Dibang is an Indian journalist and news anchor known for his great debate and reporting shows. He is the former host of the main show ‘Jan Man’ and the weekly show ‘Sidang Akhbar’ of the Hindi language news channel ABP News. Dibang is considered the best news rating (Hindi) in the industry in India.
Wiki/Biography
Dibang was born in 1971 (age 52 years; in 2023) in Arunachal Pradesh, India. He grew up in Lohit, Arunachal Pradesh. Dibang graduated from Delhi University.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 10″
Hair Color: Salt & Pepper
Eye Color: Brown
Compared to Aamir Khan
Family
There is not much information about his family.
Wife
Dibang is not married.
Career
Journalism
Dibang started his journey in journalism with The Illustrated Weekly of India, an English-language weekly news magazine in India. Later, he joined ‘The Times of India’ in New Delhi as a Correspondent for its weekly edition ‘The Sunday Times.’ She got her chance to appear on television as an anchor when Surendra Pratap Singh (deceased), also known as SP Singh, an Indian journalist, asked her to join ‘Aaj Tak,’ a Hindi-language news channel. Dibang accepted the offer and worked for the channel. After stepping down from Aaj Tak, he joined ‘NDTV,’ an Indian news media company, and became the Executive Editor of the channel, and soon after, he was appointed the Managing Director of the news channel. While working for NDTV, he presented an hour-long Hindi debate show ‘Muqabla’ on NDTV India channel; the show won the Best Talk Show Award at the Indian Television Academy Awards in 2006, becoming the first Hindi talk show to win the award in a category comprised mostly of English-language shows. In 2007, Dibang resigned as Managing Director of NDTV but continued hosting the debate show ‘Muqabla.’ Later, he switched to another television news channel, ‘ABP News.’
Film Appearance
Dibang appeared in several Bollywood films as well. In 2013, he made his debut in the Bollywood film industry with the political action thriller ‘Madras Cafe,’ starring John Abraham and Nargis Fakhri. Dibang plays a former intelligence officer in the film.
Dibang (as ex-RAW agent), with John Abraham (as Lieutenant Major Vikram Singh), in the movie ‘Madras Cafe’ (2013)
In 2010, he played the role of a journalist in the Bengali film, Gangor, directed by Italo Spinelli, an Italian filmmaker; the film is based on the Bangla short story, Choli Ke Peeche, by Indian writer Mahasweta Devi. In 2016, Dibang appeared as ‘JCP Amod Mehra’ in the film ‘Pink,’ starring Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, and Kirti Kulhari, among others.
Played as JCP Amod Mehra in the movie ‘Pink’ (2016)
Award
Dibang has won many awards for his work as an anchor.
Facts/Trivia
- As a child, Dibang wanted to be a pilot.
- He is inclined towards literature, music, and world cinema. Some of his favorite film directors are Pedro Almodovar (Spain), Majid Majidi (Iran), and Wong Kar-wai, a Hong Kong film director.
- Dibang likes to watch Iranian movies.
- Dibang, in an interview, talked about how he decided to make the transition to the big screen with the film ‘Madras Cafe’ (2013). Dibang said that he has known the film’s director Shoojit Sircar since he joined NDTV and is familiar with his works, including films such as ‘Yahaan’ (2005) and ‘Vicky Donor’ (2012), in the Bollywood film industry as he feels. comfortable working on a large screen.
- In an interview, Dibang revealed that before making his Bollywood debut, he was approached by many film directors including Jayarajan Rajasekharan Nair, professionally credited as Jayaraj, for Malayalam language films. Jayaraj wanted to cast Dibang in one of his films because of his close resemblance to Indian actor Danny Denzongpa.
- Dibang was also offered to participate in an Indian reality show including a dance show and a survival show, called Survivors, where the contestants were supposed to live on an island. In 2022, he appeared in the Hindi-language reality television series ‘Bigg Boss 16’ for an episode where he played a game with the contestants.
Dibang, with Salman Khan, in the reality show ‘Bigg Boss 16’ (2022)
- Dibang has worked for many foreign television networks including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) television networks, Japan’s NHK public media, and Italy’s RAI television network.
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