Kunal Vijaykar

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Kunal Vijaykar
Born (1964-05-19) 19 May 1964 (age 59)
Alma mater St. Mary's School, Mumbai
Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art
Occupation(s)Food writer, YouTuber, actor and television personality
Known forKhaane Mein Kya Hai
The Foodie – with Kunal Vijayakar

Kunal Vijaykar (born 19 May 1964) is an Indian Broadcaster, food writer, author, actor, and television personality. He is also a YouTuber and his YouTube channel is called "Khaane Mein Kya Hai" (loosely translates to "What's for food?"). [1]

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A whole generation has watched him eat his way into the hearts of hundreds and thousands of Indians. He is India’s most recognizable food show host, and the anchor of the country's most popular food show The Foodie – with Kunal Vijayakar, a show which ran uninterrupted for nine years, completing close to 500 episodes. He has been a food columnist and writer with The Times of India, Bombay Times, DNA, Asian Age, Mahanagar, and The Week and is currently a food writer and columnist with Hindustan Times. He is the author of Made In India – his first cookbook. He is also an actor, director and political satirist, and writer, performer, and director of the satirical political show The News That Wasn't and The Week That Wasn't on CNN News18, along with regular collaborator and close friend Cyrus Broacha.

Early life

He studied at St. Mary's School, Mumbai. He then received his bachelor's degree from Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai.[ citation needed ]

Career

Kunal started out in advertising and theatre and spent 11 in a leading advertising agency. During that time he appeared in several English plays and various TV commercials. He appeared in supporting roles in many Hindi movies, including Duplicate (1998) by Mahesh Bhatt, Paisa Vasool (2004), and Salaam Namaste (2005) with Saif Ali Khan and Preity Zinta.

He played the role of a journalist in the Hindi film Ghajini (2008) and was seen as Kunal in Little Zizou (2009), a story of the Parsi community.

He was the host of the channel Times Now show titled The Foodie, which featured him travelling around the country sampling exotic foods. His weekly satire comedy show The Week That Wasn't, with comedian Cyrus Broacha on CNN IBN completed seventeen years. [2] He does a sketch show with Cyrus Broacha, Cyrusitis, written and directed by Broacha. [3]

Vijaykar debuted as a screenwriter and director in 2009 with Fruit and Nut, a comedy starring Dia Mirza, Cyrus Broacha, Boman Irani, and Mahesh Manjrekar. [4] [5]

Since 2011, he also writes the fortnightly humour column "Funda Mental", in The Week magazine.

Has just written his first cookbook Made in India, published by Jaico.

Filmography

Actor

Director

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References

  1. ↑ "Khaane Mein Kya Hai - YouTube". YouTube .
  2. ↑ Two to tickle!: Together, Cyrus Broacha & Kunal Vijaykar can whip up quite a laughing storm The Indian Express , 7 November 2009.
  3. ↑ The Time Out-Mint Planner Mint (newspaper), 24 September 2009.
  4. ↑ Biography Archived 24 July 2012 at archive.today Champak.com.
  5. ↑ Kunal gets nutty again! TNN, The Times of India , 25 October 2009.
  6. ↑ Filmography Bollywood Hungama.
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