Aditi Shankar is an Indian actress and playback singer who works in the Indian cinema prominently in Tamil films. Aditi debuted as an actress in director M. Muthaiah's Tamil film Viruman (2022) with actor Karthi portraying the role Theanmozhi.
Early life
Aditi was born at Chennai, Tamil Nadu in India. She is the daughter of Indian filmmaker S. Shankar. She also has an elder sister, Aishwarya Shankar and a younger brother, Arjith Shankar. Aditi completed her medical degree at Sri Ramachandra University. After graduation she confessed to her parents about her long term passion for acting, following which she make her debut in Viruman.
Career
Aditi debuted as a playback singer for the song "Romeo and Juliet" from the Telugu film Ghani .
In 2021, She was approached by film director M. Muthaiah offering to play the heroine in the masala film Viruman. She sang the song Madura Veeran in the film. The Outlook India wrote "Karthi-Aditi Shankar Win You Over with an Engrossing Family Entertainer". The Hindu wrote, "Aditi Shankar is definitely an upgrade from Muthaiya's previous films". The Times of India wrote, "Take the initial scenes with the female lead, Thaenu (Aditi Shankar, making a confident debut). She is shown as someone who is affectionate towards Muthupandi, even though he is a man who is hard to like. We think this equation between them would pose a challenge to Viruman, who has fallen for her and wants to marry her, but in just a couple of scenes, we see the character shifting her allegiance, thanks to a convenient plot development". She also started filming for her a new film, which is directed by Director Madonne Ashwin officially roped her in, along with Sivakarthikeyan, for his next film, Maaveeran.
In 2023, Aditi signed up her third film alongside actor Vishnu Vishal which is currently untitled and directed by director Rajkumar. She was also approached by director Vishnuvardhan who requested her to play the lead role in his film opposing debutante actor Akash Murali who is the younger brother of actor Atharvaa. Aditi agreed to the untitled project and currently filming for the film.
Personal life
Just before her debut film Viruman was released in 2022, actress and model Aathmika targeted Aditi on social media and stirred up controversy considering Aditi to be the main reason for nepotism in south Indian films stating "It's good to see privileged getting easy way through the ladder while the rest". Aathmika also stated saying "Aditi is privileged to be able to enter the film industry just because of her father". However, Aditi later back lashed at Aathmika for her words and later removing her social media status.
