As Upasana Konidela and Kamiya Jani conversed about the latter's daily routine, the conversation steered towards Ram Charan’s fondness for home-cooked South Indian food. Upasana said, "Athamma's Kitchen was started as a convenience." She elaborated, "We used to go to the best restaurants in the world. And then he (Ram Charan) would come back and say, 'I need Indian food.'"