‘Deli Boys’ aims to flip the script on the stories of guys behind the counter
The stars of Hulu's new crime comedy, Saagar Shaikh and Asif Ali, joined series creator Abdullah Saeed to discuss how their show breaks assumptions about South Asians.
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UTSA grad shares why Pakistani-Americans will love Hulu's ‘Deli Boys’
He worked with his co-stars and the show’s creator, Abdullah Saeed, to make Raj feel multilayered and authentic. Shaikh said Saeed initially wrote the role for himself to play, but later decided ...
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‘Deli Boys’ Stars Asif Ali, Saagar Shaikh Always Audition for the Same Parts: Usually, ‘There’s Only One Brown Character’
The show focuses on brothers Mir (Ali) and Raj (Shaikh), two spoiled Pakistani-Americans who learn that their father’s business empire is actually a front for drug smuggling. The show was created by ...
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In ‘Deli Boys,’ Two Actors Find Dream Roles Playing No One’s Hero
Saagar Shaikh and Asif Ali will do “unspeakable things” in a Hulu comedy that centers on South Asians, drugs, violence — and the minimart. Saagar Shaikh, left, found that he was always ...