Actor Deepika Padukone has announced that Amitabh Bachchan will step in to play the role that was supposed to be played by the late Rishi Kapoor in The Intern. Rishi died last year after a two-year battle with
cancer. Deepika made the announcement recently. Sharing a poster for the film, a remake of the Hollywood hit by the same name, she 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.” Deepika and Amitabh previously worked together in Shoojit Sircar’s Piku, which won them both plaudits. Amitabh and Rishi, meanwhile, last worked together in 102 Not Out. Piku was released in the same year as the original The Intern, which was directed by Nancy Meyers and starred Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro in the lead roles. The film made almost $200 million worldwide.
