[Goanet]Penelope Cruz to act in film on Mother Teresa

[Eddie Fernandes]

Headline: Penelope Cruz to act in film on Mother Teresa BY: AFSANA AHMED Source: Times of India 14 Nov. 2003 at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=280585&Curpg=1   Yes, that�s what the headline said.  But she is not going to play the part of Mother Teresa, not yet anyway!   Excerpts:   Hollywood beauty Penelope Cruz is set to lend her support to a docu drama based on the life of Mother Teresa. The actress, who had volunteered with Missionaries of Charity for seven years, will play herself in the film and will also do the Spanish voiceover.   The film is being made by India-born Gautam Das,   Shot in Rome, France, Kolkatta and Chitagarh, the film will be made in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian. French actress Sylvie Amato is playing a young Mother Teresa.    �The film features some miracles attributed to Mother. It will be mainly for the international market, but with Indian sensibility,� says Das. �Due to her schedule, Penelope couldn�t do the central role, but she says she wants to do a film on Mother when she�s in her 40s.�   Music will be an important part of the film and will have six songs, to be created by a collaboration between Indian artists and French musicians. There�s also a move to have Lata Mangeshkar sing for the film.   The documentary, to be made with the cooperation of the Vatican as well as Missionaries of Charity, will highlight Mother Teresa�s journey through life with commentary by the Archbishop of Kolkatta Cardinal Henry D�Souza. It will also have footage of the beatification in Rome and interviews with Catholic scholars. The film will be released in February.   Full text, 447 words, at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=280585&Curpg=1