Mahi Gill who belongs to Chandigarh was born on 27th November 1975 and has completed her Masters in theatre from Punjab University in 1988.She was first seen in Punjabi movie Havaayen and other movies along side theatre.She was discovered by Anurag Kashyap,the director of Dev D at a party,who immediately finalized her for the role of Paro.Mahi's forthcoming films include Aage Se Right,a movie by UTV and Paan Singh Tomar with Irrfan Khan.