New Delhi, Dec. 6 -- At the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2025, Hugh Grant spoke candidly about his experience in Kolkata. It was during the shoot of the 1988 French film La Nuit Bengali. Actor Rahul Khanna spoke with the legendary British actor at the event.

Grant joked that the film was so small that he once had to pay to watch it himself in Paris. Many people had warned him about culture shock in Kolkata.

"I thoroughly enjoyed being in Calcutta. You know, people said, Hugh, it's going to be a culture shock for you. And, it certainly was. But, I ended up loving it," he said.

Grant remembered working with respected Indian actors such as Soumitra Chatterjee, Shabana Azmi, and Supriya Pathak. One of his funniest memories involved hi...