Here’s something that wasn’t made part of Anoop Desai’s backstory.
According to the Raleigh area local TV station, WRAL, Anoop appeared in a local award-winning kids’ TV show in the late 90’s called CentralXpress.com.
Described as a precursor to to shows like iCarly on Nickelodeon, Anoop played a character named Raj who, along with a group of fellow students, helped maintain the school’s website.
As a kids progam, so it maintained a serious after-school special vibe, dealing with topics like race relations and death. It ran from 1997 to 2001.
The show’s producer, David Creech describes Anoop as “A delight to work with” and “Very intelligent.”
