Aditi Rao Hydari On Being A Trained Bharatanatyam Dancer: Once A Dancer Always A Dancer
Aditi Rao Hydari, who grew up around classical arts, recently spoke about how she treasures the Bharatanatyam dancer in her but she hardly gets chances to perform on stage.
The
gorgeous
Aditi
Rao
Hydari
had
always
been
a
performer
before
she
stepped
on
to
the
big
stage
of
Hindi
cinema.
Aditi
is
a
trained
Bharatanatyam
dancer,
who
learnt
from
one
of
the
most
prestigious
classical
dance
schools
in
the
country.
The
actress,
who
grew
up
around
classical
arts,
recently
spoke
about
how
she
treasures
the
Bharatanatyam
dancer
in
her
but
she
hardly
gets
chances
to
perform
on
stage.
Read
on.
Aditi
spoke
to
IANS
about
how
she
began
her
classical
dance
journey.
"I
was
five
when
I
started
learning
Bharatanatyam.
It
was
my
choice
to
dance,
also
because
I
was
surrounded
by
the
classical
arts.
I
was
lucky
that
I
got
a
teacher
like
Leela
Samson.
Although
I
was
in
boarding
school
and
my
mother
was
very
insistent
that
I
finish
my
education,
I
performed
a
lot
before
I
became
an
actor,"
she
said.
The
Padmaavat
actress
also
spoke
about
what
she
values
the
most
from
learning
Bharatanatyam.
She
said,
"Any
art
form,
beyond
its
own
learning
bring
along
a
whole
new
worldview
and
a
new
way
of
being.
One
of
the
major
things
that
I
learnt
and
one
that
still
stays
with
me,
is
that
we're
all
unique.
And
it
is
better
to
work
on
improving
yourself
rather
than
compare
yourself
with
others."
When
asked
if
she
still
gets
to
perform,
Aditi
said,
"Hardly.
I
learnt
from
such
an
amazing
teacher,
I
feel
I
would
be
doing
a
disservice
to
the
art
form
if
I
don't
practice
and
I
just
step
on
to
the
stage.
I'm
happy
being
in
front
of
the
camera,
because
I
do
it
everyday.
It's
like
riyaaz."
But
"once
a
dancer
always
a
dancer",
she
said
and
added,
"I
dance
whenever
I
get
the
chance,
I
go
to
Akka
(Samson)
in
Chennai
whenever
I
can,
and
I
rehearse
with
the
gang
that
is
rehearsing."
On
the
work
front,
Aditi
was
last
seen
in
Daas
Dev,
a
romantic
political
thriller
co-starring
Richa
Chadha,
Rahul
Bhat,
Saurabh
Shukla
and
others.