Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan will be seen sharing screen with Hollywood actor Richard Gere.

Gere, favourite lover boy of the late 80's and early 90's, will make his Bollywood debut with Bib B in Ambika Hinduja’s long awaited Teen Patti, which is all set to be a star-studded affair.

A unit member said, “The makers wanted an international name for the cameo. Though other names were also in consideration, they decided on the Pretty Woman actor who is well known to the Indian audience not only as a Hollywood star but also as an AIDS activist who frequently travels to India.”

Before signing up Richard, the film makers assigned Pierce Brosnan to do the cameo role but he refused to do so.

While confirming the news, a source said, “The makers wanted an international name for the cameo. Though other names were also in consideration, they decided on the Pretty Woman actor who is well known to the Indian audience not only as a Hollywood star but also as an AIDS activist who frequently travels to India.”

In 2007, Gere made headlines when he kissed Shilpa Shetty, winner of the British reality television show "Celebrity Big Brother," several times on the cheek at an anti-AIDS show in New Delhi.

Gere has been a regular Indian visitor, and he has good link with Parmeshwar Godrej with regard to AIDS awareness causes.

In ‘Teen Patti’, Mr. Bachchan plays the character of a professor who tutors five of his most brilliant students to accomplish the mission of high-stake gambling, but with a cause.

Directed by Leena Yadavh, the star cast of the film includes Madhavan and novices, Siddharth Kher, Dhruv Ganesh, Vaibhav Talwar and Shraddha Kapoor (daughter of Shakti Kapoor).

And rumors are spreading that the movie is inspired by English movie 21.