Background
Shahidi was born and brought up in Gaya, a southern district of Bihar in a humble family. His father Doctor Shahid Ahmed Shoaib is a well known Urdu poet and professor of anthropology in Magadh University.
Shahidi was born and brought up in Gaya, a southern district of Bihar in a humble family. His father Doctor Shahid Ahmed Shoaib is a well known Urdu poet and professor of anthropology in Magadh University.
He is currently associated with Network 18 as a presenter at IBN7. From an obscure part of Bihar, Gaya, Shahidi has gone on to anchor for British Broadcasting Corporation, Home television and Star television He recently joined another top notch sports broadcaster Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. An alumnus of Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi, He is active in the field of theater as well and does Dastangoi (An old art form of storytelling in Urdu). When the BiTV was launched in early 1990s he was a part of the team
A short time later he moved to Home television where he anchored the British Broadcasting Corporation News in Hindi.
He joined NDTV in the year 1998 and stayed there till 2001. From there he moved to Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Star sports as an Anchor of their flagship show SPORTSCENTER. He anchored this show for five long years and became a household name in sports anchoring.
Working with the British Broadcasting Corporation, NDTV, STAR News, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network,STAR SPORTS and IBN7, Darain Shahidi perhaps has an enviable profile in Indian television journalism. Awarded the Best Sports Presenter in 2007 at the Annual News Television Awards, he has in the past worked as an anchor, producer and reporter.
He has the distinction of having anchored the first ever British Broadcasting Corporation television news in Hindi.
His other credits as an anchor include, Saat Baje on NDTV, STAR News and Sportscenter in Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. From mainstream television journalism to superhit prime time sports news, Darain has raised his bar with each passing day. He is currently associated with Network 18 as a presenter at IBN7.He is currently associated with Star cricket as a presenter.