Sonam bags role opposite SRK

Aditya Chopra is going to sit on the director’s seat after a long time. And his comeback movie Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is eagerly anticipated, which will have King Khan SRK playing the main lead.

Lucky debutante Sonam Kapoor has bagged the role opposite King Khan in the movie.

According to industry sources,” Aditya Chopra was very keen to have a tall, fair Punjabi girl for the role opposite SRK. He has himself written the script and knows exactly what he wants in his heroine. The film deals with the love story of a 40-year-old man and a 16-year-old girl. Adi was also very finicky about signing the right girl because he was making his comeback to direction after a gap of eight years and wanted to get everything just so.”

But Adi was having problems in finding his leading lady, many talent hunts were organized, which lead to nothing. Finally Adi zeroed in Sonam Kapoor, after taking to Anil Kapoor.

The film is going to be released on December 12, 2008, during the Eid-ul-Zuha weekend.

SRK can play the 40-year guy with ease, but what about Sonam? Will she be able to fit the bill of a 16-year-old girl?