was a close friend,”
Another interesting
revelation made by Mahie was how playing Arbaaz Khan’s wife, Nirmala in Dabangg
back-fired at her post which she lost out on a few projects. “The film was a
blockbuster but it back-fired for me. Directors who were offering me lead roles
told me that I’d made a mistake by agreeing to play a tiny part in a big film.
One of them even dropped me because I was no longer heroine material after
Dabangg. This happened when I was just getting back on my feet,”
Interestingly, Arbaaz
approached the actress with Dabangg 2, requesting her to come on board again as
her character was crucial to the story. “Since the damage was done, I agreed.
They’ve not approached me for Part 3 yet.” actress told the daily.
Talking about her personal
life, Mahie revealed details of the mysterious guy she has been dating and why
she doesn’t open about him, “I’d love to name him but he wants to stay out of
the limelight,”
She further added, “My
boyfriend owns hotels and casinos across Goa as well as globally. I was with
him when he opened a venture in Georgia recently. Sometimes, it feels like
we’re in a long-distance relationship as he travels a lot,” she sighs. “But
whenever he’s in Goa, I move there as both of us own properties there,”
When the daily asked her
is marriage is on the cards? she signed off saying, “Not this year,”