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Hugh Grant stated a remarkable experience from his time shooting in India, where he satisfied an 11-year-old kid that presented himself as a motorist.
Before coming to be a worldwide celebrity, Hugh Grant made his launching in French movie theater with La Nuit Bengali (The Bengali Night), along with Shabana Azmi, Supriya Pathak, andSoumitra Chatterjee Directed by Nicholas Klotz, this movie was fired in Kolkata, where Grant took a trip in 1988. Recently, while reviewing his love for collaborating with youngsters, Grant shared a remarkable tale from his time shooting inBengal He remembered fulfilling an 11-year-old kid that presented himself as a motorist, which took the star by shock. This unforeseen intro led Hugh to explain India as a “odd area.” According to the actor, the young boy confidently claimed he was a good driver. However, Hugh humorously recounted that the boy ended up crashing the vehicle and was subsequently fired from his job.
While appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the Paddington star explained, “In my early career, in my 20s, I did some very strange films. I did this French film in India in 1988 and it was a bit of a weird film. I arrived in Kolkata by myself, was told, ‘Your driver will pick you up,’ and I went to the baggage carousel and everyone else picked up their bags and driver met them and off they went. It was just me in the end left alone with my bag and a little boy with no parents. The little boy came up and said, ‘Hello sir, I am your driver,’ and he was maybe 11 years old. I said, ‘Are you sure, he said, ‘Yes, my name is Bisu, I’m your driver for the whole film,’ and I said, ‘Oh, can you drive, Bisu,’ he says, ‘Very well sir, very well’.”
” I had my uncertainties however he did drive me and certainly, within 4 days, he collapsed rather terribly. India was an unusual area in 1988 and he was terminated. Then I ran across him right at the end of the shoot, it had to do with 2 months later on. I ran across him in the road in Kolkata I stated, ‘Bisu, how are you, what’ s taking place? You all right?’ He stated, ‘Oh yes sir, now I’ m driving a college bus’,” Hugh Grant added.
Hugh Grant shared the memory when Jimmy Kimmel asked him if he enjoys working with children, as he has shared screen with many young actors. The actor responded that he gets along well with everyone he works with, including child actors. But he made it clear that he prefers not to work with children who are part of the crew.
The Bengali Night was inspired by Mircea Eliade’s novel of the same name, which was originally published in Romanian in 1933.