Cinesprint - June 2015

THE
GOLDEN
GIRL WHO IS
GET
YET TO
STAR
STATUS
In 2013, she became a part of Mahesh Bhatt’sMurder
franchise, when she was cast as Roshni opposite
Randeep Hooda inVishesh Bhatt’s directorial film
Murder 3.
Aditi Rao Hydari was born in 1978 in Hyderabad from
two royal lineages, that of Muhammad Saleh Akbar
Hydari and J. Rameshwar Rao of erstwhileRaja of
Wanaparthy family. She is the great granddaughter
of Akbar Hydari and the grand niece of Muhammad
Saleh Akbar Hydari, former Governor of Assam. Her
maternal grandfather and grandmother are Raja J
Rameshwar Rao, who headed the administration
ofWanaparthi state during its day, and Shanta
Rameshwar Rao, a much respected educationalist
in the city of Hyderabad and is the Chairperson of
publishing house Orient Blackswan. She started
learning Bharatanatyam at age six and she became
a disciple of acclaimed dancer Leela Samson. She did
her schooling at Rishi Valley School, near Bangalore.
She graduated from Lady Shri Ram College, University
of Delhi.
Hydari made her acting debut with the 2007 Tamil film
Sringaram, in which she enacted the lead character,
as a devadasi. The film itself was based on classical
dance, being directed by Sharada Ramanathan and
produced by Padmini Ravi, two noted bharatanatyam
dancers. Hydari was approached and offered the role,
after Ramanathan saw her dance performance at a
conference for three days. The film received critical
acclaim and fetched several accolades, including
three National Film Awards.Her first film to release
in theatres, however, was the 2006 Malayalam
film Prajapathi, in which she starred alongside
Mammootty. In 2009, she played a supporting role in
Delhi-6, directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra.
In 2011 Hydari appeared in the film Yeh Saali Zindagi,
for which she won the screen award. In 2011 she
also starred in the Bollywood film Rockstar. She has
appeared in Airtel 3G advertisement in April 2011
which brought her good popularity. She starred in
London, Paris, New York which ended as a debacle.
With this movie, she made her singing debut by singing
two of the songs. Hydari received mixed reviews for
her performance but she has always signed movies on
regular basis.
In 2013 Hydari appeared in Vishesh Bhatt’s Murder
3 alongside Randeep Hooda and Sara Loren. Hydari
received positive reviews for her performance,
Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama wrote, “Aditi
and Sara are show stoppers. Both deliver knockout
performances,” and Roshni Devi of Koimoi stated
that “Aditi’s performance is pillar for the film. The
film was an average grosser at the box-office. She is
currently busy with multiple projects which include
Guddu Rangeela, The Legend of Micheal Mishra, Aur
Devdas and Wazir. Hope Aditi will make it big with
her upcoming movies soon.
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