Sobhita Dhulipala
Sobhita Dhulipala biography, wiki, age, height, caste, religion, movies, affairs, family, education & more
| Biography | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sobhita Dhulipala |
| Profession | Indian actress & model |
| Years Active | 2012-Present |
| Date of Birth | May 31, 1992 |
| Age (In 2023) | 31 Years |
| Birth Place | Tenali, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Hometown | Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Ethnicity | South Asian |
| Caste | Brahmin |
| Mother Tongue | Telugu |
| Zodiac | Taurus |
| Height | in centimeters- 175 cm in meters- 1.75 m in Feet Inches- 5ft 9in |
| Eye Colour | Hazel |
| Hair Colour | Black |
| Family and Marriage Details | |
| Marital Status | Unmarried |
| Boyfriend(s)/Affair(s) | Akkineni Naga Chaitanya (Actor) Pranav Misra (Fashion Designer)  |
| Parents | |
| Father | Venugopala Rao Dhulipala (Merchant Navy) |
| Mother | Santha Kamakshi Dhulipala (Teacher) |
| Sibling(s) | |
| Sister(s) | Dr. Samanta Dhulipala (Radiologist) |
| Other Relative(s) | |
| Brother-in-law | Dr. Sahil Gupta (Neurologist) |
| Education Details | |
| School | Little Angels School, Visakhapatnam Visakha Valley School, Vishakapatnam |
| College | Symbiosis University, Pune H.R. College of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai |
| Educational Qualification | PG Diploma in Business and Corporate law Bachelor of Commerce |
| Filmography | |
| Debut Movie | Raman Raghav 2.0 (Hindi debut, 2016) Goodachari (Telugu debut, 2018) Moothon (Malayalam debut, 2019) Ponniyin Selvan: I (Tamil debut, 2022) |
| Movies | Monkey Man (American Film, TBA) Sitara (TBA) Ponniyin Selvan: II (Tamil, 2023) Ponniyin Selvan: I (Tamil, 2022) Major (2022) Kurup (Malayalam, 2021) Ghost Stories (2020) The Body (2019) Moothon (Malayalam, 2019) Goodachari (Telugu, 2018) Kaalakaandi (2018) Chef (2017) Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016) |
| Web Series | The Night Manager (2023) Bard of Blood (2019) Made in Heaven (2019) |
| Short Film(s) | Hate the Way (English, 2020) |
| Award(s)/Title(s) | |
| Femina Miss India Earth, 2013 | |
| facebook.com/SobhitaDhulipalaOfficial (582k followers) facebook.com/sobhita.dhulipala | |
| instagram.com/sobhitad/ (714k followers) | |
| Other Details | |
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Family Picture | |
Sobhita Dhulipala is an Indian model-turned-actress known for The Night Manager (2023), Made in Heaven (2019), and Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016). She is the 1st runner-up of the Femina Miss India 2013 pageant and also represented India at Miss Earth 2013. | |
| She was born on 31 May 1992 into a Telugu Brahmin family in Tenali, Andhra Pradesh, India to Venugopala Rao Dhulipala, a chief engineer (Marine) with the Merchant Navy, and his wife Santha Kamakshi Dhulipala, a school teacher in the primary wing at GVMC (Greater Visakha Municipal Corporation). Her younger sister, Dr. Samanta Dhulipala is a radiologist. 1 2 | |
| Dhulipala completed her schooling at Little Angels School & Visakha Valley School in Vishakapatnam and then moved to Mumbai, where she graduated with a degree in commerce from H.R. College of Commerce & Economics and later pursued her Post Graduate Diploma in Business and Corporate law from Symbiosis University. 3 4 | |
| After winning the title of Navy Queen at the annual Navy Queen Ball in 2010, Dhulipala started receiving offers for modeling and even a movie but she did not take it as she wanted to win the Miss India title first. 1 | |
In 2013, Sobhita Dhulipala won the Femina Miss India Bangalore pageant and then participated in the Femina Miss India pageant, where she finished 1st runner-up. Navneet Kaur Dhillon of Punjab was the winner and Zoya Afroz came 2nd runner-up. Sobhita also won the sub-titles "iTimes Femina Miss Digital Diva" and "Femina Miss Talented" in the Femina Miss India pageant. 5 | |
