Dhanya Varma is an Indian journalist and talk show host currently hosting the

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talk show ''The Happiness Project'', on Kappa TV.

Personal life

She hails from

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. She is married to Cdr Vijay Varma, an officer in the

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and has 2 daughters and a son.

Education

She completed a master's degree in communication from Pune University in 2001.

Career

She started her career with an internship at Star Plus after completing her studies, and later became an assistant producer on the TV show ''

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'' hosted by

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. She later hosted a talk show called ''Talking point'' on Rosebowl, which aired from 2009 - 2011. She also hosted the show '' Mammootty the Best Actor'' show on

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. She was also a Hindi newsreader on Star News and has hosted a show called ''Wah! Cricket''. She also acted in the movie '' Humans of Someone'' directed by Sumesh Lal. The movie premiered at the International Film Festival of Kerala 2018. She is also the host of The Happiness Project with Dhanya Varma, with guests including celebrities and movie stars like Indrajith Sukumaran,

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, Anoop Menon, Industrialist

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, Oncologist V. P. Gangadharan, Conservation photographer Balan Madhavan, Psychiatrist Dr. Manoj Kumar, Cinematographer Venu among others.

Filmography

* Humans of Someone (2018) as Alice *

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(2019) as Dhanu *

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(2021) as Dr Sandhya Philip

References

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