Some conversations feel less like celebrity interviews and more like catching up with an old friend over coffee. Tamannaah Bhatia’s recent reflections while promoting her new Amazon Prime Video series Do You Wanna Partner had exactly that warmth. The actor, fresh from a very public breakup with Vijay Varma, is using this phase of her life to look inward at love, at friendship, and at the kind of partner she aspires to be.
“I’m trying to work on becoming a great life partner. So that’s my quest at the moment,” Tamannaah said, her voice equal parts candid and hopeful. “I want to be that life partner that someone feels like they’ve done some good karma in their past life; that’s why I have come into their life. Whoever the lucky person is, I am working for it. The package shall arrive soon.”
It’s rare to hear a celebrity talk about love with such simplicity. No grand pronouncements, no mysterious one-liners, but the simple hope to craft a connection that feels both earthy and karmic.
Partnerships On-Screen and Off
Tamannaah is also currently endorsing Do You Wanna Partner with Diana Penty, where the two star as best friends who make the risky, exciting decision to start a business together. The series dives into the highs and lows of entrepreneurship, but it also mirrors the complexity of real friendships.
For Diana, the show was almost a myth-buster. “I used to think best friends should never do business together. And I believed it for the longest time,” she admitted. “But after doing this show, I feel like you can. Yeah, it could be a lot of fun, actually, to partner with your best friend. So many things you don’t have to spell out, explain, or overthink. It saves a lot of effort and time.”
Tamannaah, on the other hand, laughed about her failed attempts at convincing her real-life best friend to partner with her. “I mean, I have really suggested my best friend do business with me, but she completely refuses. So, I can’t convince my own best friend. And here I am at Prime Video trying to convince an entire nation and everyone overseas also to do business with your best friends.”
Her friend, Billy, is a makeup artist. Naturally, Tamannaah thought a makeup venture would be the perfect idea. But Billy wasn’t having it. “I always told her, let’s do makeup. But, yeah, she doesn’t want to do business with me,” Tamannaah smiled, proving that even stars can’t win all battles with their besties.
The Power of Female Friendships
Beyond love and business, the one constant in Tamannaah’s reflections was the grounding power of her girlfriends. She shared how her closest friends, Pragya and Billy, make time for her even when her work schedule barely allows a pause.
“I was on set, shooting a song, and both of my very dear friends, Pragya and Billy, just came to set to meet me. They knew I would hardly be able to sit with them or talk to them. But they just came to spend 15-20 minutes with me. That made my day,” she said, her tone softening with gratitude.
Diana, too, has a no-frills approach to friendship. “For me, I like my friendships to be chill, non-dramatic, and without ego. In fact, low-maintenance friends are the best friends. I love friends you can hang out with and do nothing. It’s still cool, it’s still okay, and it’s not awkward. There’s no pressure.”
Life Beyond Headlines
What stands out from both actors is how they celebrate the quieter, less glamorous side of relationships—the kind where showing up for each other, whether for 15 minutes or over an entire season of life, means more than grand gestures.
For Tamannaah, the journey is not about rushing into another relationship post-breakup, but about doing the work to become the kind of person she’d like to spend her life with. For Diana, it’s about friendships that don’t demand, don’t drain, and don’t disappoint.
Together, as they promote a show about partnership and loyalty, their off-screen bond reflects the same ethos. Sometimes, it isn’t about the next big love story or the next career milestone. Sometimes, it’s about the people who sit with you quietly on set, the ones who say “no” to your business ideas but “yes” to your friendship, and the ones who remind you that love, whether romantic or platonic, is worth nurturing.
And if Tamannaah’s “great life partner package” is still on the way, her words prove she’s already halfway there because the best partners, in love or friendship, are the ones who keep showing up, every single day.