Kamal Sidhu

Kamal Sidhu (born February 24, 1968) is an Indo-Canadian model, VJ, TV anchor and actor.[2][3] Winner of Miss India–Canada in 1991,[4] she has a successful career as presenter and show host.

Kamal Sidhu
Sidhu at Soniya Vajifdar preview in 2010
Born (1968-02-24) February 24, 1968
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Spouse(s)Nico Goghavala[1]

Early life

Sidhu was born in an Indian Sikh family who lived in the Philippines, where she stayed till the age of six.[5] Later they moved to Canada, where she was raised and educated.[6] She has a university degree in pre-medical. She is fluent in Tagalog, English, Punjabi and French.[6]

Career

Prior to being in TV shows and in the modeling industry, Sidhu was an athlete, training to compete at the Olympic Games in Atlanta, representing Canada in the heptathlon.[6] An unfortunate injury abruptly ended her dreams and made her to pursue other avenues. She was advised by a cousin, and consequently entered the Miss India-Canada contest in 1991, to which she won first runner-up.[6]

In India, she started her career with Channel V and later MTV Asia.[7] She also worked with channel AXN in this same country.[6] One of the first few 'Indian' VJs, Sidhu and her Canadian accent were hugely popular with the teen population, many imitating her style of dress, hair and talking.[6] She hosted an adult show on sex lives on Zoom TV and anchored an environmental series called EarthPulse on National Geographic Channel.[8] She presented the Rio Games in August 2016 on Star Sports channel in her brief return to where it all started - STAR TV NETWORK.

Personal life

Kamal Sidhu was in a relationship with erstwhile MTV and Channel V VJ - Danny McGill during the 1990s. She is married to Nico Ghogavala owner of B.A.R company.[9]

Filmography
Year FilmRoleNotes
1997 Aar Ya PaarVeena Sanghvi
2006 Chasing Nature(TV series)Presenter[10]
2008 Little ZizouAlka
2019 The Fakir of VeniceMandira

References
  1. Halim, Moeena (13 February 2015). "Love it up". India Today. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  2. Visco, Rory (12 July 2006). "Chasing Kamal". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  3. Singh, Rashmi Uday (28 October 2011). "Devour the freshest bounty of Sri Lanka". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  4. "Kamal Sidhu, winner 1991". Miss India–Canada. 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
  5. Kumar, Ashok (1 August 2008). "Actors face modelling challenges: Kamal Sidhu". The Financial Express. Archived from the original on 5 August 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2016 – via Expressindia.com.
  6. "Kamal Sidhu — Miss India Canada". Seasons India. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  7. Anand, Swati. "Beauty's Beast". Little India. Archived from the original on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  8. Renuka, Methil (8 July 2002). "Animal magnetism". India Today. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  9. Pereira, Priyanka (17 March 2009). "Being Kamal". The Indian Express. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  10. Prabhu, Vidya (28 September 2006). "Settling down won't be easy: Kamal Sidhu". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
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