Aditi Rao Hydari is an Indian actress and singer who works mainly in Hindi and Tamil language films. She debuted on screen with the Malayalam movie Prajapathi (2006) in front of Mammootty.

Although Hydari’s parents had a romantic marriage, they separated when she was only two years old. His mother left Hyderabad for Delhi and started running his family business there. While her father remarries without having children, his mother remains single.

Hydari spent his childhood in Hyderabad and Delhi. She began learning bharatanatyam at the age of six and became a disciple of the famous dancer Leela Samson. She was educated at Rishi Valley School, Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh and graduated from Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi. From an early age, Hydari aspired to become an actress. She said, “I always wanted to be an actress and after finishing my studies at Lady Shri Ram College in Delhi, I started working in the South Film Industry and decided to move to Mumbai and to try my luck in Bollywood. “

Aditi Rao Hydari became famous after her performance in Sudhir Mishra’s romantic thriller, Yeh Saali Zindagi (2011), a role that earned her the Screen Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She has since played supporting roles in several Hindi films including the musical Rockstar (2011), the romantic comedy Khoobsurat (2014) and the thriller Wazir (2016). For the lead role in the Bhoomi thriller (2018), she received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award of Excellence for Best Actress (Critic). The portrayal of Queen Mehrunisa’s support by Hydari during the dramatic Padmaavat period (2018) was well received.

In 2005 and 2009, it was reported that she was married to Satyadeep Mishra, a Bollywood actor and television. The actress refused to comment on her marital status during an interview in 2012, but in an interview in 2013 she said they were separated. Hydari had met Mishra at the age of 17 with whom she had her first serious relationship. She married him at the age of 21 but kept the wedding secret when she debuted at Bollywood. Although separate, the two are close friends and have kept in touch over the years.