After Katrina Kaif unceremoniously walked out of Abbas Mustan's remake of The Italian Job, buzz is that Bollywood's latest 'it' girl Sonam Kapoor has replaced her in the film.

This will be the first time Sonam will act in a Abbas-Mustan film.

Apparently, the director duo were extremely keen on Kat and even tried persuading her to reconsider her decision but Kat was determined and she ditched them for a Yash Raj project opposite Imran Khan.

Apart from Sonam, the film stars Abhishek Bachchan, Neil Nitin Mukesh and their male muse Bobby Deol.

This is the second time Sonam, who is now being seen as one of Bollywood's leading ladies will be seen opposite Bachchan junior. They were last seen together in Delhi-6.