Shreya Dhanwanthary On Family Man, Moving To Mumbai & Finding Love

Tune in for an insightful chat between Actor Shreya Dhanwanthary and Varun Duggirala as they trace back to Shreya’s childhood as the “weird” kid with weird interests to her modelling days. They also explore how Shreya knew she had found true love when she heard “lights, camera, action!” for the first time, how serendipity led her to her breakthrough role in the show ‘The Family Man’, and how coming to Bombay without a plan and just a dream is the best thing that could have happened to her!
Shreya Dhanwantary, is an Indian actress with a degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from NIT Warangal. Dhanwantary also garnered attention for her role as Zoya in the Amazon Prime web series The Family Man. Her role as journalist Sucheta Dalal in Sony LIV's web series Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story (2020) earned her several nominations and critical acclaim.
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:03:05 - Shreya Dhanwanthary On Her Love For Stories
00:05:40 - Shreya On Not Fitting In and Finding Solace in Books
00:15:53 - Varun and Shreya Discuss Their Journey to Finding a Career Path
00:18:35 - How Varun Went From Working On VJ Scripts to Starting Glitch
00:21:22 - Shreya On Moving To Mumbai Without A plan
00:29:15 - The Incident That Made Shreya Quit The Modeling Industry
00:31:56 - Shreya On Being Fired To Finding Success
00:37:03 - Varun and Shreya On The Power of Saying Yes
00:44:21 - Shreya On The Behind the Scenes of Portraying Harshad Mehta in Scam 1992
00:52:09 - Varun and Shreya Discuss Finding Love & Relationships
00:54:47 - Shreya On How She Got The Best Advice from Amitabh Bachchan
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ABOUT VARUN
A creative entrepreneur turned content creator, Varun is one of India’s leading conversationalists in the modern business, personal development, and creator landscapes with over 1 million podcast listens.
The author of the bestseller Everything Is Out of Syllabus, he’s the host of Advertising Is Dead, one of India's most popular business podcasts with over 300,000 listens in 2021 alone, as well as co-host of Think Fast, an irreverent business podcast that has ranked #3 on Apple’s Podcast Marketing Charts.
In 2009, he co-founded The Glitch, India’s largest ‘digital-first’ creative agency.
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[@neokarma5736]

She is amazing. For once the Guest is very articulate, Charming, humorous & Chatty! She avoided saying it - but she is a engineer from NIT Warangal. Incredible that she gravitated to acting. I feel she'll make a great talk show host - that's how good she is.

[@dklc28]

She’s good but It’s not enough to be articulate or chatty to be a good talk show host. It’s harder than it seems

[@be4yourself40]

Why this creator is inviting people and talking about himself only. At a certain point he was just not letting her talk and explaining his part of story only.

[@arunapawar5324]

True..

[@srin09]

Shreya is a lovely actor. The way she presents a point is commendable.

[@chitraagarwal8259]

I remember randomly watching Why Cheat India and immediately searching for the name of this amazing young actress - that's when I first learnt of Shreya Dhanwantary.. Have always wondered why we have not seen more of her on the big screen - she has awesome screen presence. I can see her developing into a Smita Patel/Shabana Azmi type of classic, ageless actor. Wish you a long and never ending career.. You've barely scratched the surface of your potential

[@Inciare]

Shreya is one of the coolest people to talk to and hang around with. More than articulation and attitude, what i appreciate is that there's no veil of a celebrity and it's so refreshing to listen to a real person

[@NehaSingh-cc8kd]

I always knew Shreya was so much fresh , different and intelligent from the time I saw her in Family Man! Hearing her out in this show was like a proof to that knowing ! What a perky fun and witty girl !!! Love her 💕 Thanks Varun for inviting her ! Amazing

[@harinid1009]

She is one with the mind might and courage. Love you gal

[@gowthamgopithapalem]

OMG!I am enjoying this conversation a lot.Shreya is very energetic and Varun in so engaging. 🎉🎉

[@tatavarthitarun2739]

Watching them speak Telugu , Varun we badly need a strong😢❤ podcast host in Telugu ❤

[@niharikasolanki6549]

This was so amazing, I just love how your conversations just FLOW. It felt so relatable and fun and she is so amazing.

