Aishwarya Rai at “The Pink Panther 2” World Premiere

The film "The Pink Panther 2" is going to release in USA on 6th February, 2009. Columbia Pictures have arranged a premiere event for the sequel on 3rd February at Ziegfeld Theater in New York. The studio gave a unique welcome to the guest by bringing life-size cartoon character, The Pink Panther, to the pink carpet. The film is set to release in India in 20th February.

Aishwarya Rai walked down the red-carpet for the Premiere of her latest international flick, Pink Panther 2 with hubby Abhishek Bachchan and father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan..

Director Harald Zwart and writer Scott Neustadter and the cast of the flick Steve Martin, Aishwarya Rai, Andy Garcia, Emily Mortimer, Jean Reno, Yuki Matsuzaki, Armel Bellec and Jack Metzger. Martin arrived in-style driving the red-and-silver Smart Fortwo car used by Jacques Clouseau in the film.

The other celebrity guests seen in the evening includes Alana Stewart, Alessandro Nivola, Anil Kapoor, Stephen Baldwin, writer Lorne Michaels and Robert F. Kennedy's third child, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The film "The Pink Panther 2" will follow bumbling French police detective Jacques Clouseau in his newest mission. This time, he will be assisted by a team of international detectives and experts which will help him in catching the person who steals legendary treasures from around the world.

Speaking to media Aishwarya said: "It's a bit silly and exhausting to even talk about the length of my role based on what's seen in the trailers. Did anyone question my role in 'Khakee' when there was only one shot of me in the promo? Isn't that a very myopic view of contemporary acting? In my very first film 'Iruvar', I thought I transcended this footage fetish”.

“Will Smith and I will work together for sure," laughed Aishwarya. "There have been a number of offers. Dates just don't work out. If he's keen to work with me, so am I”.