Aishwarya's moment of international fame with Pink Panther 2

Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is looking for her real international fame with ‘Pink Panther 2’ set for Feb 6th 2009 release. Directed by Harald Zwart, film features Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Andy Garcia, John Cleese and  Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Though Ms. Bachchan has acted in a few international films but her real break is yet to come.  She will be promoting the movie with lead actor Steve Martin in New York, Madrid, Moscow, Paris and Berlin.

Steve Martin with John Cleese in PinkPanther2On a funny note, Seve Martin has married off Inspector Clouseau in Pink Panther 2 - in a bid to make the movie a hit.

The story is like this: The comic star got the producers to change the ending because every film he has made that includes a wedding had been a box office success.

Now the bumbling investigator will marry EMILY MORTIMER’S character, Nicole.

“I said, ‘I have to tell you that every movie I've done that ends in a wedding or holding a baby has been a hit,’” he revealed.

“I do believe we've taken the Pink Panther somewhere else and, in a sense, made it our own.”

And Steve, who is the fourth actor to play Clouseau on screen, wants to continue the theme in Pink Panther 3.

“It would obviously open with Clouseau's honeymoon - him taking Nicole across the threshold and she's wearing arm pads and a helmet,” he added.

Synopsis:  The Pink Panther 2 is the sequel to the 2006 worldwide hit with Steve Martin as the French police detective, Inspector Jacques Clouseau. When legendary treasures from around the world are stolen, including the priceless Pink Panther Diamond, Chief Inspector Dreyfus (John Cleese) is forced to assign Clouseau to a team of international detectives and experts charged with catching the thief and retrieving the stolen artefacts. Martin is joined by his co-stars Jean Reno (as Ponton, his partner) and Emily Mortimer (as Nicole, the object of his awkward affections).

Andy Garcia, Aishwarya Rai, Steve Martin and Alfred Molina in PinkPanther 2The investigative dream team is played by Andy Garcia, Alfred Molina, Yuki Matsuzaki (Letters from Iwo Jima) and Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Lily Tomlin also stars. The story is set in Paris and Rome.

The Pink Panther, series of comedy films, featuring the bumbling French police detective Jacques Clouseau, began in 1963 with the release of the film of the same name. The role was originated by, and is most closely associated with, Peter Sellers. Most of the films were directed and co-written by Blake Edwards, with notable theme music composed by Henry Mancini.