Aditi Rao Hydari is an Indian film actress. A classical bharatanatyam
dancer, she made her acting debut with Sharada Ramanathan's acclaimed
film Sringaram (2007) and rose to fame after her performance in Sudhir
Mishra's 2011 film Yeh Saali Zindagi. In 2012 she played the female lead
in the movie London, Paris, New York opposite Ali Zafar. In 2013, she
became a part of the Mahesh Bhatt Murder franchise, when she was cast as
Roshni opposite Randeep Hooda in Vishesh Bhatt's directorial film
Murder 3 , from two royal lineages, that of Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari
and J. Rameshwar Rao of erstwhile Raja of Wanaparthy family.[6She 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
of Wanaparthi 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.