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It's official,will play the Prime Ministerial candidate in a yet untitled film.Paresh Rawal whose maiden production Oh My God! got the cash registers ringing is now set to produce his second venture- a biopic on BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. Rawal will also play Modi in the film.Rawal being the first choice for the role is a known fact, but his decision to produce the film comes as a surprise. A source close to the development told this newspaper, “Rawal and Modi go back a long way. He is quite in awe of Modi.”“I hope I am being modest but I am the obvious choice to play Modi’s role,” he told Mirror yesterday evening adding that he shares a great rapport with the Gujarat Chief Minister.“Modi writes lovely poetry. As and when I have issues on theatre, I do get inwith him,” said the actor who famously campaigned for Modi during Gujarat state elections last year.Has Modi given him the permission to do a biopic on him, we asked.Rawal replied: “Yes. And he has no issues about it. When I told him about this, his first response was, ‘Film banani hai, toh bana lo’.”And the 63-year-old quickly added, “For those suggesting that Modi will be monitoring the film, let me tell you he won’t.”Mitesh Kumar Patel, an NRI of Gujarati origin who first floated the idea of making a biopic on the politician will co-produce the film with Rawal.Though the two producers are yet to finalise a director for the project, Rawal will undergo a look test for the film in December. “The biopic on Modi will go on floors in February 2014 and it will be shot in various cities in India,” he concluded.