It's final now. Sonam Kapoor will star opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Aditya Chopra's Rab Ne Bana De Jodi. This will certainly be a big one for the actress, who had managed to sign only Dilli 6 opposite Abhishek Bachchan after the release of her debut film Saawariya, where Ranbir Kapoor seemed to have walked off with the honours.

But Sonam is soon catching up and how. She has bagged a role opposite none other than King Khan in Aditya Chopra's directorial venture. There has been a lot of speculation about casting for this role. Extensive talent hunts were organized by Yashraj to scout for the right girl with an authentic Punjabi look to play the 16-year-old heroine in the film. Aditya himself went through the shortlist and found no one suitable. Back in Mumbai, Yashraj receives boi-datas by the dozens e very week. However, it turned that the girl they were looking for was right under their nose all the time. Aditya was very keen to have a tall, fair, Punjabi girl for the role opposite Shah Rukh. He has written the script himself and therefore 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. Aditya was also very finicky about signing the right girl as he was making his comeback to direction after a gap of eight years and wanted everything just right. After all his talent hunts lead to a dead end, he is believed to have spoken to Anil Kapoor, who was more than glad to have Sonam get into the Yashraj camp. There have been several meetings and Sonam is now on board.