Chippendales After a series of attempts to make the club work, Paul Snider pitched a show dealing with male dancers to Nahin and Banerjee, an idea which was initially attempted short term but ultimately became the feature of the club, then named Chippendales. The club name was suggested by Nahin, as the Club had Chippendale style furniture. Dorothy Stratten assisted Nahin in obtaining the permission of Hugh Hefner to utilize the cuffs and collar design utilized in his clubs for use at Chippendales Stratten was killed by Snider in a murder suicide some months after the male revue opened. Banerjee and
Gurudas Banerjee and cinema until the 1980s. Banerjee married Molina Devi (1917-1977), who has been characterized as "one of the finest actresses of Indian theatre and cinema." Together, they operated their own touring theatre, M. G. Enterprises, which "specialized in commercial productions of devotional drama" in which Banerjee played the role of Sri Ramakrishna and other holy men. Gurudas Banerjee acted in a variety of roles, very commonly as Sri Ramakrishna, which he played on both stage and in film. Other roles that Banerjee played in film included Sadhak Bamakhyapa ("Sadhak Bamakshyapa", 1958; "Joy Maa Tara", 1978), Gobinda, Husband Of Chandi ("Swayamsiddha",