[@cashriyanair4506]

Sooo refreshing! One of my fav episodes

[@praveen13458]

This is one of the podcasts where the the content creator did not make it about himself a lot. Was able to get the best out if the guest to keep ot engaging. Awesome Varun 😊

[@venkateshk9317]

She is extremely intelligent. Lovely listening to you. All the best for your future 💜💜 from a fellow telugu. ✋

[@harshkum]

the little colorful stuff on the table is so cute.

[@creative_aayat1111]

The video and both of the two booked me . Feel great

[@AnUsReE_XOXO]

I can say that this podcast came on exact time when i needed an appropriate perspective for my current situations in life... Thx

[@VarunDuggi]

so glad it helped! Thank you for watching :))

[@adldeeps24]

She is saying she knows what to speak what makes people happy. Thats why i am becoming fan of her. This girl can do great if remain on right track

[@user-zq8sf5lx4x]

Great fan of shreya dhanwantari ❤️❤️❤️

[@MrAmitlawyer]

Came across this lovely podcast first time.... very relatable..

[@sandeepyoutuber1]

I don't know how I had come across Varun's podcasts. Thanks to youtube. Googled about this person and his work seems to be really good!

[@VarunDuggi]

Happy you found it 😁

[@rohanreddyfr]

Closely Watched The Whole Convo And I Have to say I Loved The Ideologies and Topics Discussed throughly enjoyed! Also Have to Say That Varun's Voice Is Sooo Close To Nani the Telugu Actor 😂❤

[@mandarsalunkhe09]

bold + beautiful = Shreya Dhanwanthary . BigFan

[@vidhyamohan9551]

I felt Shreya at 52:38! Great conversation and take on serendipity😊

[@VarunDuggi]

same! it truly was a blast to have her on the podcast :)

[@DileepKumar-qt9nd]

Fan of shreya ❤❤❤ From Telugu❤❤

[@S1dductive]

Enjoyed this so so so much, from a fellow actor and a Hyderabadi, mast undey episode! ❤

[@miku1408]

We all agree that engineering in India sucks but nobody is really able to do anything about it 😒 I feel helpless myself too.

[@chanakyareddycherla9068]

She did engineering from NIT..if she wasn't successful in the film industry..she has a safe net, can go back to job.

[@wilbertete1556]

She is amazing❤

[@sudipta_pradhan]

Still Deva from Reunion for me ❤✨

[@dartmouthbull]

The next great actor of India.

[@SkdashTV]

I love u shreya dhanwanthary 😚😚

[@analyticseveryday4019]

Have been following varun's work for a while (podcasts, posts, even the book), it really opens up some corner of your brain and makes you think. Glad he decided to become a content creator. Else we would have lost on a great mind.

[@VarunDuggi]

thank you for the kind words! We are just getting started on this creative journey.. more to come :))

[@analyticseveryday4019]

@@VarunDuggi 😇 Super

[@roxstarusha]

She should write or narrate stories I would listen and read . Amazing grip on her audience .

[@SR-jc3xo]

ShreyaDhanwantry❤

[@tansirakrami7383]

It was a casual conversation, just like two people knew each other 😊

[@VarunDuggi]

Every chat is meant to be free flowing where the guest can truly talk about what they never get to talk about and its been so insightful every single time! Thank you for watching and more to come :)

[@hhumar987]

He is soooo handsome😍

[@rachitvsatija]

Great podcast! Greetings Varun n Shreya!

[@tabassumkhanmum]

Best podcast i saw

[@surajnagaraju4717]

Kaafi inspiring

[@OurDevotionaltime]

Loved it infinity

[@nitinsaklecha3262]

Shreya you should be more infront of various channels so that people know you more....your work and movies...because I feel people do not know your work...

[@achyutakrishna]

So proud that, you both speak Telugu. Keep rocking gals/guys. Cool video editing

[@user-gu5rm1oq4i]

💞loved it... 😊

[@docmaulek]

Her IQ is as high as Sushant Singh Rajput and extremely smart

[@wondercreations]

UNIQUE BEAUTY...MY ANGEL SHREYA...

