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Anupam Kher’s American show New Amsterdam premieres on television

The actor plays Dr Vijay Kapoor in the medical drama.

Anupam Kher's new American medical series, New Amsterdam, had its premiere on television last night and the actor took to social media to ask for good luck from his friends, fans, and followers. Along with the rest of the cast of the new show, Kher was also live-tweeting the first episode which aired on NBC at 10pm.

His Indian followers, and members of Hindi film industry, showed up in force to wish him luck.

Kher plays Dr Vijay Kapoor, the head of neurology at New York City's New Amsterdam, the oldest public hospital, where Ryan Eggold's Dr Max Goodwin comes as the latest medical director out to shake things up. New Amsterdam airs Tuesdays at 10pm on NBC.