Aditi Rao Hydari says she feels excited to get bolster from the general population in Bollywood as she has no support in the film business. The performing artist talked about her profession in Vogue India’s May 2018 issue.
“I have no backing in the film industry. It is thrilling to be supported by people you love and respect. I just choose to keep doing my own thing, as long as I am not hurting anyone,” Aditi said.
“If anyone wants to screw me over, it’s their problem,” she added.
For Hydari, it is about expressions of the human experience. “I love painting, music, colour and dance. Acting is an amalgamation of all art forms… You can be anybody or anything. It’s safe and secure, it’s comfort.”
Aditi is known for films like London, Paris, New York, Wazir and Bhoomi. She has also worked in the south Indian film industry with projects like Prajapathi, Sringaram and Kaatru Veliyidai to her credit. She was recently seen in Daas Dev.
She was born in Hyderabad and grew up in Delhi. Her maternal grandmother has been her greatest inspiration. “I dressed girly in kurtas, bindis and braids because I loved Bharatanatyam. But my nani would give me junk food, put me in shorts, let my ringlets free, and send me out in the mud to play.”
Her fixation on botanical fragrances backpedals to recollections of her mom’s vast accumulation of handloom saris that she wore with confused shirts. “When she would go for a shower, I would pick up her sari and wrap it around myself. She would come out and ask me to take something cleaner, prettier. But it smelled of her, of comfort and tea rose,” included the on-screen character, who has worn a particular fragrance for each part of hers, regardless of whether it is Leela in Kaatru Veliyidai or Mehrunissa in Padmaavat.