Was the politician's role played by Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif in Prakash Jha's forthcoming film "Rajneeti” inspired by India's ruling Congress party president Sonia Gandhi? No, if one was to go by what Katrina Kaif says.

However, Katrina does admit that she watched election campaign videos of Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Vadra to get the right look and body language.

“Priyanka is a young, strong, independent and a modern leader with the right blend of values. My character is not based on her. I just watched her campaign videos to observe her body language and how she campaigns and interacts with the crowds,” Katrina said during her promo of Jha's movie, which also stars Ajay Devgan and Nana Patekar.

The 25-year-old actress says she is not play-

ing Sonia Gandhi in Rajneeti nor has she modelled her look on any politician.

“Prakashji himself chose the sarees I wore as a politician in the film. My mother is English and I grew up in UK. Sonia Gandhi also has foreign roots and background. So the comparison was logical."

Katrina says she had her initial apprehensions before accepting the film as there was no song, dance, romance which she enjoys a lot.

“When I first heard the script, I made up my mind to refuse the film. I felt this was not my kind of movie. Why should I do serious films, which I don't enjoy? I had only heard about Prakash Jha's reputation," she said.

Katrina's denial notwithstanding, the media has not stopped finding similarities between her role in Jha's political thriller and Priyanka and some even juxtaposed the photos of the two ladies.