Nikhil Chinapa

Nikhil Chinapa
Born	June 6, 1973 (1973-06-06) (age 38) Bangalore
Spouse	DJ Pearl

Kalengada Bhemaiah Chinapa better known as Nikhil Chinapa and VJ Nikhil (born in Bangalore, India on 6 June 1973) is an Indian radio jockey and video jockey and is a popular presenter on MTV India for more than a decade. He is now the Festival Director of Asia's premier music festival - Sunburn Festival in Goa.^[1] Often criticized for his poor taste in music, Nikhil was never a DJ till he began organising his own music festival.

Personal life and background

Nikhil Chinapa was born in Bangalore and has also lived in Agra, where he studied in St. George's College. His father, an Indian Army Paratrooper, was then transferred to Secunderabad where he studied in Faust and for a few months in Begumpet's Hyderabad Public School. He then went on to study at St. Joseph's Boys' High School in Bangalore.

He later applied to study architecture at the B. M. Sreenivasaiah College of Engineering (BMS) in Bangalore, Karnataka, graduating with a Bachelor of Architecture degree.^[2] Chinapa is married to DJ Pearl.^[3]

Shows

• He was a judge of Fame X in 2006 in its first series alongside Daler Mehndi and Ganesh Hegde.
• He hosted "India's Got Talent" along with MTV VJ Ayushmann Khurrana on "Colors" channel
• He was appointed as a jury member in a new show in MTV India known as "Mtv Rock On"
• He was a judge for three seasons of MTV hero Honda roadies.
• He hosted MTV Splitsvilla mtv connected and is hosting season 3 as well with Deepti Gujral.

Acting

He has appeared as an actor in:

• 2000: Ravi S. Pillai Snip!
• 2003: Pyaar Kiya Nahin Jaata
• 2006: Kudiyon Ka Hai Zamaana
• 2011: Shaitan

His role in Snip! with Sophia Haque created controversy for some explicit scenes with her.

References

1. ^ Sunburn Festival in Goa Official site
2. ^ The Hindu: VJ with a verve for our culture
3. ^ The Hindu article: Laugh at your own flaws

External links

• VJ Nikhil page on MTV India
• Nikhil Chinapa Facebook
• IMDb Nikhil Chinapa page
• Submerge website (Dance music collective founded and run by Nikhil Chinapa

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Name	Chinapa, Nikhil
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Date of birth	6 June 1973
Place of birth	Bangalore
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