I won't mind if sumitbyry and help sona! Another reality of this industry! Nobody can get work on their own if they had such a big downfall! Contacts and approaches are necesaary!
We have so many self-made superstars tdy who were helped by certain ppl (mostly their friends) at certain point of time! Idk much about such cases in itv..will mention if i recall! 
But in bollywood we have seen this so many times! Amitabh bachchan was bankrupt at a time and wemt to heights through zanzeer (a film for which he was not even paid) and got the role through kadhar khan! 
Govinda was almost out from the industry but david dhawan bieng a friend offered him a film which took him to heights and his "no. 1" franchise kicked off!
Akshya kumar was almost out, he himself admitted recently that he was ready to leave the country when salman offered him roles along with him and uske baad there was no turning back! 
And we already know salman khan has been a godfather to dozens of actors in the industry!
So even if sumit gets sonakshi a role it would be real and nothing wrong or something we should be pissed off at! I mean he is only gonna show her the path...uske baad she is gonna be the one to walk on that!