Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Aditi Rao Hydari

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Indian actress Aditi Rao Hydari.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
Aditi Rao Hydari

Aditi Rao Hydari is an Indian actress who works in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam films. She made her film debut with the Malayalam film Prajapathi in 2006. Hydari gained attention for her performance in Sudhir Mishra's 2011 romantic thriller Yeh Saali Zindagi, which won her the Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress. She went on to have roles in several Hindi films, including the musical Rockstar (2011), the horror-thriller Murder 3 (2013), the thriller Wazir (2016), and the period film Padmaavat (2018).

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.
I'm really pleased with the way my career is shaping up. How many actresses get a chance to work with legends like Mani Ratnam and Sanjay Leela Bhansali?
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.
Dhanush is an insanely incredible actor. To be directed by him has been nothing short of a learning experience. — © Aditi Rao Hydari
Dhanush is an insanely incredible actor. To be directed by him has been nothing short of a learning experience.
I was born to an illustrious family in Hyderabad.
For me, love is magic; it's about trust and understanding. It's putting the other person before you effortlessly.
I saw Mani sir's 'Bombay,' and I wanted to be a Mani sir heroine.
I always consider myself a Hyderabadi; my roots are here.
I don't like talking about my love for singing.
For me, Hyderabad was all about summer holidays, rasam rice, spicy pickles, and more.
In film business or any business, for that matter, there are people with different mindsets. Some would be compassionate and respectful, some might just be the womaniser, but how can we generalise that? That is wrong, I guess... That way, in a male-dominating society, shining is tough for women.
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?
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.
I like to look effortlessly beautiful. — © Aditi Rao Hydari
I like to look effortlessly beautiful.
When you'e working with great actors, your performance also becomes better because you have such great energy in front of you.
Though all actors do not make good directors, Dhanush is really one of the finest. He knows exactly how to direct an actor to extract the performance the way he wants it. Perhaps that is happening because he is a performer himself.
The experience of shooting a film is about the script, the captain of the ship who is the director, and the way they push their actors and teams to give their best. It's not about the language and the region.
It is very natural for a couple in love to be physically intimate.
I've been dancing since I was five. To me, dance is a visual representation of being free and empowered.
Everyone associates Hyderabad with biryani, so when I say I was born here, the first thing people ask is - 'When will you make Hyderabadi khana for us?' Whenever I make biryani, my friends come over.
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.
I would rather like my work to speak for itself.
I guess people feel that if you're working with good directors and are known in the Hindi film industry, then you won't work in South films. However, I believe that films have no boundaries of language, religion, or cast. If it's a good script and a good director, I can do a film in Spanish as well.
I read a lot, but in comparison to my family, it's nothing. I keep telling them, 'I'm the illiterate of the family.' My grandfather used to read five books at a time.
My mother is a Chitrapur Saraswat from Mangalore and half-Telugu, and my father is a Bohri Muslim. My mother's father, J Rameshwar Rao, was the Raja of Wanaparthy, a principality of Hyderabad. He was influenced by the socialist movement and became the first Raja to give up his title.
Delhi is fabulous - the roads, greenery, the monuments!
I feel that I don't know anything, I don't know how to act, but I can surrender myself to a director I respect and love. I feel very lucky to be a part of their visions.
I don't really understand why we are paid less than the male actors, because we put equal efforts, and recent past has shown that actresses can deliver a hit film. We deserve better pay, equal to what actors get.
I can be sweet-looking innocent girl, but I may have a sensual side to me, which I would love to explore.
I don't think art is bound by language or country.
I must say that Dhanush wears the hat of director and actor pretty seamlessly.
I consider myself as a director's actor, so I'm open to work with filmmakers from across the country and even abroad.
Everyone in Hyderabad is generous and loving.
I've followed Mysskin sir's work, and I really like his style of filmmaking.
No artiste wants to be boxed. We thrive on challenging roles, and they can come from anywhere. I consider myself blessed to be recognised as a pan-Indian actor. Yes, it means more hard work, prepping more for the roles, but I'm all for it.
I'm a very instinctive person. If my heart feels I should do something, I go for it.
I only can talk about myself and my experience. Honestly, working on your own terms is difficult for a newcomer but not impossible. I am an example of that.
For someone, success is to be the highest paid actress. For some, it might be the number of awards, and for some, it is the number of films. Honestly, I feel privileged when a celebrated filmmaker offers me a role so that I can be a part of his vision. That is success for me.
Films need a good direction, strong scripts, and hardworking actors. 'Wazir' has all of these. — © Aditi Rao Hydari
Films need a good direction, strong scripts, and hardworking actors. 'Wazir' has all of these.
In general, a film's delay is disheartening for actors, but it's harder on the director and the producer who have been on the project for longer than anyone else. While actors move on to other projects, the film's makers don't.
I am a very girly girl.
'Atonement' is one of my all-time favourite movies.
When you're happy, you look beautiful.
Good cinema has no regional or linguistic boundaries.
If people view wearing bikini as a problem, then dirt is in their mind and not in mine.
If I believe that I have done it all, there's nothing more for me to learn and explore.
It's always exciting to work with people you admire.
While shooting for 'Kaatru Veliyidai,' I was living my childhood dream of working with my favourite director. It was surreal and thrilling at the same time.
'Happy girls are the prettiest,' and to be in the camera frame makes me happy. I just want myself to keep working. I can be in front of the camera for 48 hours continuously without any breaks.
I am grateful for all the opportunities I've had. — © Aditi Rao Hydari
I am grateful for all the opportunities I've had.
With us city girls, there is an assumption that we have the space to raise our voice.
When you step inside a set and transform into a character, it's your first brush with that role. It doesn't matter who you have worked with. Every character will be a first in your life as an artiste.
The whole point of creativity is that it has no boundaries of language, region, and age.
My formative years were not spent in Hyderabad, so I can only understand Telugu, but I love the culture.
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.
People of same age group bond easily at various levels, as they have same concerns.
I want to do different things. I don't want to be stuck in the 'sweet girl' box. I don't want to be stuck in the 'Oh, she is so glamorous' box.
I love that I have no inhibitions. I like to be shameless in front of the camera.
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.
According to me, a film can talk for itself. Like, Aamir Khan does not promote his films on a large scale, but his films work on the box office.
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