Aditi Rao Hydari is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Hindi films, Tamil films and Telugu films. Her film debut was in 2006 with the Malayalam film “Prajapathi”. The actress was cast in a number of Hindi films, playing minor to major supporting roles or lead roles.There are several South Indian films that she has starred in, including Mani Ratnam’s “Kaatru Veliyidai” and “Sufiyum Sujatayum”.
Early Life
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Aditi Rao Hydri was born on 28 October, 1986 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. She completed her schooling from “Rishi Valley School”, Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh after that she did her graduation from “Lady Shri Ram College for Women ”, New Delhi. She was born to “Ehsaan Hydari”, a grandson of “Akbar Hydari” and a nephew of “Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari”, former “Governor of Assam”. Her mother, “Vidya Rao”, is a classical singer who excels in the “thumri” and “dadra ” genres of Hindustani music. She shares a maternal first cousin relationship with Bollywood actor Amir Khan’s ex-wife “Kiran Rao”. Aditi was married to Satyadeep Mishra, a former actor and Indian lawyer. Both of them separated in 2013 and she is now unmarried.
Career

Aditi began her career as a Bharatnatyam dancer in her early twenties, influenced by her interaction with Leela Samson. During her tenure as a member of Samson’s dance group, Spanda, she taught students and performed at stage events throughout India and abroad. During early 2004, Hydari completed work on her first acting project, Sringaram, in which she played a devadasi, a temple dancer of the 19th century that won three “National Film Awards”.
Her first theatrical release movie was Prajapathi in 2006 which is a Malayalam movie. In 2009 she was casted in a bollywood movie named “Delhi-6” in a supporting role. In 2011, she was cast in the movie Yeh Saali Zindagi. She also played a supporting role in the blockbuster film “Rockstar” in 2011. In 2012, she got her first role in Bollywood as a main lead in “London,Paris,New York”.
Year | Title | Roles |
2006 | Prajapathi | Savithri |
2007 | Sringaram | Madhura/Varshini |
2009 | Delhi-6 | Rama |
2011 | Yeh Saali Zindagi
Rockstar |
Shanti
Sheena |
2012 | London,Paris,New York | Lalitha Krishnan |
2013 | Murder 3
Boss |
Roshni
Ankita Thakur |
2014 | Khoobsurat
Rama Madhav |
Kiara
Herself |
2015 | Guddu Rangeela | Baby |
2016 | Wazir
Fitoor The Legend of Michael Mishra |
Ruhana Ali
Young Begum Hzrat Varshali Shukla |
2017 | Kaatru Veliyidai
Bhoomi |
Leela Abraham
Bhoomi Sachdeva |
2018 | Padmaavat
Daas Dev Sammohanam Chekka Chivantha Vaanam Antariksham 9000 KMPH |
Mehrunisa
Chandni Sameera Parvathi Riya |
2020 | Psycho
Sufiyum Sujatayum V |
Dagini
Sujatha Saheba |
2021 | The Girl on the Train
Ajeeb Daastaans Sardar ka Grandson |
Nusrat John
Priya Sharma Young Swanmeet “Srdar Kaur” |
2022 | Hey Sinamika | Mouna |
Her upcoming movie is “Gandhi Talks” and upcoming web series is “Heeramandi”.