MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Urmila Matondkar's possible entry into politics as a Congress candidate in Mumbai for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The  actress may be offered a ticket from Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency to up the glamour quotient against Bharatiya Janata Party's incumbent MP Gopal Shetty.

According to the Sources , Matondkar is likely to join Congress in the next two to three days. political sources told IANS, Her name is at "an advanced stage of consideration by the party leadership" and that a final decision could be announced shortly.

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Mumbai's six Lok Sabha constituencies will vote on April 29 along with 17 others in the state's fourth phase of polling. If nominated then the actress formidable rival would be Bharatiya Janata Party incumbent MP Gopal Shetty in the constituency that was once regarded a BJP bastion.

Marathi actor Asawari and television actor Joshi Shilpa Shinde have also requested for Congress ticket from Mumbai. Mumbai's six Lok Sabha constituencies will vote on April 29 along with 17 others in the state`s fourth phase of polling.

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Matondkar started her career as a child actor in Marathi film, `Zaakol` (1980), and entered Bollywood in the Shashi Kapoor-Rekha starrer `Kalyug` (1981). Later, she worked with some of the biggest actors in major films like ''Dacait'', ''Bade Ghar Ki Beti'', ''Narasimha'', ''Chamatkar'', ''Aa Gale Lag Jaa'' (paired opposite Jugal Hansraj, the child co-star of 'Masoom''), ''Rangeela'', ''Indian'', ''Judaai'', ''Daud'', ''Satya'', ''Kaun'', ''Mast'', ''Dillagi'', ''Khoobsurat'', ''Jungle'',  and many more.