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Aditi Rao Hydari
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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 f…
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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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2026
Lust Stories 3
Movie Saira
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2026
Gandhi Talks
Movie Gayatri
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2024
Heeramandi
TV show Bibbo
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2024
The Great Indian Kapil Show
TV show Self
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2023
Jubilee
TV show Sumitra Kumari
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2023
Taj: Divided by Blood
TV show Anarkali
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2022
Hey! Sinamika
Movie Mouna
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2021
Jail
Movie Playback Singer
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2021
Maha Samudram
Movie Mahalakshmi
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2021
Sardar Ka Grandson
Movie Young Sardar / Rupinder Kaur
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2021
Ajeeb Daastaans
Movie Priya Sharma (segment 'Geeli Pucchi')
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2021
The Girl on the Train
Movie Nusrat
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2020
V
Movie Saheba
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2020
Sufiyum Sujatayum
Movie Sujatha
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2020
Psycho
Movie Dahini
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2018
Antariksham 9000 KMPH
Movie Riya
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2018
Chekka Chivantha Vaanam
Movie Parvathi
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2018
Sammohanam
Movie Sameera
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2018
Daas Dev
Movie Chandani
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2018
Padmaavat
Movie Mehrunissa
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2017
Bhoomi
Movie Bhoomi
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2017
The Drama Company
TV show Self
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2017
Kaatru Veliyidai
Movie Dr. Leela
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2016
Mama's Boy
Movie Draupadi
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2016
BFFs with Vogue
TV show Self
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2016
The Legend of Michael Mishra
Movie Varsha Shukla
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2016
Fitoor
Movie Young Hazrat
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2016
Wazir
Movie Ruhana Ali
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2015
Guddu Rangeela
Movie Baby
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2014
Khoobsurat
Movie Kiara
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2013
Boss
Movie Ankita
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2013
MTV Webbed
TV show
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2013
Comedy Nights with Kapil
TV show Self
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2013
Murder 3
Movie Roshni
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2012
London, Paris, New York
Movie Lalitha Krishnan
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2011
Rockstar
Movie Sheena
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2011
Yeh Saali Zindagi
Movie Shanti
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2009
Delhi-6
Movie Rama Bua
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2007
Sringaram
Movie
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2006
Prajapathi
Movie Savithri
