Desi Hits! breaks the news that Penelope Cruz will play the lead in the English-language film, which is a screen adaptation of Javier Moro's original novel 'Pasion India.' "I love India! I have the rights to a book and we are going to shoot the movie in India," she stated. Moro's book was inspired by the true story of 17-year-old Spanish flamenco dancer Anita Delgado who scandalised people in the early 1900s when she agreed to marry an Indian king, Maharaja Jagatjit Singh Bahadur, and settle in his native land....that's the motherland...INDIA!!! The sexy Spanish Oscar nominated actress Penelope Cruz is fond of Indian films and says she would LOVE to work opposite our own Bollywood hero Shah Rukh Khan! "I am a great fan of Indian cinema and I would love to work with Shah Rukh Khan." With her thick long black hair, exotic deep eyes and smooth olive skin we at Desi Hits! think she could easily pass as an Indian heroin! Should the babes in Bollywood be concerned? We'll let you know how this transpires AND who ends up playing the late Indian king...stay tuned right here!