Summary: (http://kamlashow.com/podcast/wp-content/uploads/parvesh_cheena-150x150.jpg)Meet Parvesh Cheena (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCywWdcUaA0), who plays the socially awkward man-child Gupta (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afKKlwPLHQ4) in NBC's Outsourced that debuted in 2010. Outsourced is a show based on workplace except this one is a call center for an American company in Mumbai, India. Outsourced is the first TV show that is about the South Asian community and features a large ensemble of South Asian actors. A Chicagoland native, Parvesh was drawn to the world of entertainment right from his childhood. "You will either be a rocket scientists or a rock star," is how his fifth grade teacher described him. Parvesh studied musical theatre at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. Parvesh's acting credits include TV, films, commercials (http://youtu.be/EHfpJL7LoJY) and improv. You can watch him in "ER", "The West Wing," "The O.C." and feature films "The Barbershop," "Because I said So," and "Fly Like Mercury." In this interview Parvesh talks about growing up in Naperville, IL (home of (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTheG--2NE0)SNL's Wayne's World (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTheG--2NE0)), Bollywood and how he landed the role of Gupta. Did you know that Parvesh was originally being considered for the role of Manmeet? Photo credit: NBC
