Aaditi Pohankar

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Aaditi Pohankar
Pohankar at the launch of Doycare in March 2015, Mumbai
Born	31 December 1994 (age 25)
Years active	2010–present
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)

Aaditi Pohankar (born 31 December 1994) is an Indian actress who has worked in the Hindi, Marathi and Tamil film industries. After making her acting debut with Love Sex Aur Dhokha (2010), she made a breakthrough with her role along Riteish Deshmukh in Lai Bhaari (2014).

Early life

Aaditi Pohankar was born to Sudhir and Shobha Pohankar. Her father was a former marathon runner, while her mother was a former national level hockey player. Her grandmother Susheela “Tai” Pohankar was a classical vocalist of Kirana Gharana, while classical vocalist Ajay Pohankar is her uncle. Abhijit Pohankar is her cousin.

Career

As an aspiring theatre actress, Aaditi became acquainted with Satyadev Dubey in 2010, who asked actor Makarand Deshpande to mentor her career as a performer in stage plays in Mumbai. She simultaneously tried for acting roles in films and made her film debut with a small role in the Hindi anthology film Love Sex Aur Dhokha (2010). Aaditi then worked on Rekha Saray's Marathi film, Kunasathi Kunitari (2011), alongside actors Ashok Saraf, Smita Jaykar and Poonam Dhillon. In 2012, Aaditi appeared in Malayalam film directed by M. S. Anil and had briefly moved to Kerala to learn the language, before the project was stalled.

Aaditi was spotted by director Nishikant Kamat when he saw Makarand's play Time Boy in Mumbai, where the actress starred as a seven-year-old boy. Kamat made Aaditi go through two days of screen tests for a role in his Marathi film Lai Bhaari (2014) and cast her opposite Riteish Deshmukh after being impressed with her temperament. Aaditi revealed that during the shoot, Kamat gave her the liberty to do what she wanted as an actress and to get into her character, she visualized herself as "an evil person". Lai Bhaari opened to positive reviews, with Aaditi's villainous character of Nandhini drawing critical acclaim. The film went on to become the most profitable Marathi film of all time upon release.

In late 2016, Aaditi Pohankar made a return to acting after a brief sabbatical by signing Tamil films. Gemini Ganeshanum Suruli Raajanum (2017) starring Atharvaa Aaditi then signed Selvaraghavan's romantic drama film Mannavan Vanthanadi (2017), where she will feature opposite Santhanam Delayed Since 2017 .

Other work

Alongside her acting work in films and theatre, Aaditi has worked as a model and walked the International Film Festival of India red carpet in Goa in 2014. She has done more than twenty brand ads and commercials including for Cadbury Munch, Godrej AER, Airtel, Lenkart and Samsung, in which she was directed by Shoojit Sircar.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2010	Love Sex Aur Dhokha		Hindi
2011	Kunasathi Kunitari		Marathi
2014	Lai Bhaari	Nandhini	Marathi
2017	Gemini Ganeshanum Suruli Raajanum	Saroja Devi	Tamil
2018	Mannavan Vanthanadi
2020	She	Bhumi	Hindi	Netflix Original series
2020	Aashram	Pammi	Hindi	MX Original series