Kareena chooses Punit over Bhansali

She has alloted dates to KJo's protege, which were earlier given to Bhansali

Kareena Kapoor recently claimed that she walked out of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's ambitious Romeo Juliet romance titled Ram Leela due to monetary issues. And now, we learnt that the actress has taken little time to reallocate the dates earlier given to the Guzaarish director. Bebo has signed Punit Malhotra's next with Imran Khan.

Regarding the Bhansali-Kareena fiasco, the actress' business manager Zahid had said, "We thought it was better to do three films in 150 days than just get stuck with one." Also, the actress had revealed that she had signed a couple of big banner projects. We learnt that the Karan Johar production is one of them.

A source close to Karan revealed, "She has given preference to Punit's film simply because of Karan. Karan, Punit and Kareena met at the Dharma Productions office in Khar recently. By the end of the lengthy discussion, Karan prevailed upon her and Kareena was convinced about the project."

Earlier, despite reports of Sonam Kapoor being a part of Punit's second film after I Hate Luv Storys, we had found out that Parineeti Chopra had been zeroed in for the role. But things surely have changed since then.

As things stand today, Kareena and Imran will come together for the second time for the Dharma banner. Earlier this year, the actors were seen together ion Shakun Batra's Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu.