India, Oct. 15 -- Former MTV India VJs, including Malaika Arora, Sophie Choudhary, and Nikhil Chinapa, took to social media to share their thoughts after the announcement that several MTV music channels in Europe will be shutting down. While Malaika and Sophie expressed sadness over the news, Nikhil offered a pragmatic take, noting that MTV's music programming had largely faded away in recent years, and also confirmed that the news has nothing to do with the shut down of MTV in India.

For many of India's former VJs, the news feels like the end of an era. "One cannot deny the impact MTV made across decades," Malaika Arora shared on social media. Nikhil Chinapa added, "It's sad in a nostalgic way but with the adventure of streaming, on-dem...