Aditi Rao Hydari is an Indian actress who works mainly in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films. She made her film debut with the Malayalam film Prajapathi (2006). She went on to have supporting roles in several Hindi films, including the musical drama Rockstar (2011), the horror film Murder 3 (2013), the thriller Wazir (2016), and the period drama Padmaavat (2018).
Hydari made her Tamil film debut with Mani Ratnam’s Kaatru Veliyidai (2017), for which she won the SIIMA Award for Best Debut Actress – Tamil. She received a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for her starring role in Sammohanam (2018). 
Aditi Rao Hydari was born in Hyderabad[2] to Ehsaan Hydari and his wife Vidya Rao. Aditi’s father, who died in 2013, was a Sulaimani Bohra Muslim. Aditi’s mother, Vidya Rao, is a practicing Buddhist who was born the daughter of a Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin father from Mangalore and a Telugu mother. 