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
Surendranath Banerjee Surendranath Banerjee Sir Surendranath Banerjee () (10 November 18486 August 1925) was one of the earliest Indian political leaders during the British Raj. He founded the Indian National Association, through which he led two sessions of the Indian National Conference in 1883 and 1885, along with Anandamohan Bose. Banerjee later became a senior leader of the Indian National Congress. Surendranath welcomed Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms,unlike congress,and with many liberal leaders he left congress and founded a new organisation named Indian National Liberation Federation in 1919. When the Montagu report of 1918 was made public, there was a divide in the Congress over