Indian pop-movie actress Kajol will try to match Susan Sarandon's brilliant depiction of the estranged wife and mother hit with cancer. The film will be the directorial feature-film debut of Siddharth Malhotra.

Stepmom is a story of how Jackie and Luke are divorcing after years of marriage and two children, Anna and Ben. Their new stepmother, Isabel, wants to be involved in the children's life, but is unwilling to sacrifice anything for her work. Jackie considers this to be selfish and rude, sparking a conflict between the two women. When cancer enters the picture, everyone is forced to grow in order to settle their differences. The writers of the film are Gigi Levangie, Jessie Nelson, Steven Rogers, Karen Leigh Hopkins and Rob Bass.