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How Actor Kal Penn shattered Hollywood stereotypes and became the political voice for South Asian immigrants in the US

How Actor Kal Penn shattered Hollywood stereotypes and became the political voice for South Asian immigrants in the US

by Darshana Ramdev | Nov 4, 2024

(November 4, 2024) Kal Penn remembers the day he changed his name. He was just starting out as an actor, a college student sending headshots to casting agents and getting silence in return. A friend suggested a simple switch: go by “Kal Penn” instead of Kalpen Modi,...

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