Deepika Padukone was all excited to reunite with Rishi Kapoor for the Indian adaptation of The Intern. However, destiny had a different plan. Rishi breathed his last on April 30, 2020, after battling leukemia for almost 2 years. After the unfortunate demise of Rishi, the question was who will replace him in The Intern. Now, the question has been answered. 

Deepika, on Instagram, announced that Amitabh Bachchan will be stepping into Rishi's role. For the unversed, the two shared the screen space in Shoojit Sircar's Piku (2015) and have also signed Nag Ashwin's pan-world project co-starring Prabhas. The Intern will be Mr. Bachchan and Deepika's third film together. 

 

 

 

 

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Deepika shared a poster of The Intern's Hindi adaptation. In the picture, the actors' names are written in bold. Deepika and Mr. Bachchan's silhouettes are shown walking towards each other. The actress wrote, "What an absolute honour to be collaborating with one of my most special co-star again! Welcoming @amitabhbachchan to the Indian adaptation of #TheIntern."

Amit Sharma will be directing the Indian adaptation of Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway's The Intern. The film will be co-produced by Deepika along with Sunir Kheterpal of AZURE Entertainment and Warner Bros. 

(Source: Instagram)