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Mahie Gill is no longer the girl next door. She has moved further away from being that by choosing bold roles in a few films. Be it the role she played in 'Not a Love Story' or the one in 'Sahib Biwi Aur Gangster' - Mahie is now one of the sex symbols of Bollywood tagged 'BOLD' and more and more glamorous roles are just going her way.

Mahie however attributes her success to the directors who make her feel comfortable in filming bold scenes aesthetically.

"I am okay and I'd be happy with any tag as long as people make comment only after watching the movie," said Mahie Gill. Even before 'Not a Love Story' was released, everybody talked about the kissing sequence with her co-star Deepak Dobriyal. However, after watching the film, nobody was bothered about the kissing scene as the content was so strong. So, she doesn’t mind the 'bold actress tag', she says.

Incidentally, she along with other cast of ‘Sahib Biwi Aur Gangster’ was in the Capital to promote their film. You may be aware that the film is based in a small town in the Northern India and stars Jimmy Shergill and Randeep Hooda besides Mahie Gill. ‘Sahib Biwi Aur Gangster is a story packed with intrigue, betrayal and ambition between a beautiful Begum, her Nawab husband and an ambitious young boy! Jimmy Shergill essays the role of a Nawab who lives in an ancestral royal house trying to maintain the status. To cope up with his lifestyle and political ambition, he even takes up contract killing assignments.

Jimmy on an interview said, ‘Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster’ is a modern day interpretation of Guru Dutt’s classic film ‘Saheb Bibi Aur Ghulam’. Randeep Hooda plays the gangster who falls in love with Nawab’s wife. The Unique Selling Point of the film is the entertainment package. Significantly, the film sees Mahie Gill in another bold portrayal in the movie.

Earlier, Mahie played a bold role in Ram Gopal Verma’s ‘Not a Love Story’ by essaying the real life character of actress Maria Susairaj, who was recently sentenced by a court to three years imprisonment in connection with the murder of TV producer Neeraj Grover. Her role in ‘Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster’ is of a complicated woman. Directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia, best known for his film ‘Haasil’, ‘Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster’ is set to release on Sep 30, 2011.

The makers of Saheb Biwi aur Gangster have confirmed that the leaked video of Mahie and Randeep getting intimate is not from the film's footage but was shot on location.

The cast and crew of Saheb Biwi aur Gangster was in for a rude shock when they saw some clippings of intimate scenes between Mahie Gill and Randeep Hooda being leaked on few websites. While the whole cast of the film including Randeep and Mahie is out of Mumbai on a promotional tour to various cities in the country.

When someone from production saw the clipping, they immediately took action and have blocked the video from the internet portals. Says a source, "The video was from the shoot and not from the film's footage. Some member from the crew might have shot the sequence in his or her mobile and decided to play mischief. The production team thankfully got to know about it and the video has been blocked now".

Sahib Biwi Aur Gangster directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia also stars Jimmy Shergeill and is slated for release on September 30th.

The film is set in a small town and it is about a beautiful woman, her husband and an ambitious gangster.

After the overwhelming response to the first look and theatrical trailer of upcoming film " Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster", its makers have roped in Punjabi singing sensation Babu Maan to sing a major song in the film.

Confirming the news, producer Rahul Mittra said, "Yes, noted Punjabi music composer Jaidev and singer Babu Maan have just finished recording a song for our film and we will unveil it in our next theatrical promo in cinemas across the world by August end. Apart from this, the song will be used in the film as a part of an important sequence."

So what prompted Mittra to add a dash of Punjabi music to his film? "Well, Mahie Gill is a rebellious biwi in the film and we needed a catchy theme song for her. Hence, the idea to bring out our version of "Jugni", a popular Punjabi folk song, came about. I've personally loved Babu's songs over the years and we thought his voice was best suited for this song. People are going to love this new rebellious jugni," said an upbeat Rahul, who himself hails originally from Chandigarh. He added, "Babu is also very excited about this song and intends to perform on this track during his major concerts in India and abroad."

Starring Jimmy Shergill, Mahie Gill and Randeep Hooda, "Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster", would also mark Babu Maan's entry into Bollywood. Directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia, the movie is slated for a September 23 release.

