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BBC Asian Network, and stay there.” So it was really difficult as I had to please my parents but I had other ideas in my mind. I’ve done radio now for twelve years, I love it, I love being a DJ, I love that side of it. But like anything in life, if you can put a tick next to something, that tick is there. And I want my next challenge, I want to present X Factor, Big Brother, Strictly Come Dancing. I want to break down the barriers that I broke down in radio for Asians, all around the world wide not just in this country, on TV. And that’s my goal and that’s what I’m working towards.

Tell us about your comedy performances

As this journey from going from radio to television has been quite bumpy and difficult, somebody suggested to me that I should do stand up. When I say somebody, the biggest TV agent in the country, John Knoll. John Knoll said to me, “you're quite funny, you should do stand up.” I made the mistake of saying to him that I thought I was quite funny and I'd written a lot of comedy and had it in my phone a bit like a female younger Alan Partridge so, he challenged me to do stand up, and I’ve been doing it now for just over a year. I’ve done about 15 gigs, might not sound like a lot, but trust me it is, probably a gig a month. I really enjoyed the experience but I’m not entirely sure I want to be a stand up comedian, yet, now. I think stand up doesn't really have an age limit on it. I feel like it’s about life experiences and the more life experience I have, the funnier I’ll be. Right now for me, I have to concentrate on one thing and that has to be television. Stand up has been brilliant, I would recommend it to people who are crazy and want to really put themselves under more pressure than is ever imaginable. It’s good to do things that really aren’t in your comfort zone, they make you a bit fearless which is apparently a good thing I am still doing it, I’m just going to take a bit of time off. The problem with trying to do so many things is that you have that Jack of all trades, master of none. What I want to do really is concentrate on one specific thing, in order to do that you have to let go of a few other things, but it’s not over yet.

Anything else you’d like to say?

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Thank you!

Interview by Cessle & Mizz Ruby

Special thanks to Baeur Media

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