Kal Penn

Kal Penn writes to Irrfan Khan's son, Babil: 'The Namesake brought me greatest artistic happiness'

Irrfan Khan's son Babil said he was left 'speechless' when actor Kal Penn reached out to him and shared his experience of working with the late actor in the 2006 drama The Namesake.

Kal Penn plays Gujarati character in new video, says he wants to be on Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah

Kal Penn is popular for playing Kumar Patel in the Harold & Kumar film series, as well as Nikhil "Gogol" Ganguli in Mira Nair's The Namesake.

Kal Penn to star in, co-write new comedy project about former New York City councilman for NBC

Kal Penn will join forces with Matt Murray (Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Good Place) to write the screenplay for this new comedy

Disney's animated mystery-adventure series Mira, Royal Detective features Freida Pinto, Kal Penn

Set in the magical Indian-inspired land of Jalpur, Mira, Royal Detective follows the brave and resourceful Mira, a commoner who is appointed to the role of royal detective after solving a mystery that involves saving the kingdom's young prince

Danny Leiner, director of Harold & Kumar and Dude, Where's My Car? passes away aged 57

Danny Leiner, known for his film Dude, Where's My Car?, has also directed episodes of The Office, The Sopranos, Freaks and Geeks and Arrested Development, among others.

Kal Penn to co-write, star in Michael Schur-produced immigrant comedy in development at NBC

The NBC project, headlined by Kal Penn, will revolve around a disgraced New York City Councilman

Born Confused turns 15: How one YA novel opened the gates to desi representation in American pop culture

Born Confused gave us permission to explore the ‘ordinary’ stories of our own people, which are by default extraordinary | #FirstCulture

Charlottesville violence: President’s arts council resigns citing Donald Trump's remarks on issue

Actor Kal Penn, artist Chuck Close and the entire membership of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities have announced their resignation citing the "false equivalence" of Donald Trump's comments about last weekend's "Unite the Right" gathering in Charlottesville

Kal Penn highlights racial stereotypes in Hollywood scripts; has been called a 'Snake Charmer'

Kal Penn highlighted scripts from Sabrina The Teenage Witch and King Of Queens that showed his character being racially stereotyped.

Kal Penn launches fundraiser for refugees in the name of a social media troll, raises $750,000

Kal Penn raises $ 750,000 for refugees as a rebuttal to a racist Instagram comment that told the actor that 'he didn't belong in America'