From her role as the modern Paro in Dev D to Begum in the upcoming Tigmanshu Dhulia directed film Sahib Biwi Aur Gangster, Mahi Gill seems to have grown sexier and bolder in doing certain required scenes for the success of her movies.

After the talks about her bold act in RGV's 'Not A Love Story', Mahie goes a step further shedding all her inhibitions and has gone commando for the first time in an intimate scene sharing a lengthy kiss with co-star Randeep Hooda for their forthcoming film, Sahib Biwi Aur Gangster.

"The film has erotic scenes between Randeep Hooda and Mahi Gill. There is a love-making scene where she is dressed like a royal bahu and seduces Randeep's character. Initially she had a few reservations, but once Tigmanshu assured her that it will be shot aesthetically she was game for it,"says the source.

“I was very nervous initially. I was suppossed to be drunk for that scene, so I took a bit of alcohol but it hit me so badly that I just went with the flow. Thankfully, the shot has come out beautifully. Tigmanshu has shot it so aesthetically that it doesn’t look vulgar and looks sensuous instead,” says Gill who just gulped a few drinks to ease her down in the name of preparation for the scene.

The film, which shares a striking resemblance to the yesteryears hit Sahib Biwi Aur Ghulam, has an interesting punchline that says, ‘A Royal Threesome’. It tells the story of a beautiful Begum, her Nawab husband and an ambitious young boy.

“The erotic scenes between the lead stars are aesthetically shot to be very romantic and the scene doesn’t look like cheap porn, Though people may find it hot and sensuous,” says producer Sunil Bohra.

Based in a small town in the Northern part of India, Sahib Biwi Aur Gangster is a story packed with intrigue betrayal and ambition between a beautiful Begum played by Mahie Gill her Nawab husband (Jimmy Shergill) and an ambitious young man (Randeep Hooda).


The film is slated to release on Sept 9 along with Ranbir Kapoor’s Rockstar and Imran Khan and Katrina Kaif starrer Mere Brother Ki Dulhan.

English films were normally used as an ‘inspiration’ to make Hindi films and the preferred language was Hindi, of course. Game is one of those new generation products which makes English or English kind of films virtually in English on international locations; something that has not been seen to benefit the product in anyway, though often it becomes a drawback.

Game begins as Mid 1900s kind of story where six people gather under one roof and one of them is murdered. From then on it becomes sort of international, not solving the murder within the precincts of the location of crime.

Anupam Kher has planned to punish three men responsible for wrecking the life of his daughter born out of a liaison with a woman he deserted and about whose existence and later death he comes to know three years ago. He claims to have enough proof and also video graphs the meeting with culprits. But, before he could call the authorities as he planned to, he is dead; seemingly a suicide. Had he handed over the proof to the police, he could have saved his life and the efforts spent on a mediocre film.

Anupam Kher, a tycoon worth $10 billion, owns and resides at an island off Greece, which is totally cut off from outside world for transport as well as communication. He lures four people in coming to this island: Boman Irani, who aims to become the next prime minister of Thailand (promising him election funds); Jimmy Shergill whose drunk driving has killed his daughter (with a major proposal); Abhishek Bachchan, who runs a casino in Istanbul but is broke and who is always attacked by gun wielding goons for no apparent reason and whom Anupam Kher blames of making his daughter vend drugs (with a promise to bail him out with an international casino chain); and a young journalist, Shahana Goswami who has made a habit out of getting drunk and banging her car at convenient places (with a story of her life time).

In this film, Indians rule the world. So when Anupam Kher is dead, Kangana Ranaut and a side kick from what is called IVS or International Vigilance Squad descends on the scene and suspect foul play. This squad would seem to have an international reign as Kangana jet sets across five countries chasing clues.After springing all the predictable surprises, the biggest of them being Abhishek Bachchan, was not really a baddy but also an IVS cop who has solved in three minutes what was stretching on for almost three hours. The killer is identified and so is the one who planned it.

Except that it has been contrived to be shot on various international locations (which is confusing because one loses sense of where is it now -- Thailand, Mumbai, Istanbul, London or Greece; who cares?), the film has nothing much of interest. The first half is static; songs have neither place nor appeal. Direction is average as is the script. Being a talkie film, the sound needed to be much better.

The film offers no real scope for acting talents and the stars go around being themselves throughout.

This Game is about as interesting as playing chess with self.