Shibani Dandekar was born as the eldest daughter into a Marathi-speaking Chitpavan family.In 2001, she moved to New York, US and began working in American television. She hosted three nationally syndicated television shows, Namaste America, V Desi and the Asian Variety Show. In this role, she introduced Bollywood’s biggest stars to American audiences and also hosted An Evening With Shah Rukh Khan in Atlantic City. She has been a contestant on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, the India-based Dancing With the Stars on the BBC network and hosted in India on Colors TV. She played the role ‘Zoya’ in the movie Roy which was released on February 13, 2015.
