Kal Penn

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

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’

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

‘Beta he’s not the right guy but then…’, Kal Penn shares how Zohran Mamdani got him a role in Namesake

The actor also fondly remembered working alongside the late Irrfan Khan.

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

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.

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…’

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?’

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. 

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

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.

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’

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 says payment was so delayed while working on an Indian film, he had to stop showing up

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.