In a shocking move, former Zee news anchor Sudhir Chaudhary joined Aaj Tak on Monday. Sudhir Chaudhary worked as the editor-in-chief of Aaj Tak and was associated with Aaj Tak for over a decade.
Sudhir Chaudhary, the former editor-in-chief of Zee news joined Aaj Tak, a channel of the India Today on Monday. The news was shared by Vice-Chairperson of the India Today group Kallie Purie in an internal communication, accessed by e4m.
“ Sudhir and Aaj Tak are collaborating to bring to our 100 million viewers an exciting new show anchored by him. This show will be under the supervision of News Director Supriya Prasad. I know the mills have been hyperactive and this announcement should give a closure, the natural home for a household name in news is always Aaj Tak”, said Purie.
The former Zee news editor-in-chief needs no introduction, he is already famous through shows like DNA which comes at 9 pm from Monday to Friday. His show also set the record for receiving the highest TRP. He is one of the most followed journalists on social media platforms.
A veteran journalist, Sudhir Chaudhary worked for Zee News for over a decade. The latest stint of him at the Zee news was the 2nd one, earlier he was associated with Zee in the initial years but had left the organization in 2003 to work for Sahara Samay. He was also associated with India TV for some time.
In 2012 he came back to Zee and started hosting his own show Daily News & Analysis (DNA), later that show became one of the highest-rated shows on Hindi news channels. Chaudhary was not seen in his show over the last few days which gave rise to speculations about his resignation even before the news was official. In the last two episodes of DNA, the veteran journalist was still there in the thumbnail of the show, but the show was hosted by another anchor, Rohit Ranja.
