Radio jockey (2007–14) After graduating with a degree in
Communications Studies and
Journalism from the
Indraprastha University, Tyagi began working as a voice over artist in New Delhi. She worked at the Delhi stations of such channels as
Red FM and
Big FM, before moving to
Mumbai,
Maharashtra in 2010 to pursue post graduate education and further her career as a radio station host. Tyagi enrolled in a
filmmaking course at the
St. Xavier's College, Mumbai and simultaneously began working as programme host for the Mumbai-based FM station
Radio City. She received attention for a starting a fundraiser to help Nikita Shuklaa visually impaired law student; the story was picked up by several
media outlets. The campaign was widely shared and received attention from films actors and politicians based in Mumbai.
YouTube (2015–present) Tyagi continued to work with Radio City until 2017, hosting
Mumbai Masala; she interviewed various
Bollywood and regional artists, then joined film review website
Film Companion. Tyagi was appointed a member of the Film Critics Guild, one of India's first film critics association Some reviews received good amount of criticism, and sparked controversies and debates among artists and critics. Tyagi made her film acting debut with a supporting role in the 2019 short film
Lutf, co-starring
Mona Singh and
Vinay Pathak. A select few of episodes of "Not a Movie Review" were later compiled and released as a
web series on
Disney+ Hotstar under the same title in March 2020. Later that year, Tyagi played herself in
Vikramaditya Motwane's black comedy,
AK vs AK; also starring
Anurag Kashyap and
Anil Kapoor as fictionalised versions of themselves, the production utilises a
film-within-a-film narrative.
AK vs AK was released on Netflix on 20 December to positive response from critics. In 2020, Tyagi launched her own clothing line in partnership with online retailer KadakMerch and started her own YouTube channel, posting weekly film reviews under the title "Ghar Se Movie Review". She also writes for other online media portals and publications. ==Filmography==