American-born Guru Singh is the first Sikh to be cast in a situational comedy on network television. He will play the part of an Indian call-center employee in the new NBC show, Outsourced. Guru Singh has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Texas, which his parents thought was a sensible career track. But his long-time passion for acting did not fizzle out. He went back to college for a bachelor’s degree in acting and directing, which he received from the University of Houston. This is his first acting job although he had previously done commercials and student films.
“By chance, I got in front of the casting directors,” he said. Guru Singh has had an agent in Los Angeles for nearly three years who alerted him to this part. There were many people trying out. But he only knows of one other Sikh, a friend, Bhajneet Singh Malik, who tried out for the part. The others may have been non-Sikhs with beards and turbans, he said.
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N I have been having a serious drool fest going on since I saw him. He is incredible looking! He doesn't speak on the show, but he stands sits or walks around broodingly looking sooooo incredibly gorgeous with his dhari n mucch n paghri. Ughhhhhhhhhhhh I wanna see his other shirt films n would die to do Bhangra with him. Such a billa he is! I hope he reads this.
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