Amitabh Bachchan joins Deepika Padukone and Prabhas in the untitled multilingual film, which will be helmed by Telugu film director Nag Ashwin. The project is backed by C Ashwini Dutt of Vyjayanthi Movies to mark the South banner's 50th-year celebrations in 2022. 

Dutt said, "I had watched Sholay [1975] several times when it ran for over a year at NTR's Ramakrishna Theatre in Hyderabad. After all these years, it is truly a glorious and immensely satisfying moment for me to welcome Indian cinema's greatest icon to be a part of the production." The film will mark Big B and Padukone teaming up again after Aarakshan (2011) and Piku (2015).