Overview

• Padukone has relinquished the lead role she was to play and will oversee the creative and logistical reboot as sole producer.
• Amitabh Bachchan remains attached to portray the senior intern character after Rishi Kapoor’s passing halted earlier plans.
• Producers have initiated auditions to cast a new actress in the Anne Hathaway–inspired role.
• The film is set to finally go into production after five years of delays caused by the pandemic, Padukone’s maternity break and scheduling conflicts.
• The Intern is planned as the first of five globally oriented projects under Padukone’s KA Productions banner.