Aditi Arya (born 18 September 1993) is an Indian actress,[5] model, research analyst and beauty pageant titleholder who

was
crowned Femina Miss India World in 2015.[6] She represented India at Miss World 2015 pageant.

Early life[edit]
Arya was born in Chandigarh[3] and studied at Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School in her early years before moving to Gur-
gaon where she completed her schooling at Amity International School. She then completed her graduation with a finance major
in business studies from Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies. She was enrolled in the Indian School of Business
through their Young Leaders Programme while working as a research analyst for one of the big four[7] audit firms, Ernst & Young.
[8]

She is enrolled in the Yale School of Management, MBA class of 2023.[4]

She has been associated with several non-profit groups such as Amitasha, Supported Decision Making and Protsahan.[9] She
has also been involved in street theatre, touching topics such as civic sense and sensitivity towards specially abled.[10]

Pageantry[edit]
Femina Miss India 2015[edit]
Aditi was crowned the winner at fbb Femina Miss India World 2015, on 28 March 2015 in Mumbai.[11]

Miss World 2015[edit]

After winning the title of Femina Miss India World 2015 represented India at Miss World 2015, the 65th edition of the Miss
World pageant. She was amongst the top 5 in Multimedia award, top 5 in People's choice award, top 10 in World Fashion De-
signer Dress award, top 25 in Beauty With a Purpose award, top 30 in the talent sub-competition and top 30 in the Top Model
sub-competition.[12][13]

Acting career[edit]
After passing on the crown of Femina Miss India 2015, Aditi Arya has made her Tollywood debut as the lead heroine in Director,
Puri Jagannadh's film with Nandamuri Kalyan Ram titled Ism.[14] The film was a box office success[15] and was well received by
audience and critics alike.
She then made her Kannada debut as Uttara in the magnum opus Kurukshetra, which is being shot in 3D.[16]
She has played the lead role in the 36 episode Hindi web series Tantra directed by Sidhant Sachdev and produced by Vikram
Bhatt.[17] She has also done another web series Spotlight 2[18] with the same team, to be released on 26 January on the Interna-
tional over-the-top video service Viu.
She is currently shooting for her next Tollywood film Ninnu Vadili Nenu Polenule.[19]

Personal life[edit]
She is married to Jay Kotak, the son of billionaire Uday Kotak.

Filmography[edit]
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Film Role Language Notes
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2016 Ism Alia Khan Telugu Telugu Debut

2017 Tantra Sunaina Web series released on Voot

Hindi

2018 Spotlight 2 Jyotika Web series released on Viu

2019 Seven Abhinaya Telugu / Tamil

2019 Kurukshetra Uttara Kannada Kannada Debut

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Film Role Language Notes
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2019 Ninnu Vadili Nenu Polenule Unknown Telugu Filming

2020 Unlock Riddhi Hindi Film released on ZEE5

2021 83 Inderjit Bhardwaj Hindi [20][21]

2021 Thrishulam TBA Kannada Filming[22]

References