Chippendales Drama ‘Immigrant’ Starring Kumail Nanjiani Takes Off At Hulu

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Kumail Nanjiani is to star in and exec produce a limited drama series about the origin story of stripper troupe Chippendales. The Silicon Valley star, who wrote The Big Sick with his wife Emily V. …

The streamer has given the eight-episode project a straight-to-series order. It is the true story of Somen “Steve” Banerjee, an Indian American entrepreneur who started the Chippendales. Nanjiani will play Banerjee.

The series will detail the insane, darkly comedic, crime-ridden story behind the unique male revue that became a cultural phenomenon. Banerjee was later caught up in a plot to kill a number of Chippendales producers, dancers and choreographers and eventually pleaded guilty to arson, racketeering and murder for hire.The series is written by Robert Siegel and executive produced by Siegel, Nanjiani, Dylan Sellers and Emily V. Gordon as well as Rajiv Joseph and Mehar Sethi who will also write on the series.Read More About:

 

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kumailn YOU ARE NOT INDIAN. STOP STEALING ROLES FROM INDIAN. First Eternals. Now this. Why no one is questioning these castings mindykaling kalpenn priyankachopra? SPEAK UP. What's good hulu? We Indians exist. We are not extinct yet.

This is gonna be such a huge hit for Hulu & a must watch for me this real life story is wild, hot & so super sexy!

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