It is confirmed by her publicist that Bipasha Basu has joined the cast of Raavan.Reportedly, Sushmita Sen and Shilpa Shetty had turned down the offer by director Mani Ratnam. Interestingly some not- so-big names were also considered for this part, like model-turned-actor Sheetal Menon. The dusky actress was almost finalised for the part but Mani Ratnam decided to go in for a bigger name and Basu stepped in. The other actresses who also auditioned for the part were Shweta Salve, Gauhar Khan and Tupur Chatterjee. But the actresses need not fret. Raavan is scheduled to be complete by November 6 and release sometime next year.
