CHIPPENDALES SERIES LOOKS LIKE A WINNER

THE first look of Disney Plus crime drama series Welcome to Chippendales (left) has been met with a positive response. The true-life tale sees Kumail Nanjiani take on the role of Indian entrepreneur Somen ‘Steve’ Banerjee, who became the unlikely founder of popular malestripping group The Chippendales and turned it into a multi-million-dollar empire, before going on a dramatic downward spiral driven by attempted arson, racketeering and murder. Dev Patel had been signed to play the same role in a movie, but that may now get shelved or delayed due to the imminent arrival of this same story.