India, Dec. 6 -- British actor Hugh Grant took the stage at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit (HTLS) 2025 on Saturday to look back at the time spent in India shooting for a project in 1988 and reflecting on his connection with the country, saying he is most probably "half-Indian".

During a conversation with Rahul Khanna at the summit, Hugh spoke about his first visit to India back in 1988. He was in the country to shoot La Nuit Bengali (The Bengali Night) in Kolkata (then Calcutta).

"I shot a very arty film in 1988 in Calcutta. It never really had much of a release. I had to pay to see it myself," he said while walking down memory lane.

Talking about his experience of filming in India, he said, "I thoroughly enjoyed being in Calcut...