Paris Hilton May Star as Mother Teresa

Indian filmmaker T. Rajeevnath has been on a search for an actress to play the lead in his upcoming biopic on Mother Teresa. And he's apparently hoping that pillar of virtue Paris Hilton will take the part.

Rajeevnath is an award-winning director, having won India's National Award for Best Direction in 1999 for "Janani."

"Mother Teresa" will be Rajeevnath's eleventh commercial film.

"Although there are several actresses willing to play the role of Mother Teresa, the most widely respected and loved person, the history of the actress who is finally chosen for the role would have to be analyzed thoroughly before she is chosen," Rajeevnath tells the Indo-Asian News Service.

He adds that his "agents in California have contacted Paris Hilton."

Rajeevnath will be coming to the U.S. soon to pick a producer and plans to shoot the movie in West Bengal and several foreign countries.

He also expects to get the blessing of the Pope.

About Hilton, Rajeevnath says he was impressed by her refusal to pose nude in Playboy magazine.

The Left Coast Report wonders if Rajeevnath was equally impressed by Hilton's most ballyhooed piece of cinema - the one that 'accidentally' debuted on the Internet.