Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is definitely one of the most popular actresses in the world and will soon be seen in the sequel of Pink Panther, which is stated to be released on February 13th, 2009. Pink Panther 2 is a comedy movie and took 5 people to write the story. 

Ash plays the role of one of the detectives named Sonia along with Alfred Molina and Andy Garcia. They will join French police detective Jacques Clouseau, played by Steve Martin, to catch the thief who has been stealing artifacts from all around the world. Reno and Emily Mortimer will also be seen in this movie playing their original roles. the trailers of Pink Panther 2 are out, the Indian media has pounced on it to study the length of Aishwarya Rai’s presence in the movie. Two frames, no two and a half, blink and you miss it, is she just a side kick? And so on.

But, honestly, why would anyone expect Aishwarya Rai to get lots of footage in the trailer? Pink Panther 2 is all about Steve Martin as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau. And so is the trailer. None of the other characters in the movie are in your face, in any way whatsoever. So why should Aishwarya Rai be treated differently?

If you take a look at the Pink Panther 2 official website, the Cast & Filmmakers page has Aishwarya Rai’s picture and details among those of the nine principal characters.

The website also has five games based on five characters, Clouseau (Steve Martin), Vincenzo (Andy Garcia), Sonia (Aishwarya Rai), Pepperidge (Alfred Molina), and Kenji (Yuki Matsuzaki).

But one cannot expect balance and maturity from the Indian media. It is a past master at knee-jerk reactions and drawing pat conclusions.

An actress adopts a child, it’s a trend. Papers and news channels will run story after story on how single women today are adopting furiously before their biological clocks wind down.

A manic depressive actress kills herself. Be ready to brave stories and chats with pop psychologists about how actresses in the show business are prone to offing themselves and why.