New Delhi, Dec 6 (PTI) British star Hugh Grant on Saturday said his father was born in an obscure northern town in the Indian subcontinent, which may now be in Pakistan, and joked that this makes him “half Indian".

The British star, known for romance classics such as “Four Weddings and a Funeral", “Notting Hill" and “Love Actually", was speaking at the 23rd Hindustan Times Leadership Summit here.

“My father was a soldier. In fact, he was born in India. I had to find his birth certificate, and it was really tough. It was some obscure town in the north of India. It may well be Pakistan now," Grant, 65, said.

“He was born in either India or Pakistan. I guess that makes me half Indian, really," he added.

Grant also recalled his first visit to India in 1988 when he came to shoot for “La Nui

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