| Sobhita Dhulipala represented India in the 13th edition of Miss Earth 2013 held at Versailles Palace in Alabang, Philippines. Although, she couldn't make it to the list of the top 16 but won two sub-contests, Miss Photogenic, and Miss Eco-beauty. 6 | |
| In 2014, she posed for the Kingfisher Calendar with ace photographer Atul Kasbekar. 4 | |
| Sobhita made her acting debut in Anurag Kashyap's thriller film Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016) starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui & Vicky Kaushal. The film proved to be a moderate commercial success and earned ₹7 crore against a budget of ₹3.5 crore. Dhulipala's performance in her debut film won her a nomination at Cannes 2016 in the Critic's Choice Best Performance category. 7 | |
| She was next seen opposite Saif Ali Khan in Chef (2017) & Kaalakaandi (2018). Both movies tanked at the box-office. | |
| She is a trained Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi dancer. 8 | |
| The actress made her Telugu film debut opposite Adivi Sesh in Goodachari (2018) directed by Sashi Kiran Tikka. The film proved to be a critical and commercial success. | |
| Dhulipala made her Malayalam film debut alongside Nivin Pauly with Moothon (2019) written and directed by Geetu Mohandas. The film starring Shashank Arora, Sobhita Dhulipala, Melissa Raju Thomas, Sanjana Dipu, and Roshan Mathew is considered one of the "25 best Malayalam films of the decade" by The Hindu. 9 | |
| Sobhita Dhulipala gained recognition for portraying Tara Khanna in the 2019 Amazon Prime original series 'Made In Heaven' co-starring Arjun Mathur, Kalki Koechlin, Jim Sarbh, Shashank Arora, and Shivani Raghuvanshi. 2 | |
| In the same year, she also starred in the Netflix spy thriller web series Bard of Blood (2019) co-starring Emraan Hashmi, Kirti Kulhari, Vineet Kumar Singh, and Jaideep Ahlawat. | |
| Dhulipala played the role of Emraan Hashmi's wife in the mystery-thriller film The Body (2019) also starring Rishi Kapoor and Vedhika Kumar. | |
| She was seen in Anurag Kashyap's segment in the anthology horror film Ghost Stories (2020) alongside Sagar Arya, Zachary Braz, and Pavail Gulati. | |
| In 2022, Dhulipala was seen in Sashi Kiran Tikka directed bilingual film "Major", starring Adivi Sesh. The film was based on the life of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, an army officer who was killed in the 2008 Mumbai attacks. | |
| Sobhita Dhulipala starred as Vanathi in Mani Ratnam's Tamil-language historical action-adventure film Ponniyin Selvan: I (2022) and its sequel Ponniyin Selvan: II (2023). The ensemble cast of PS-1 and PS-2 included Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jayam Ravi, Karthik Sivakumar, Trisha Krishnan, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Prakash Raj, Jayaram Subramaniam, Prabhu Ganesan, R. Sarathkumar, R. Parthiban, Rashin Rahman, Lal and Vikram Prabhu. Both of the films were declared blockbusters at the box-office. | |
In February 2022, she was featured on the cover page of the Vogue India magazine. | |
| In 2023, she appeared alongside Anil Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapur in The Night Manager, directed by Sandeep Modi, which also starred Tillotama Shome, Saswata Chatterjee, Ravi Behl, and Shrenik Arora in pivotal roles. | |
| Her younger sister, Dr. Samanta Dhulipala got married to Dr. Sahil Gupta, a Delhi-based doctor on 4th April 2023. 10 | |
| Sobhita Dhulipala is rumored to be in a relationship with actor Akkineni Naga Chaitanya. In the past, she has dated Pranav Misra, a fashion designer and co-founder of the fashion brand Huemn. 11 12 | |
| Sobhita is currently working on an upcoming American action thriller film "Monkey Man", starring Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Sikandar Kher, and Pitobash Tripathy. "Monkey Man" is directed by Dev Patel in his directorial debut. 13 | |
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