PIX: Mahie Gill's HOTTEST Avatars

It was in the February of 2009 when Anurag Kashyap introduced us to Mahie Gill as the new age Paro in his neo-noir film Dev D.

A firebrand actress from Chandigarh who's come to be known, over the years, for her fiesty film characters more than her sartorial choices, Mahie can be a headturner when she chooses to be.

The actress smoulders on the latest cover of Maxim magazine, where she wears a flimsy knit top and red suede pumps.

Here's looking at other instances when she's cast her simple girl-next-door look away, and looked very, very HOT!

In Tigmanshu Dhulia's thriller drama Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster, Gill plays a spurned wife of a Nawab who has an affair with her driver and plots to kill her husband's mistress.

She looks ever bit the seductress in a green sari and a low-cut blouse.

Gill went topless for the cover of The Man magazine a while ago, and added a touch of desi with ethnic earrings and a waistband.

For a photoshoot for the same magazine, the actress mixes it up with a cimpletely western look.

Dressed in a peach dress with a thigh-high slit and black heels, she is quite the tease.

The actress is equally seductive in a blue dress as she poses for a magazine photoshoot.

In the women-centric drama Mirch, Gill makes an appearance in a song at the end of the film.

She's quite a sight in her outfit and jewellery.

Although Ram Gopal Varma's use of tight close-ups and weird camera angles in his recent film Not A Love Story (NALS) is a relentless assault on the senses, Mahie fares reasonably well in a new avatar.

Unlike in her other film, NALS sees her in an ambitious urban girl avatar.

She could do with a better stylist but Gill does bring her innate charm to her red carpet appearances.

She arrived for the Filmfare Awards held earlier this year in a bold backless gown.