Nikhil Chinapa
Nikhil Chinapa
Born
Kalengada Bhemaiah Chinapa

(1973-06-06) 6 June 1973
Bangalore, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materB.M.S. Institute of Technology and Management,B.M.S. College of Engineering, Bangalore
Occupation(s)VJ
DJ
Host
Years active1999–present
Spouse
DJ Pearl
​
(m. 2006)​
Children1

Nikhil Chinapa is an Indian DJ, host and festival curator, often credited with popularizing EDM among the youth in India. He has been associated with MTV India since the late 1990s and has appeared in multiple television shows including Roadies and Splitsvilla.[1] He has been instrumental in popularizing DJing as a profession and leading the music scene at the Sunburn Festival in its early years.[2]

Early life

Chinapa was born in Bangalore. His father was a paratrooper in the Indian Army,[3] and as a result he did his early education from different schools in India, including Begumpet's Hyderabad Public School, Hyderabad and Faust High School, Secundarabad, after which he studied in St. George High School Agra. He earned a degree in architecture from BMS College of Engineering in Bangalore with a thesis on the design of hospitals.[3] His interest in music grew during his college life when he used to do gigs as a DJ in parties to earn his pocket money.

Personal life

Chinapa married his long-time girlfriend DJ Pearl Miglani in 2012 after a six-year-long relationship. In February 2018, they welcomed their daughter.[4]

Career

Chinapa's career as a television personality started when he won the MTV VJ Hunt in 1999.[5] Thereon he hosted MTV Select, a show which introduced popular music and bands from the various parts of the world.[6] In 2000 he debuted as an actor with the film Snip!. Later, he hosted shows like India's Got Talent 2 with Ayushmann Khurana and several seasons of MTV Splitsvilla. He also judged shows like Rock On, MTV Mashups, Fame X and seasons 4, 5 and 7 of MTV Roadies.[1] Since the thirteenth season of Roadies, Chinapa has been playing the role of a gang leader in the show.

Chinapa co-founded Submerge in 2003 along with his wife Pearl and Hermit Sethi; it went on to be one of the largest EDM companies in India.[7][8] In 2007, he co-founded Sunburn, but parted ways with the franchise in 2013 due to internal issues and co-founded Vh1 Supersonic with his wife Pearl. It continues to be one of India's biggest dance music festivals.[8]

Filmography

Films

Year Film [1] Role
2000 Snip!
2003 Pyaar Kiya Nahin Jaatha Ravi S. Pillai
2006 Kudiyon Ka Hai Zamana
2009 42 kms
2011 Shaitan Sandeep Srivastava

Television

Year Show [1] Role
1999 MTV VJ Hunt Contestant
1999-2000 Hello Friends Vikram and Akram
2000 MTV Select Host
2009 MTV Rock On Host
2009–2014 MTV Splitsvilla Host
2010 India's Got Talent Host
2017–present MTV Roadies Gang Leader/Leader
2021 MTV Splitsvilla Guest Presenter

Discography

  • Stop! ("Nachle - Remix") (2004)
  • Salaam Namaste (Salaam Namaste (Dhol Mix)) (2005) along with DJ Naved Khan
  • Dus (Z version, "Deedar De") (2005)
  • Zinda (Writer: "Maula", "Maula - Remix", "Zinda Hoon Main", "Zinda Hoon Main - Remix") (2006)
  • Shootout at Lokhandwala ("Unke Nashe Mein - Remix", "Aakhri Alvida - Remix") (2007)
  • Om Shanti Om (Writer: "Dastaan-E-Om Shanti Om" (The Dark Side)) (2007) [1]

Accolades

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2003 Indian Television Academy Awards Best Anchor - Music/Film Based Show MTV Fresh Won [9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Nikhil Chinappa". IMDb.
  2. ↑ "Nikhil Chinapa moves on from Sunburn to a new EDM festival". www.telegraphindia.com.
  3. 1 2 "Nikhil Chinapa". DMC World (interview). 12 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Roadies' Nikhil Chinapa becomes a father to baby girl". Times of India. 25 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "VJ Sunanda and Gaelyn Mendonca wins Idea MTV VJ Hunt!". www.indiainfoline.com.
  6. ↑ Mukherjee, Tatsam (6 June 2017). "To Every 90s Kid, Nikhil Chinapa Made The Job Of A VJ Look Like The Coolest Thing Ever". ScoopWhoop.
  7. ↑ "Submerge to launch music label". 10 November 2018 – via Business Standard.
  8. 1 2 "About". Submerge.
  9. ↑ "GR8! TV Magazine - THE INDIAN TELEVISION ACADEMY AWARDS, 2002". gr8mag.com. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
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