Tollywood mates Sobhita Dhulipala and Naga Chaitanya observe their archetypal Sankranti together. (Credit: Instagram/@chayakkineni)
Director Chandoo Mondeti’s romanticist endurance actioner Thandel not lone marks Naga Chaitanya’s instrumentality to the large surface aft astir 2 years but is besides his archetypal merchandise since his marriage to histrion Sobhita Dhulipala. Hence, promotional events for the movie person besides go occasions wherever helium often faces questions astir this caller section successful his idiosyncratic life. Interestingly, the trailer motorboat of Thandel was held successful Sobhita’s hometown of Visakhapatnam (Vizag), Andhra Pradesh, overmuch to the delight of the fans.
At the event, Chaitanya made a peculiar petition to the radical of Vizag, emphasising however their enactment was important for his prestige. Expressing his heavy admiration for the city, the histrion remarked that helium loved it truthful overmuch that helium joined a pistillate from Vizag. “Vizag is truthful adjacent to my bosom that I fell successful emotion with a Vizag ammayi (girl) and joined her. Now, there’s a portion of Vizag astatine my location too. So, brothers, I person a tiny request… The container bureau postulation of Thandel successful Vizag should beryllium staggering; otherwise, I’ll suffer my honour astatine home,” helium said during the trailer motorboat connected Tuesday.
Chaitanya was antecedently joined to histrion Samantha Ruth Prabhu from 2017 to 2021. Post their divorce, he got engaged to Sobhita connected August 8, 2024, and the mates tied the knot connected December 4 successful a lavish but intimate ceremonial attended by 300 guests astatine the Akkineni family-owned Annapurna Studios successful Hyderabad, Telangana.
For Chaitanya, Thandel’s occurrence is of utmost value arsenic helium hasn’t had a solo deed since Love Story (2021). His lone different box-office occurrence aft that was Bangarraju (2022), successful which helium shared the surface with his begetter Nagarjuna played the pb role. Both Thank You (2022) and Custody (2023), featuring Chaitanya, ended up being box-office bombs. Given that Thandel marks the on-screen reunion of him and Sai Pallavi — his co-star from Love Story — determination is anticipation that the duo volition beryllium capable to recreate the magic of their erstwhile collaboration. Thandel volition deed the screens connected February 7.