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Aditi Rao Hydari
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Aditi Rao Hydari (born 28 October 1978) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam films. She began her acting career with the Malayalam film *Prajapathi* (2006) and appeared in the Tamil film *Sringaram* (2007).
Hydari made her Hindi film debut in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's *Delhi-6* (2009). She won the Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Sudhir Mishra's thriller *Yeh Saali Zindagi* (2011). Her other Hindi films from the 2010s include the musical *Rockstar* (2011), the romantic thriller *Murder 3* (2013), the action thriller *Wazir* (2016), and the romantic drama *Fitoor* (2016). She played Queen Mehrunisa in Sanjay Leela …
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Aditi Rao Hydari (born 28 October 1978) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam films. She began her acting career with the Malayalam film *Prajapathi* (2006) and appeared in the Tamil film *Sringaram* (2007). Hydari made her Hindi film debut in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's *Delhi-6* (2009). She won the Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Sudhir Mishra's thriller *Yeh Saali Zindagi* (2011). Her other Hindi films from the 2010s include the musical *Rockstar* (2011), the romantic thriller *Murder 3* (2013), the action thriller *Wazir* (2016), and the romantic drama *Fitoor* (2016). She played Queen Mehrunisa in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's historical film *Padmaavat* (2018), earning the IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress. Hydari returned to Tamil cinema with Mani Ratnam's romantic drama *Kaatru Veliyidai* (2017), earning the SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Tamil. Her other South Indian films include the Telugu romantic drama *Sammohanam* (2018), Mani Ratnam's Tamil film *Chekka Chivantha Vaanam* (2018), the Malayalam musical romance *Sufiyum Sujatayum* (2020), and the Telugu action drama *Maha Samudram* (2021). Hydari played the film star Sumitra Kumari in Vikramaditya Motwane's period drama series *Jubilee* (2023), earning the ITA Award for Best Actress (OTT). She portrayed Bibbojaan in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's series *Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar* (2024).
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Aditi Rao Hydari's Filmography
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Lust Stories 3
as Saira
Gandhi Talks
as Gayatri
Hey! Sinamika
as Mouna
Maha Samudram
as Mahalakshmi
Sardar Ka Grandson
as Young Sardar / Rupinder Kaur
Ajeeb Daastaans
as Priya Sharma (segment 'Geeli Pucchi')
The Girl on the Train
as Nusrat
V
as Saheba
Sufiyum Sujatayum
as Sujatha
Psycho
as Dahini
Antariksham 9000 KMPH
as Riya
Chekka Chivantha Vaanam
as Parvathi
Sammohanam
as Sameera
Daas Dev
as Chandani
Padmaavat
as Mehrunissa
Bhoomi
as Bhoomi
Kaatru Veliyidai
as Dr. Leela Abraham
Mama's Boy
as Draupadi
The Legend of Michael Mishra
as Varsha Shukla
Fitoor
as Young Hazrat
Wazir
as Ruhana Ali
Guddu Rangeela
as Baby
Khoobsurat
as Kiara
Boss
as Ankita
Murder 3
as Roshni
London, Paris, New York
as Lalitha Krishnan
Rockstar
as Sheena
Yeh Saali Zindagi
as Shanti
Delhi-6
as Rama Bua
Sringaram
Prajapathi
as Savithri
No Poster
Parivarik Manoranjan
Pashmeena
as Posha