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Kal Penn at Express ADDA: ‘When it comes to race and identity, Hollywood can be fairly regressive’

August 18, 2025 10:20 am

Penn, also an author, TV show host and former White House staffer, was in conversation with Anant Goenka, Executive Director, The Indian Express Group, at the Express Adda in Mumbai.

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Kal Penn at Express Adda: ‘In content creation, people taking fewer risks... It (art) needs to be subjective’

August 03, 2025 2:36 am

Penn, also an author, TV show host and former White House staffer, was in conversation with Anant Goenka, Executive Director, The Indian Express Group, at the Express Adda in Mumbai on Friday.

Harold and Kumar actor Kal Penn says he learnt Hindi by watching Saath Nibhaana Saathiya: 'It is super addictive with ridiculous plot lines'

August 02, 2025 8:04 pm

In an exclusive chat during The Indian Express Adda, Kal Penn expressed his desire to be on Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah and the Netflix show Delhi Crime

Kal Penn speaking with Anant Goenka, Executive Director of The Indian Express Group during a edition of Express Adda in Mumbai. (Express Photo)

Express Adda | 'Democrats pointing fingers at everyone but themselves': Kal Penn cites Zohran Mamdani’s win to show what Democrats got wrong

August 01, 2025 11:38 pm

According to Penn, Mamdani's campaign demonstrated how progressive candidates could successfully connect with a diverse electorate, something he said the national Democratic leadership has failed to do.

Kal Penn says payment was so delayed while working on an Indian film, he had to stop showing up: 'Bollywood actors told me you're not going to get paid unless you stop coming'

August 01, 2025 10:22 pm

Kal Penn recounted an incident while shooting for an Indian film where severe delays in his payment forced him to take a drastic step to get the financiers’ attention.

Mira Nair didn't want to cast Kal Penn in The Namesake, after son showed her Harold and Kumar: 'Beta, this is clearly not the guy for us'

August 01, 2025 10:32 pm

At Express Adda, Kal Penn shared how his breakout role as Kumar in Harold & Kumar almost sabotaged his chances to be cast in Mira Nair's The Namesake.

Kal Penn opened up about the film he regretted doing. (Express photo by Akash Patil)

Kal Penn reveals how teen sex comedy Van Wilder opened doors for him in Hollywood: 'One of the reasons that I got Harold and Kumar...'

August 01, 2025 10:19 pm

At Express Adda, Kal Penn opened up about his early days in Hollywood, revealing how his role in the 2002 teen sex comedy Van Wilder opened doors for him in the industry.

Kal Penn defends Priyanka Chopra for choosing hot dogs over vada pav; recalls being told to cook Indian food during celebrity cook off: 'Can't Indians like other things?'

August 01, 2025 9:48 pm

At the latest edition of Express Adda held in Mumbai, Kal Penn weighed in on the debate surrounding how Indians living abroad adapt to new cultures, and the identity struggles they face in Hollywood.

Kal Penn, actor and activist, is guest at Express Adda today

August 01, 2025 5:34 am

Penn began his acting career in 1998 with Express: Aisle to Glory, but his breakthrough role came only six years later with Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle.

‘Humour is a way to make difficult conversations easier’: Actor Kal Penn on his memoir, Hollywood, and the White House

February 01, 2025 12:38 pm

At the Jaipur Literature Festival, The Namesake actor Kal Penn opens up about his immigrant upbringing, the pressures of ‘aunty culture,’ and the art of storytelling.

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