Bollywood
bombshell
Mallika
Sherawat
has
bagged
a
role
in
Doug
McHenry's
Love,
Barack,
a
political
romantic
comedy,
which
is
inspired
from
2008
US
presidential
election.
She
will
be
staring
opposite
Avatar
star
Laz
Alonso.
She
will
play
Obama's
coordinator
Aretha
Gupta.
The
story
is
all
about
2008
US
election,
where
Democrat
Aretha
(Mallika
Sherawat)
falls
for
her
Republican
counterpart
(Alonso),
a
handsome,
dynamic
African-American
working
for
the
local
McCain
office.
Mallika
Sherawat
is
all
excited
about
this
project
and
says
"Laz
Alonso
is
a
talented
and
exciting
actor.
I'm
very
lucky
to
be
working
with
him."
Gary
Goldstein
has
penned
the
script
and
Francis
Kenny
will
be
the
director
of
photography.
Veteran
actress
Ruby
Dee,
Gerry
Bednob
and
Loretta
Devine
are
also
doing
the
lead
role
in
the
film.