A biography for Aditi Rao Hydarihasn’t been written yet.
“Delhi is fabulous - the roads, greenery, the monuments!”
“People who can actually challenge me and push me and almost push me to breaking point and extract a performance out of me, I really enjoy that.”
“My family was extremely progressive. My parents had a love marriage, but they separated when I was two years old. I moved to Delhi with my mom, who got involved with the family business.”
“I've followed Mysskin sir's work, and I really like his style of filmmaking.”
“I love that I have no inhibitions. I like to be shameless in front of the camera.”
“I'm a very instinctive person. If my heart feels I should do something, I go for it.”
“My great grandfather from my father's side, Sir Akbar Hydari, was the prime minister of the Nizam of Hyderabad. He was instrumental in setting up the Osmania university. His wife set up the Hydari club for women so that they could play tennis, and she also set up the first girls' school in Hyderabad.”
“When a script shows two individuals attracted to each other, why can't they kiss on screen? As far as the scene is honest, not meant to titillate the masses, and, most importantly, I am convinced about it, I am okay with it.”
“I love minimalistic jewellery with a contemporary touch.”
“As films are a mass medium, if more people love your work, it is better.”
“Most of the parents in India, especially in smaller towns, fear for daughters due to the inhuman treatment meted out to them. They want her to go away, saying, 'You're not my responsibility anymore.' I don't understand: why don't we nurture our girls?”
“What you are is what you are, and I don't think you should ever fight it. But as an actor, I feel lucky to play different parts.”
“Rumours are a part of show business.”
“I have played innocent characters that are inherently me, but I have a sensual side, too.”
“'Boss' is a big scale entertainer... It is my first film of this kind.”
“I am very petite and feel that structured clothes look very flattering on me. That's why I always pick up clothes which are neat, pretty, have lace or made of soft fabrics.”
“Films need a good direction, strong scripts, and hardworking actors. 'Wazir' has all of these.”
“If I trust the people I work with, then I deliver my part with complete trust.”
“I am a very girly girl.”
“I do not experiment very much and prefer the kind of clothes that Sabyasachi designs - they are rooted in our traditions and yet are very modern. I think it has something to do with my growing-up years and the kind of clothes I saw around me.”