AFTER YEARS OF TRAINING IN HOSPITAL RADIO, LOCAL COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS AND A DEGREE IN JOURNALISM FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ARTS (LONDON COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION), ANUSHKA ARORA’S TALENT GOT RECOGNISED WHEN SHE WAS AWARDED A CERTIFICATE OF BEING IN THE TOP 5 ‘BEST PRESENTER OF THE YEAR’ CATEGORY AT THE NATIONAL HOSPITAL RADIO AWARDS. HER DRIVE AND DETERMINATION FOR BEING AT THE TOP REMAINED WHEN SHE GOT HER FIRST BREAK IN RADIO WORKING FOR CLUB ASIA 963 & 972AM PRODUCING AND PRESENTING THE EARLY BREAKFAST SHOW MONDAY TO FRIDAY AND THE BOLLYPOPPIN’ SHOW EVERY SATURDAY. AFTER COMPLETING SIX MONTHS HERE, SHE WAS THEN PICKED UP BY THE NUMBER ONE ASIAN RADIO STATION SUNRISE RADIO 1458AM. AT THE TENDER AGE OF 21 ANUSHKA STARTED PRODUCING AND PRESENTING THE AFTERNOON SHOW MONDAY TO FRIDAY 1-4PM UNDER THE NAME OF DEEPA RAI. DURING HER CAREER IN RADIO SHE ALSO HOSTED MANY EVENTS FROM COMMUNITY EVENTS AT SCHOOLS TO ARTISTIC PROGRAMMES IN LONDON CITY’S MAJOR ATTRACTIONS TRAFALGAR SQUARE, KEMPTON PARK RACECOURSE, RIVER BANK PARK PLAZA, ALEXANDRA PALACE, WEMBLEY ARENA, HOUSE OF LORDS AND LONDON JEWELLERY WEEK. ANUSHKA DECIDED TO ENROLL ON A TV PRESENTING MASTERCLASS COURSE AT THE LONDON ACADEMY OF MEDIA, FILM AND TV WHERE SHE WAS AWARDED A DIPLOMA IN TV PRESENTING. HER PREVIOUS TV EXPERIENCE INCLUDES WORKING AT THE BBC NEWS 24 IN THE PRODUCTION GALLERY, BEING A RUNNER FOR BID UP TV AND BEING A WEEKLY BOLLYWOOD MOVIE REVIEW PRESENTER FOR ZING. DURING HER TIME AT SUNRISE RADIO, ANUSHKA ALSO PRESENTED HER WEEKLY TV SHOW, E4U HERE ON SUNRISE TV WITH THE LATEST BOLLYWOOD UPDATES, COVERING THE RED CARPET PREMIERES AND INTERVIEWING THE HOTTEST CELEBS IN TOWN. WITH BOLLYWOOD BEING HER FORTE SHE HAS INTERVIEWED THE BIGGEST SUPERSTARS LIKE THE BACHCHAN’S, SALMAN KHAN, SHAHUKH KHAN, VARUN DHAWAN, JOHN ABRAHAM, KAREENA KAPOOR KHAN, RANVEER SINGH, KATRINA KAIF, SONAM KAPOOR, DEEPIKA PADUKONE, MANISH PAUL, THE CONTROVERSIAL ITEM GIRLS VEENA MALIK, RAKHI SAWANT AND MALIKA SHERAWAT TO INDIA’S TOP FASHION DESIGNERS LIKE ANITA DONGRE, ANAMIKA KHANNA, SABYASACHI AND MANISH MALHOTRA. THE LIST IS ENDLESS. ANUSHKA HAS ALSO BEEN ASKED TO SHARE HER PERSPECTIVE ON BOLLYWOOD MOVIES LIKE HRITHIK ROSHAN’S KITES AND KYLIE MINOGUE SINGING FOR THE HINDI MOVIE BLUE FOR SKY NEWS. ANUSHKA WORKED AT BBC ASIAN NETWORK FOR TWO YEARS FROM 2012-2014 WHERE SHE PRESENTED THE DRIVE-TIME SHOW MONDAY-FRIDAY. SHE THEN MOVED BACK TO SUNRISE RADIO IN NOVEMBER 2014. YOU CAN NOW LISTEN TO ANUSHKA, A FINALIST FOR THE BEST RADIO PRESENTER OF THE YEAR CATEGORY AT THE ASIAN MEDIA AWARDS 2015, MONDAY TO FRIDAY ON SUNRISE RADIO 963 & 972AM FROM 12-4PM (UK TIME) WITH EXCLUSIVE SHOWBIZ NEWS, LATEST MOVIE REVIEWS, BOLLYWOOD INTERVIEWS, UPDATES ON ALL INDIAN REALITY TV SHOWS AND NEW MUSIC. ANUSHKA ALSO WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH THE BIGGEST ASIAN TV CHANNELS IN THE UK INCLUDING SONY TV, COLORS AND STAR PLUS. IN JANUARY 2016, ANUSHKA BECAME THE FIRST EVER BRITISH-ASIAN RADIO PRESENTER TO BROADCAST LIVE FROM THE BIGG BOSS HOUSE IN INDIA ON SUNRISE RADIO. INTERVIEWING ALL THE CONTESTANTS LIVE FROM THE HOUSE, ANUSHKA NOW SHARES A GREAT FRIENDSHIP WITH THE SEASON 9 CONTESTANTS. ANUSHKA HAS HOSTED EVENTS LIKE ADNAN SAMI AT WEMBLEY ARENA, RAHAT FATEH ALI KHAN AT THE O2 ARENA, ATIF ALSAM’S UK TOUR 2015, ARIJIT SINGH AT THE O2 INDIGO AND WEMBLEY ARENA, BOLLYWOOD PRESS CONFERENCES FOR SHAHRUKH KHAN’S CHENNAI EXPRESS AND KRRISH 3, WEDDING EXHIBITIONS, FASHION SHOWS, CORPORATE EVENTS AND MANY SUMMER MELAS AROUND THE UK. 2016 ALSO SAW ANUSHKA FEATURE AS A JOURNALIST OPPOSITE SHAHRUKH KHAN IN THE YASH RAJ MOVIE, FAN. SHE WAS ALSO NOMINATED FOR THE SECOND YEAR RUNNING AS BEST RADIO PRESENTER OF THE YEAR FOR THE ASIAN MEDIA AWARDS WHERE SUNRISE RADIO PICKED UP THE BEST RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR AWARD. NOT ONLY THAT, ANUSHKA HOSTED TWO MAJOR TOURS; ASHA BHOSLE’S FAREWELL UK TOUR AS WELL AS THE MIKA SINGH AND DALER MEHNDHI UK TOUR.
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