The cast of Ravi Chopra´s next directorial venture ´Babul´ after the superhit ´Baghban´ , is getting bigger and bigger .

If the grapevine is to be believed , Rani and Preity have now been roped in to play important roles and so the cast now consists of Amitabh Bachchan , Hema Malini , Salman Khan , Akshay Kumar , Preity Zinta and Rani Mukherjee , while Amitabh´s favorite Adesh is the music director .

We must add that there is no official confirmation of this news from the makers of ´Babul´ .