Kumail Nanjiani to play Chippendales founder Somen ‘Steve’ Banerjee in Hulu serie
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WASHINGTON: Oscar-nominated actor Kumail Nanjiani will star as Chippendales founder Somen “Steve” Banerjee within the upcoming Hulu sequence ‘Immigrant’.
As per Variety, the eight-episode restricted sequence will inform the true story of Banerjee, the Indian-American entrepreneur who began Chippendales.
The sequence will element the “insane, darkly comedic, crime-ridden story behind the unique male revue that became a cultural phenomenon.”
The forthcoming sequence is written by Robert Siegel and govt produced by Siegel, Nanjiani, Limelight’s Dylan Sellers and Chris Parker, and Emily V. Gordon in addition to Rajiv Joseph and Mehar Sethi, who will even write on the sequence. twentieth Television will produce.
Banerjee was an Indian American entrepreneur who struck gold in 1979 when he added a male stripper dance troupe for feminine audiences to the lineup at his Los Angeles nightclub.
The first of its form, the Chippendales have advanced to performing Broadway-style burlesque reveals all around the world and at their flagship venue in Las Vegas.
But Banjaree’s legacy is shrouded in scandal. Hours earlier than he was to be sentenced in 1994 for having his enterprise accomplice, Emmy-winning director and choreographer Nick De Noia, killed in 1987, Banjeree died by suicide.
He was additionally indicted for plotting to kill some former Chippendale dancers he allegedly thought of a menace.
Nanjiani is not any stranger to tv, having starred within the hit HBO comedy ‘Silicon Valley’ all through its six-season run. He has additionally been on reveals like ‘Portlandia,’ ‘Franklin and Bash,’ and ‘Adventure Time.’
He picked up an Emmy nomination in 2019 for greatest visitor actor in a drama sequence for ‘The Twilight Zone’ reboot and is about to seem within the Obi-Wan Kenobi sequence at Disney Plus.
On the movie entrance, he earned an Oscar nomination in 2018 alongside his spouse, Emily V. Gordon, for ‘The Big Sick,’ which is loosely primarily based on the couple’s actual life. Next up, he’ll seem within the Marvel movie ‘Eternals’ as Kingo.
He will star alongside Angelina Jolie in Marvel’s ‘The Eternals’, a task for which he labored out extensively. (ANI)
