Overview

• On Jagapathi Babu’s Jayammu Nischayammuraa, he said their first connection came when she left an emoji on his Instagram post about his cloud kitchen, Shoyu, which led to chats and a meeting.
• He recounted that Sobhita was upset over the song lyric “Bujji Thalli” in Thandel—also his nickname for her—mistakenly thinking he asked director Chandoo Mondeti to include it.
• In a rapid-fire round, he named “Sobhita, my wife” as the one thing he cannot live without.
• The couple dated from 2022 before an August 2024 engagement and a December 2024 wedding at Annapurna Studios in Hyderabad.
• Professionally, Thandel marked his first ₹100 crore film, and he is currently filming a mythological thriller with Karthik Varma Dandu.