Zainab Ravdjee, the bride, is a Mumbai-based artist known for her abstract and expressive paintings. She is the daughter of industrialist Zulfi Ravdjee and briefly pursued acting, with a small role in MF Hussain’s film Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities. The couple got engaged in November 2024. Meanwhile, Akhil Akkineni is preparing for his next film Lenin, directed by Murali Kishore Abburu, co-starring Sreeleela. The movie is slated for a November 2025 release.