MUMBAI: As we reported earlier, the sequel of Abhishek Bachchan and Rani Mukerji's Bunty Aur Babli was in the making, but original director Shaad Ali didn’t want to be a part of it. We also informed readers that after Abhishek Bachchan refused to act in the sequel, the makers approached Saif Ali Khan, who seemed to be interested in the movie but for some reason walked out.

Now, we hear that the makers of the movie have signed R Madhavan as the lead. Accompanying him will be Siddhant Chaturvedi of Gully Boy fame.

When Madavan was approached, he immediately loved the script and came on board. The film will be helmed by Varun V Sharma, who wrote Salman Khan‘s recent outing Bharat and was one of the assistant directors of Salman Khan’s Sultan and Ranveer Singh‘s Kill Dil.