Actors Amitabh Bachchan and Deepika Padukone are officially set to star in the Bollywood remake of Warner Bros' 'The Intern'. Bachchan replaces the late Rishi Kapoor, who was the first choice to star in the movie. The original was directed by Nancy Meyers and featured Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro in the lead. It went on to be a massive hit and collected $193 million globally.
The movie will be directed by Amit Ravindernath Sharma of 'Badhaai Ho' fame. It will be produced by Sunir Kheterpal for Athena, and Padukone via her KA Productions. The adaptation is by Akshat Ghildial and Mitesh Shah.
'The Intern' is a part of an ongoing agreement between Warner and another Kheterpal entity, Azure Entertainment, to identify, develop, produce and distribute Warner titles for Indian audiences. Another upcoming collaboration includes an Indian version of Hong Kong's 'Infernal Affairs' trilogy, upon which Warners' Martin Scorsese- directorial 'The Departed' was also based.
