BBC Asian Network
BBC Asian Network's Jas Rao and DJ Kayper will be hosting the Big Top throughout Saturday and Sunday bring you the best of Asian music between each of the performances.
Main Stage
BBC Asian Network are proud to be supporting Edinburgh Mela 2009 and very excited about introducing another spectacular line up on the main stage. Catch all of the day’s action, interviews, main stage performances as the station broadcasts live from the event. Don’t forget to look our for your favourite presenters mixing the best in bhangra, Bollywood and urban beats all day, live at BBC Asian Network Station wagon.
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Asian Network Station wagon
Fancy being in the shoes of the great legend Shah Rukh Khan or Bollywood beauty Ashwariya Rai? Then make sure you come along to the Asian Network Station wagon where we will be giving you the opportunity to star in your own Bollywood movie poster. Strike a pose and come along to Asian Network Station wagon to find out more!
For all you budding singers, come and feel like a super star with BBC Asian Network host Dev Parmar who will be giving you the chance to perform hit Bollywood songs from the past and present in front of your family and friends.
Whilst enjoying these activities, let Asian Network presenters Raj & Pablo take you through a Bollywood musical journey as they hit the decks live in the Asian Network Station wagon.
Raj & Pablo on ‘Love Bollywood’ weekends 9am – 12pm
Dev Patel on ‘Weekend Gujarati’ Sundays 9 – 11pm
DJ Kayper
With interviews with artists such as Kelly Rowland,
Nelly Furtado and Xzibit under her belt, Kayper is an
inspiration to many up and coming DJ’s. Kayper kicked off
her career at the tender age of 12 when she practised relentlessly to master her unique sound which blends
genres such as Hip-Hop, 80’s Rock, Bollywood, Bhangra
to name a few! Who says Asian female DJ’s don’t exist? Not only does Kayper defy
her critics but she is at the top of her game. Her international popularity has taken her
to perform in front of crowds in Ibiza, Mauritius, New York. Make a note in your diary,
DJ Kayper is one chick not to be missed!
DJ Kayper Friday’s on Asian Network 10pm – 1am
Jas Rao
Jas Rao fronts the BBC Asian Network Drive show.
A self confessed Bollywood fanatic, Jas has created
his very own version of a Bollywood bite size soap called
the ‘Dilemma’. You think desi soaps have all the drama?
Then Think again! Whether it’s pressure to get married,
siblings getting all the attention or don’t know hot to dump
your boyfriend, send your dilemmas to Jas’s team and let
them make a drama out of it…literally!
Catch Jas Rao on Asian Network weekdays from 3 – 6pm
The Sound of Asian Britain on bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork Sky 0119, freeview 709, Virgin 912
