Director Jagmohan Mundhra has managed Italian actor Monica Bellucci to play Sonia Gandhi in a bio-pic. Producer Sunanda Murli Manohar confirms from London, "We were waiting for Monica to hear the script. Her conformation finally puts a seal on the deal. She's excited about the prospect of playing Sonia Gandhi. The script by Carl Austen has gone through a number of re-drafts and now we're ready to roll." Mundhra was impressed with Monica's performance as a war widow in 'Mellina'. "There were rumors that I was thinking of casting Preity. She was possibility but after I met her at Cannes, she admitted she was wrong for the role. Preity said, 'Just because Sonia Gandhi and I have dimples it doesn't mean I'm qualified to play her.'" - he says.