Hrithik was also offered a role in the movie but he declined because he found the role to be insubstantial. Variety.com reports:
The sequel, which was announced in March 2006, is skedded for release on Feb. 13, 2009.
Harald Zwart ("Agent Cody Banks") is taking over directing duties from Shawn Levy in the sequel, which was penned by Scott Neustadter, Mike Weber,
Cleese will play chief inspector Dreyfus in the pic. Garcia, Molina and Rai have signed on as detectives and experts who join forces with Clouseau to catch the thief who has been stealing artifacts around the world.
According to another news report published in Hindustan Times, Aishwarya Bachchan’s manager said that Aishwarya Bachchan has signed the movie and she will start shooting outside
Aishwarya Rai is going to play the character of a detective who works with detective Alfred Molina. The two join forces with detective Jacques Clouseau (Steve Martin) to catch a thief. Andy Garcia, John Cleese will also work with them. Jointly produced by MGM and Columbia Pictures in 2006, Pink Panther collected $140 million in the box office.
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