A source says, “After Asin walked out of the film citing date issues, Ashutosh considered Genelia D’Souza, Sonam Kapoor and Deepika Padukone. But it was Deepika who landed the role. She is more than happy to be working with Ashu sir and immediately grabbed the role. For the first time, she is paired with Abhishek and is very excited to be working in a period film (the film is a