Filmmaker Sandeep Reddy Vanga was present at the pre-release event of Naga Chaitanya and Sai Pallavi's Telugu film Thandel, and at the event, Pallavi was all praise for Vanga for his unfiltered approach to taking things both on and off-screen without being influenced by anything else. At the pre-release event, Pallavi talked about how necessary it is for a director to have a voice.

Sai Pallavi praises Sandeep Reddy Vanga 

While praising the Kabir Singh & Animal director, Sai said, "Every director should have a voice within them, and yours is so unfiltered on screen and even with your interviews and wherever you go. There’s absolutely no filter, and it’s so nice and refreshing to see someone who isn’t influenced by a lot of things around. Sometimes we change ourselves to please people or get opportunities. But as human beings, sometimes when you are so unapologetically yourself, it is a revolution on its own."