Naga Chaitanya surprised everyone when he announced his engagement with Sobhita Dhulipala the other day. She is a very popular actress in Hindi cinema and a star in the OTT space.

Not many know that Sobhita is a proper Telugu girl and started her career as a model. Here are some very interesting and unknown facts about Chay Akkineni’s fiancee.

Sobhita Dhulipala is the daughter of a Merchant Navy officer. She was born in Tenali and raised in Vizag. She belongs to a proper, highly educated Brahmin family and is a trained Kuchipudi dancer.

Sobhita completed her graduation in Mumbai and has a degree in corporate law. She made her debut with the Anurag Kashyap film Raman Raghav and was paired opposite star hero Vicky Kaushal.

Sobhita was nominated for the best supporting actress at the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival in 2016. No other Indian actress has managed to do so in their debut.

Sobhita made her Hollywood debut in the Dev Patel film Monkey Man, playing an escort. Though she did not work with Chay Akkineni, the gossip is that Sobhita was introduced to Chay by star hero Adivi Sesh, who worked with her on Goodachari and Major.