Diya Menon (born 27 December 1992) is an Indian television host and a video jockey who works in

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language television. She is known for hosting television shows such as '' Savaale Samali'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. She has also hosted various different private events around India.

Early life

Diya was born in

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, India on 27 December 1992 to her father, Muralidharan Menon, and mother, Sindhu Muralidharan Menon. She also has an elder sister called Dheepthi Kapil who is a television actress. She completed her primary education at Mrs. Bullmore School, Coonoor. Then her family relocated to

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, family. She then completed her schooling at Sri Nehru Vidyalaya, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu in 2010.

Career

Diya Menon started her career in 2015 appearing as a television host in the challenge-competition show ''

'' hosting the show alongside other anchors

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, Aadhavan and Kavitha. She also hosted shows on Sun Music such as ''Krazy Kanmani'', ''Suda Suda Chennai'' and ''Call Mela Kasu''. During an interview in 2017, she was asked if she would ever consider debuting as an actress and appearing in films. She replied to the question stating "I have no interest and won't appear in any films".

Personal life

Diya Menon married Karthik Subramanian, a cricketer on a Singapore state-level team. Diya and Karthik were in a three-year relationship before they were married. After marriage Diya and her husband migrated to

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for good where she currently resides. She is now a citizen of Singapore. On 20 August 2022, Diya gave birth to a baby girl.

Television

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Menon, Diya 1992 births 21st-century Indian actresses Living people Indian television presenters Indian women television presenters Television personalities from Kerala Television personalities from Tamil Nadu Tamil television presenters