Sonam Kapoor (born on June 9, 1985) is the daughter of actor Anil Kapoor, who began her career as Sanjay Leela Bhansali's assistant during the making of Black in 2005. But he saw star potential in her and cast her as Sakina in Saawariya (2007) opposite Ranbir Kapoor. The film did not do well at the box office and for a while it seemed that Sonam had lost out to Deepika Padukone personally and professionally too. But ace director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra picked her for his semi autobiographical, Delhi 6 (2009) and cast her opposite Abhishek Bachchan. The film is set for a release on February 20, 2009. But these are early days for this young actress, whose beauty has been compared to the likes of Madhubala and Waheeda Rahman. She will have ample opportunities to prove herself in the years to come.