Sobhita Dhulipala was born in Tenali, Andhra Pradesh. Her parents have been a teacher and a marine engineer, respectively. Sobhita always had a stronghold in academics, even before she joined the line of the entertainment industry. She was a teenager when she first began seeing the Harry Potter series at the age of 16. She was living in Vishakhapatnam when her life changed, and she, at the mere age of 16, had decided to come to Mumbai. On her birthday, which is on May 31, 2025, let us take a look back at the time when the actress revealed how she had come to Mumbai and how she did not know Hindi and was shocked seeing Mumbaikars speak.
When Sobhita Dhulipala landed in Mumbai, she did not know Hindi and was stunned to see people talk in 20 minutes at a stretch
During an earlier interview with Vogue, Sobhita shared of tossing a coin and decided to come to Mumbai at 16 and not go to Bengaluru or Hyderabad. She had been admitted to one of the top colleges in Mumbai and shared that she did not like to talk a lot in front of everyone. Based on her merit, she got admitted to one of the top colleges of Mumbai and shared:
“I spoke when I was spoken to, otherwise I felt like I was being a nuisance. I would often think to myself, ‘How dare I speak and break someone’s silence?’ I was always amazed when people around me spoke for 20 minutes at a stretch. I was mortally afraid of bloviating.”