Happy Birthday Manish Paul

Today, BollyCurry gathers its readers to celebrate the birthday of the well known radio jockey and television host, Manish Paul.

Paul was born on August 3^rd 1981 to a Punjabi family in Mumbai. The family subsequently moved to Delhi, where Paul did his schooling from Apeejay School, New Delhi. He later pursued his Bachelors of Art in tourism at the University of Delhi. In 2007, Paul tied the knot with his childhood sweetheart Sanyukta and the beautiful couple has a daughter, Saisha.

Paul started his career in Delhi, as a host in schools and colleges. He later shifted to Mumbai, where he got his first role on television as a host on Sunday Tango with Star Plus in 2002. This multi-talented actor also tried his hand as a VJ for Zee Music and as a radio jockey for Radio City's morning show, Kasakai Mumbai. He acted in various shows for many Hindi GEC's such as Radhaa Ki Betiyaan Kuch Kar Dikhayengi (NDTV),  Zindagi (Zee Next), Ssshhh...Phir Koi Hai (Star One), Wheel Ghar Ghar Mein, Kahani Shuru with Love Guru (Zee TV) and Kuchh Cook Hota Hai (9x). Paul quit daily shows in 2008 as he found it unsatisfying. He did a small cameo in Farah Khan's Tees Maar Khan (2010), which later paved the way for another cameo in AnyBody Can Dance (2013). He debuted in Bollywood as a main lead with Mickey Virus (2013), where he played the role of a computer geek. He also sung "Pyaar China Ka Maal Ha" for his debut film as a main lead. His future projects include a lead role in Tere Bin Laden 2, the sequel to the super-hit Tere Bin Laden (2010).

Apart from television and films, the dashing star has hosted many TV award shows and reality shows such as Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Chhote Ustaad, Dance India Dance Li'l Masters (Zee TV). In 2011, he won the Best Anchor award for hosting Zee TV's Dance India Dance Li'l Masters. He also hosted previous seasons of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa with Ragini Khanna (Season 5) and Kapil Sharma (Season 6). He currently hosts Colors' popular dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7 alongside Ranvir Shorey and Science of Stupid on Natural Geographic India.

Today, on his birthday, we bring to you a small playlist of Paul's chartbusters:

Writer: Nisha M.

Editor(s): Alina S. and Gunia K.

Graphics: Virina R.