Naga Chaitanya Praises Sobhita Dhulipala: ‘She Gives Me Great Advice When I’m Stressed’ | Exclusive

Naga Chaitanya Praises Sobhita Dhulipala: Naga Chaitanya is currently preparing for the release of his much-awaited film Thandel, co-starring Sai Pallavi. In a recent interview, Naga, who recently married Sobhita Dhulipala, spoke fondly of his wife. He praised her for being his confidante, sharing how she has been a strong support system in both his personal and professional life.

This movie is vastly different from what both Chandoo and Chay have done in their careers and comes with high expectations. Thandel is also said to be the biggest movie of the actor, made on a budget of ₹80 crore by Arvind’s Geetha Arts. As Chaitanya got chatting with Hindustan Times, he spoke about how opportunities to work in films like Thandel are rare and he was excited about bringing this real-life story to the big screen.

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Naga Chaitanya and Sobhita Dhulipala began dating in 2022, however, they remained tight-lipped about their brewing romance. After their two-year courtship period, they got engaged in August 2024 and finally tied the knot on December 4 in an intimate ceremony attended by families and close friends at the Akkineni’s Annapurna Studios in Hyderabad.

Ask Chay how married life was and he replied with a smile, “Married life is great! I’m totally enjoying it. It’s just been a couple of months. I think we both invest equally in work and away from work; so, we have that work-life balance very much intact. I think that’s one of the qualities we both really connected on also.”

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Do Sobhita and him have a lot in common, other than being successful actors of course? “You know, we are both from Andhra. She is from Vizag and I love Vizag. Our roots are similar though we are not from the same cities and so, culturally, there was much connection. And, obviously, the love for cinema, the love for this art form. I think both of us are just so curious about life, which got us going. Many conversations sort of started around that for us. And we love traveling as well,” explained Chay.

Circling back to his career and Thandel, Chaitanya remarks that he’s happy to have directors who can go past his urban looks and cast him for more locally rooted parts. “I want to be cast in all kinds of roles. The director should be able to mold me into any character that he wants. I’m grateful that I’m getting these opportunities to showcase and prove myself. When it comes to Thandel, I’m sure that initially, the producer would’ve had some doubts in his mind as to how I could fit into the role of a fisherman. But credit to them that they gave me that time to work on myself," he says.

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