Updated On: 17 December, 2024 11:27 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Naga Chaitanya and Sobhita Dhulipala tied the knot earlier this month. The couple have finally spoken about how they met and spoke about their first date

Naga Chaitanya and Sobhita Dhulipala
Actors Naga Chaitanya and Sobhita Dhulipala tied the not on December 4 at the Annapurna Studios in Hyderabad. The couple dated for two years before becoming husband and wife. In an interview with the New York Times the actors spoke about their courtship period and how their mother tongue played a role in strengthening their bond.
The couple first had a passing meet in 2018 at Chaitanya's father Nagarjuna Akkineni's residence. She was invited by the senior actor who admired her performance in the 2018 film 'Goodachari'. But they spoke for the first time only in 2022, a year after Chaitanya got divorced from his then-wife Samantha Ruth Prabhu. Their conversation began when Dhulipala replied to Chaitanya's Instagram story regarding a sushi place in Hyderabad. They soon started bonding over their common native language-Telugu.