Sobhita Dhulipala Reveals Her Personal Style And Beauty Secrets

We’re at The Roseate in Delhi on a sunny winter’s day, and there’s a small army of people buzzing around the 27-year-old, eager to get the perfect shot—which is not hard for Dhulipala to achieve. And before you know it, she was back on-screen as an Indian intelligence officer in Bard of Blood. Barely three years since her acting debut in 2016 with Anurag Kashyap’s RamanRaghav 2.0, Dhulipala has come to represent the quintessential modern Indian woman—brave, bold, and unafraid to take risks, yet always embodying the spirit of what makes us, us.

Tell us three songs that are currently on your playlist.

‘For Aisha’ from The Sky is Pink. Then, I’m listening to a Telugu song called ‘Kanmani Anbodu Kadhalan’ from this old movie called Guna. And ‘Cherathukal’, a Malayalam song from Kumbalangi Nights. Different languages, but the music is beautiful.

We believe you are very passionate about animal rights?

Yes. It’s something I’ve been consciously drawn to for quite some time, and I’m very happy about it. I don’t want to cause harm, in whatever way I can manage. I quit eating meat two-and-a-half years ago, and I stopped buying clothes in excess. And today, all the makeup products that were used [in the shoot] are cruelty-free, not tested on animals.

When do you feel most beautiful?

When I am fed and I have enough sleep, I usually feel good.

The best beauty advice you’ve ever got?

To do very little, actually. I think with my face, the less I do, the better I look.

What is style according to you?

Style means being able to wear who you are, and actually being able to have fun with what you’re wearing because YOLO.

How did it feel to be Ritu Kumar’s muse today?

Lovely, actually. I’m a sucker for all things Indian...Indian clothes—they’re so graceful and beautiful. Elegant and sophisticated and at the same time they really suit all the people I know. I really think that Indianwear should stop being a novelty. I hope it can, that people wear it and embrace it more. And I love what I wore today—it had a lovely old-world charm kind of a feel.