Somen Banerjee parent company (Nahin retaining his share), and most of his estate. In the early morning of October 23, 1994, Banerjee was found dead in his cell, having hanged himself. Reports stated that while Banerjee was depressed, it was not thought he would take his own life. Actor Naveen Andrews portrayed him in the television movie "The Chippendales Murder" (2000). Director Tony Scott was reportedly working on a film about Banerjee and the Chippendales story. Banerjee is also the subject of an episode of the FBI Files entitled "Backstage Murder" (Season 3, Episode 13). Somen Banerjee Somen "Steve" Banerjee (; October
Gurudas Banerjee Gurudas Banerjee Gurudas Banerjee, also known as Gurudas Bandyopadhyay, is a Bengali stage and film actor who was active from the 1940s through the 1980s. As an actor, he commonly played holy men, especially the 19th century Bengali mystic Sri Ramakrishna, a role he was said to "almost monopolize." He acted in more than 80 films, mostly in Bengali. With his wife, actress Molina Devi, he also directed a Calcutta-based theatre troupe, M. G. Enterprises. Gurudas Banerjee had his stage debut in 1948 at Calcutta's Kalika Theatre in the role of Sri Ramakrishna in "Yugadevata". He continued acting in theatre