[@AnUsReE_XOXO]

It was fun

[@deepshikdev4233]

Shreya dhanwantary=Adhya Mathur🤍

[@pranavbhandari3023]

Where can I find her T-shirt online.?

[@pk75621]

Really it was a good conversation 👏

[@VarunDuggi]

thank you!

[@Rahul-uw4pn]

Made my day thanks so much ☺️

[@VarunDuggi]

and this comment made my day! Thank you for watching :)

[@vaishu6397]

nice one

[@vaidehiwadkar7372]

I like her but really want to point out something...the thing she said at 23:44... nepotism is when you come from a Film family, it's equally difficult for people who live in Mumbai & not from a film family... just because you know the geography of this city doesn't make things easy for anyone.. And trust me if you ask these Star kids about Mumbai in terms of how to travel from one place to another with the help of public transport or the areas which you are talking about they will not have any idea about it because most of them didn't have to...they must have traveled from their lavish cars and they only have visited the big restaurant and bars(of course not trying to generalised this there might be few exceptions) And in Mumbai not everybody have a very lavish life, it's not that Karan Johar harr kisike contact list main hai 😂😂 There are few cities which have a comparatively more rich population but it's not true for the whole Mumbai rather most of the population of this city is Lower middle class/middle class who are living a very normal life

[@cricket4ever298]

In podcast you generally listen to the guest, in this episode uno reverse.

[@vvbhat]

nice video

[@UnseenHimalayas]

Nice

[@parth3337]

💜💜

[@YNOT37]

Telugu unexpected varun Anna ❤

[@VarunDuggi]

time for a telugu podcast?😁

[@sanjaksumadh9499]

Is this available in Spotify?

[@VarunDuggi]

Yes it is … open.spotify.com/episode/0LREyjJqPidafCzL1sU5Wy?si=zDgvogZBTemYcQ0MQSyylQ

[@shreya1902]

The way she was talking. I thought she got into IIT Bombay.

[@ajithkumar-up8tv]

Great interview తెలుగు celebrities ని ఇంటర్వ్యూ చెయ్, బ్రో

[@voyageranas]

Who was the filmmaker mentioned at 55:18 about Science & Earth?

[@VarunDuggi]

Roland emmerich

[@mrvalo7720]

Editor Op

[@poojamitra3990]

She reminds ne of Renuka Shahane

[@StudKid-fq4wt]

Have subtitles, or speak understandably.

[@user-tn2pk8hx8t]

Nuvv telugaaa❤

[@nj09]

Is she wearing a Rangeman 😮?

[@vvardhan14]

Varun looks 0% telugu..i mean the physical built..proud though of that :)

[@VarunDuggi]

😁🙏🏽 100% Telugu bred

[@astrobandhu]

Shreya says her mom knew Ed Chapel stories. Who is Ed Chapel? Or did I hear it wrong?

[@HeisenbergWw-pz9rr]

lol, it's "Yedu Chepalu" which means 7 fishes. it's an infamous story in telugu which every 80/90s kid would know

[@Lollife08]

I started investment at the age of 19

[@venkiiveera960]

CBIT i guess😅😅

[@bhavanijarajapu2829]

The interview was fine. But I don’t under stand this contempt that these foreign based Indians have for small town India. Why does she have to refer to Warangal as a hell hole. It is a typical Indian town where a few million people live. I would rather live in Warangal than Mumbai if I am a middle class guy

[@harinigomattam8311]

She said hell hole to iit Warangal not Warangal city

[@vatsaldoshi7270]

bhai scam ke baare mein puchlete

[@VarunDuggi]

Poocha hai Na 😁

[@vatsaldoshi7270]

@@VarunDuggi Time stamp! I listened it is not there

[@VarunDuggi]

45:14

[@dhritimenon]

dare i say this was "manchi-lingual" 😂 lolol okay sorry.

[@VarunDuggi]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@vamsipatnaik6184]

Telugu annav kada anna..motham English 😂

[@VarunDuggi]

Kuncham test chesavu

[@DataAnalyst251]

Boooooooooooooooooooring