 In the first week of October 2010 Krishna Shah made a sudden turnaround, revealing to India TV News that Hindi actress Kareena Kapoor would take the Indira Gandhi role.This change was reported as due to makeup artists Jenny Shircore (and additionally Greg Cannom) deciding that Kapoor would be better suited than Chopra, for Indira Gandhi's physical transformations throughout the film.The article states, "While Shircore, who won the Academy (Award) for her work in "Elizabeth", had felt that Priyanka is the only actress, Connam, who has worked on "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", has now started to think that Kareena is more perfect."