Aditi Rao Hydari

**Aditi Rao Hydari** (born on 28 October 1978) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu movies. She comes from the Tyabji–Hydari family and started her acting career with the Malayalam movie Prajapathi in 2006. She became well known for her roles in Delhi-6 (2009) and Yeh Saali Zindagi (2011), winning a Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress for the latter. She also acted in popular movies like the musical romance Rockstar (2011), the thriller Murder 3 (2013), and the action film Wazir (2016). In 2018, she played a key role in the historical drama Padmaavat, which was a big box office hit and won her an IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Aditi played the main role in Mani Ratnam’s Tamil movie Kaatru Veliyidai (2017), for which she won the SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Tamil. She was also nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for her role in Sammohanam (2018). Some of her other movies include Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018), Sufiyum Sujatayum (2020), and Maha Samudram (2021), as well as the Netflix movie Ajeeb Daastaans (2021), and web series Jubilee (2023) and Heeramandi (2024).

### Movies

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col"|Language|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2006|scope="row"|_Prajapathi_|Savithri|Malayalam||||||||
|2007|scope="row"|_Sringaram_|Madhura/Varshini|Tamil||||||||
|2009|scope="row"|_Delhi 6_|Rama|rowspan="8"|Hindi|||||||
|2010|scope="row"|_Dhobi Ghat_|Guest at art gallery|||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2011|scope="row"|_Yeh Saali Zindagi_|Shanti||||||||
|scope="row"|_Rockstar_|Sheena||||||||||
|2012|_London, Paris, New York_|Lalitha Krishnan||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2013|scope="row"|_Murder 3_|Roshni||||||||
|scope="row"|_Boss_|Ankita Thakur||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2014|scope="row"|_Khoobsurat_|Kiara|Special appearance|||||||
|scope="row"|_Rama Madhav_|Herself|Marathi|Special appearance in song "Loot Liyo Mohe Shyam"||||||||
|2015|scope="row"|_Guddu Rangeela_|Baby|rowspan="4"|Hindi|||||||
|rowspan="3"|2016|scope="row"|_Wazir_|Ruhana Ali||||||||
|scope="row"|_Fitoor_|Young Begum Hazrat|Special appearance|||||||||
|scope="row"|_The Legend of Michael Mishra_|Varshali Shukla||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2017|scope="row"|_Kaatru Veliyidai_|Leela Abraham|Tamil|||||||
|scope="row"|_Bhoomi_|Bhoomi Sachdeva|rowspan="3"|Hindi||||||||
|rowspan="5"|2018|scope="row"|_Padmaavat_|Mehrunisa||||||||
|scope="row"|_Daas Dev_|Chandni||||||||||
|scope="row"|_Sammohanam_|Sameera|Telugu|||||||||
|scope="row"|_Chekka Chivantha Vaanam_|Parvathi|Tamil|||||||||
|scope="row"|_Antariksham 9000 KMPH_|Riya|Telugu|||||||||
|rowspan="3"|2020|_Psycho_|Dagini|Tamil||||||||
|_Sufiyum Sujatayum_|Sujatha|Malayalam||||||||||
|scope="row"|_V_|Saheba|Telugu|||||||||
|rowspan="4"|2021|_The Girl on the Train_|Nusrat John|rowspan="3"|Hindi|||||||
|_Ajeeb Daastaans_|Priya Sharma|||||||||||
|_Sardar Ka Grandson_|Young Swanmeet "Sardar" Kaur|Special appearance||||||||||
|scope="row"|_Maha Samudram_|Mahalakshmi|Telugu|||||||||
|2022|scope="row"|_Hey Sinamika_|Mouna Yaazhan|Tamil||||||||
|2023|_Gandhi Talks_|Gayathri|Silent|Premiered at the IFFI||||||||
|||Mehak|English|Filming||||||||

### Television

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|2023|_Taj: Divided by Blood_|Anarkali|ZEE5|||||||
|_Jubilee_|Sumitra Kumari|Amazon Prime Video|||||||||
|2024present|_Heeramandi_|Bibbojaan|rowspan="2"|Netflix|||||||
||||Filming||||||||

### As voice actor

|Year|Movie|Dubbing for|Language|Notes|Ref.|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2022|_Ponniyin Selvan: I_|rowspan="2"|Trisha|rowspan="2"|Hindi|rowspan="2"|Dubbed for the character _Kundavai_|rowspan="2"||
|2023|_Ponniyin Selvan: II_|||||||||

## Discography

|Year|Album|Song|Music Director|Language|Ref.||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2021|_Jail_|"Kaathodu Kaathanen" (co-singer Dhanush)|G. V. Prakash Kumar|rowspan="2"|Tamil||
|2024|_Coke Studio Tamil_|"Please Purinjukko" (co-singer Sean Roldan)|Sean Roldan||||

## Accolades

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Award|scope="col"|Category|scope="col"|Movie|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Ref.|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2010|rowspan="2"|Screen Awards|Best Ensemble Cast|||||||||
|rowspan="5"|2013|Best Supporting Actress||||||||||
|Zee Cine Awards|Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Female|||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|Stardust Awards|rowspan="2"|Best Actress|||||||||
|Producers Guild Film Awards|Best Actress in a Supporting Role|||||||||||
|2014|BIG Star Entertainment Awards|Most Entertaining Actor in a Thriller Film – Female||||||||||
|rowspan="3"|2018|Asiavision Awards|Best Actress – Tamil|||||||||
|Edison Awards|Face of the Year|||||||||||
|South Indian International Movie Awards|Best Female Debut – Tamil|||||||||||
|rowspan="4"|2019|Zee Cine Awards Telugu|Best Debut Actor – Female|||||||||
|Filmfare Awards South|Best Actress – Telugu|||||||||||
|South Indian International Movie Awards|Best Actress – Telugu|||||||||||
|International Indian Film Academy Awards|Best Supporting Actress|||||||||||
|2023|Indian Television Academy Awards|Best Actress – Popular (OTT)||||||||||

### Other recognitions

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Award|scope="col"|Category|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Ref.|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2023|Distinctive International Arab Festivals Awards|Outstanding Contributions to the Entertainment Industry||||||||
|2024|Bollywood Hungama Style Icons|Most Stylish Classic Beauty of the Year||||||||

## References

- https://starsunfolded.com/aditi-rao-hydari-height-weight-age/

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Aditi Rao Hydari
- **image**: Aditi Rao Hydari at the premiere of Jubilee (cropped).jpg
- **alt**: Portrait of Aditi Rao Hyadri.
- **caption**: Rao Hydari in 2023
- **birth place**: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh,  India
- **occupation**: Actress
- **years active**: 2006–present
- **mother**: Vidya Rao
- **relatives**: Kiran Rao (cousin)
- **family**: Tyabji family, Tyabji–Hydari family