“I don't want the baggage of knowing things when I walk on to a set. I am more comfortable being an empty slate, surrendering before a director and writer's vision. I've realised that this is the best way for me to function.”

Indian actress

Aditi Rao Hydari is an Indian actress who works mainly in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu cinema. Born into the Tyabji-Hydari family, she began her film career with the Malayalam film Prajapathi in 2006. She drew wider notice for Delhi 6 and Yeh Saali Zindagi, and won her first Screen Award for the latter. She later appeared in Rockstar, Murder 3, Wazir, and Padmaavat, the 2018 period drama that was a commercial success and brought her an IIFA Award.