World Radio Day Feature - 5 Bollywood celebrities who were successful with their shows on the radio BY SULENA MAJUMDAR ARORA

Till now, it has been the case that VJs, RJs in radio, and anchoring artists used to turn to films as soon as they got a chance, but now the matter seems to be reversed. In recent times, many Bollywood celebrities have been seen connecting with their fans through radio, away from the glittering Bollywood lights and cameras.

After ruling the hearts of their fans on the big screen, many Bollywood celebrities have now started spreading their stardom inside the radio studios.

They have gone on to play, roles as diverse as the love guru, practical parent, or even agony aunties. On the occasion of World Radio Day, we bring to you 5 Bollywood celebrities who have made successful shows on radio in a new way.

1. .Karan Johar - 'Calling Karan'

Karan Johar turned RJ for his show 'Calling Karan' , which aired on a popular radio channel. Karan continued to act as a love guru and used to give love and relationship advice to the callers.

Each episode dealt with various issues like love triangle, hookup, office romance, long distance relationships in which Karan spoke openly and also gave his personal advice/opinion to deal with them.

His friends from the industry also used to call him occasionally to seek advice on all kinds of subjects.

2. Kareena Kapoor - 'What Women Want'

Like Karan Johar, Bollywood's most popular, fast-paced, energetic superstar Kareena Kapoor Khan also joined the radio fraternity in her show 'What Women Want'.

She used to talk with various celebrities and women on women centric issues and got involved in the misery of women and gave them the right advice. This show made a lot of headlines.

3. Aparshakti Khurana - 'Ishq Mein Kabhi Kabhie'

In this series, Aparshakti continues to take the audience through a range of emotions in the many forms of love.

He explains "It's mainly about telling a variety of stories through my voice..While they are essentially love stories, they also contain many more emotions like betrayal, heartbreak and giving one more chance again”.

Well, all we can say is that, as an R.J and also as a singer, comedian, anchor and television host, Aparshakti Khurana masters many talents with gusto.

4. Vidya Balan - 'Dhun Badal Ke To Dekho'

Actress Vidya Balan has also gone through the experience of becoming a real-life RJ after playing a role in the 2017 Hindi film 'Tumhari Sulu'.

Her show 'Dhun Badal Ke To Dekho' recently aired on a radio channel, talked about all the women oriented problems, from domestic violence to new age parents raising their children and so on, her show tackles all the problems that plague the society. Vidya also did a rap song with the same title, just like a boss.

5. Annu Kapoor - 'Suhana Safar'

Creating a strong bond with the minds of the listeners, Annu Kapoor's show "Suhana Safar" gave the audience a chance to listen to the melodious music of the golden age of Indian film music, from 1955 to 1985.

The show revisited the golden age of music-loving listeners and took them on a long journey year after year, and Anu Kapoor himself presented the program and narrated all the interesting events which took place behind the scenes while shooting or recording of those songs.

He told many surprising things about facts of those movies and used to play top ten songs of each of those years.

6. Bhumi Pednekar - 'Climate Warrior'

Bhumi's radio show, 'Climate Warrior' was started with an aim to draw public attention to energy conservation.

With this show, the actress urged everyone to come together as a community and work towards energy conservation, to positively track climate change which is currently out of control.

In this way, Bhoomi not only educated the users about the shocking facts of nature, but also made every effort to ensure that every person, as much as possible, is committed to protecting and taking care of the essence of our environment and try your best to contribute towards the cause.

This beautiful effort of Bhoomi was warmly welcomed by all her fan followers and environment lovers and encouraged her to move further in this direction.