Varmha began to write scripts for commercials at age 16.

Living in New Delhi, she began directing commercials in the 1990s when she took over for the director of a Rexona spot and by 2005 had directed more than 480 commercials, including spots for Cadbury, Parker Pens, Nakshatra Jewellery and the Hyundai Santro.

[4] After the release of June R, she began to direct two more films, the Bollywood remake of June R entitled Aap Ke Liye Hum, and the Sri Lankan film Yasoda Kanna, which was criticized for its political stance.The film Aap Ke Liye Hum had the Bollywood star cast Jaya Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty, Manisha Koirala, Raveena Tandon, Ayesha Takia Azmi and Ranvir Shorey in the lead roles.

[7] It also had ensemble cast including Lal, Nazriya Nazim, Meghana Raj, Lalu Alex, Padmapriya and Pooja Gandhi.

[8][9] In 2014 She started pre-production works for the legend Olympian's biopic The Golden Girl, P T Usha,[10][11][12] This Pandemic descending time she started a quick Malayalam movie e Valayam addressing a subject having a contemporary value.