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'''Nikki Bedi''' is a [[television presenter|television]] and [[radio presenter]], born ''Nikki Mulgaonkar'' in [[Aylesbury]] to an [[India]]n father of [[Maharashtra]]n [[Parsee]] origin and an English mother, she began her career in [[Mumbai]] (formerly known as [[Bombay]]). |
'''Nikki Bedi''' is a [[television presenter|television]] and [[radio presenter]], born ''Nikki Mulgaonkar'' in [[Aylesbury]] to an [[India]]n father of [[Maharashtra]]n [[Parsee]] origin and an English mother, she began her career in [[Mumbai]] (formerly known as [[Bombay]]). |
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Nikki Bedi is a television and radio presenter, born Nikki Mulgaonkar in Aylesbury to an Indian father of Maharashtran Parsee origin and an English mother, she began her career in Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay).
Both a stage and television actress, she worked with some of India’s finest directors; spotted by the UK’s Channel 4, Nikki hosted Bombay Chat, an on-location celebrity talk show and Star TV gave her a primetime slot for Nikki Tonight which quickly proved to be Asia’s most widely viewed and controversial talk show, although it was subsequently ended by Star TV after a guest made a derogatory remark about Mahatma Gandhi after which she lived and worked for a time in Los Angeles.
Returning to the UK in 2000, she was the face of Universal’s film channel The Studio for over 2 years and had her own Live film show on NOW.
Married to Sunil Vijaykar, she met Kabir Bedi during rehearsals of Othello in which both she and Kabir were appearing and left her husband for him in the late 1990's, on re-marrying after the divorce she adopted the name Nikki Bedi and although they divorced amicably in 2005 she retains her married name to this day.
In 2003, while continuing her television work, Nikki began developing a career in radio appearing on LBC and BBC Radio 4, she became a regular stand-in presenter on the BBC Asian Network, most notably for the Sonia Deol show. In 2004 she became the presenter of a new BBC Asian Network Weekend morning programme called Hot Breakfast before taking over as presenter of the Weekday afternoon show, Drive, in 2005.
Having become one of the most popular voices on the Network, she was given her own format of show as part of the wide ranging schedule changes put in place in May 2006 and has since been presenting a programme called simply Nikki Bedi. The show, which airs from 12:30 to 16:00 every weekday, features reports on Music, Movies and the Arts and includes interviews with some of the leading names in the British and International Arts world. Nikki has not left her television work behind however and most recently appeared as a presenter on BBC2's Desi DNA.