Shibani Dandekar

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Shibani Dandekar
शिबानी दांडेकर
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Shibani Dandekar at the Colors Indian Telly Awards, 2012
Born (1981-08-27) 27 August 1981 (age 42)
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Occupation VJ, model, singer, anchor
Years active 2001–present
Website shibanidandekar.com

Shibani Dandekar is an Indian singer, actress, anchor and model.[1] She began her career working as a television anchor in American television. Following her return to India, she began hosting several shows in Hindi television and events, besides working as a model and a singer as well.

Biography

Shibani Dandekar was born as the eldest daughter into a Marathi-speaking chitpavan family .[2] She has two siblings, Anusha Dandekar, an actress-singer working in Bollywood, and Apeksha Dandekar.[3] Shibani along with her sisters formed a music band named D-Major.[4][5] Shibani grew up in Australia.[6] In 2001, she moved to New York, US and began working in American television.[7] She hosted three nationally syndicated television shows, Namaste America, V Desi and the Asian Variety Show.[8] In this role, she introduced Bollywood’s biggest stars to American audiences and also hosted An Evening With Shah Rukh Khan in Atlantic City. She has been a contestant on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa[9] , the India based "Dancing With the Stars" on the BBC network and hosted in India on Colors TV[10]

She returned to India and continued her work as a television host, while venturing into modelling as well. She was featured on the men's magazine GQ India and has appeared in a television advertisement alongside noted Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra.[11] Apart from music and modeling, Shibani’s love for anchoring shows saw her as host for major events such as the Maxim Hot 100, Nike, Rolls Royce, Puma, Mercedes, Toyota, Horlicks, HSBC, Spice Mobile, JBL, MTV Coke Studio, Nivea and the Sony Launch of the tribute to Michael Jackson ‘This is It’. Popular shows Shibani has anchored include the lifestyle shows After Hours on Zee Cafe, Men 2.0 on AXN,[12] ZoOm's Let's Design,[13] India's Sexiest Bachelor on Big CBS Prime,[14] as well as its extension India's Glam Diva on Big CBS Love.[15][16] Shibani also anchored the Indian produced Grammy Nominees Special on VH1 as a lead-up to the 53rd Grammy Awards.[17] Since 2011, she has been co-hosting the show Extraa Innings - T20 on Sony Max Television during the Indian Premier League matches;[18] she won a nomination at the 11th Indian Television Academy Awards in the category Best Anchor Game/Quiz Show.[19] She is hosting the Mission cover shot for National Geography channel. And she even did a dance number Hi Poli Saajuk for 2014's biggest hit Marathi movie Timepass,followed by 36 Nakhrewali in Sangharsh.[20] She played the role 'Zoya' in the movie Roy which was released on February 13, 2015[21]

Filmography

Films Role Language Year
Timepass Item Dance Performer Marathi 2014
Sangharsh Chameli (Item Dance Performer) Marathi 2014
Roy Zoya Hindi 2015
Shaandaar Sonia Hindi 2015
  1. Television

References

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  21. ↑ Roy (film)

External links

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