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Aditi Arya Kotak
Femina Miss India 2015, Aditi Arya Kotak
Born	(1993-09-18) 18 September 1993 (age 31) Chandigarh, India
Education	Yale University, MBA Delhi University, BBS
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Jay Kotak (m. 2023)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Femina Miss India World 2015
Major competition(s)	Femina Miss India 2015 (Winner) (Miss Beautiful Hair) (Miss Sudoku) Femina Miss India Delhi 2015 Miss World 2015

Aditi Arya Kotak (born 18 September 1993) is an Indian actress, model, research analyst and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Femina Miss India World in 2015. She represented India at Miss World 2015 pageant.

Early life

Arya was born in Chandigarh and studied at Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School in her early years before moving to Gurgaon 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 audit firms, Ernst & Young.

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

She has been associated with several non-profit groups such as Amitasha, Supported Decision Making and Protsahan.

Pageantry

Femina Miss India 2015

Aditi was crowned the winner at fbb Femina Miss India World 2015, on 28 March 2015 in Mumbai.

Miss World 2015

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 Designer 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.

Acting career

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. The film was a box office success 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.

She has played the lead role in the 36 episode Hindi web series Tantra directed by Sidhant Sachdev and produced by Vikram Bhatt. She has also done another web series Spotlight 2 with the same team, to be released on 26 January on the International over-the-top video service Viu.

She is currently shooting for her next Tollywood film Ninnu Vadili Nenu Polenule.

Aditi Arya Kotak's Punjabi film Teriyan Meriyan Hera Pheriyan was released on 21st June 2024.

Personal life

In November 2023, she married Jay Kotak, the son of billionaire Uday Kotak in an extravagant affair with ceremonies conducted at Taj Fateh Prakash Palace Udaipur and Jio World Convention Centre Mumbai .

Filmography

References

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18. TelanganaToday. "It's an honour working with Kabir Khan in '83 : Aditi Arya". Telangana Today. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
19. "COVID-19: 'We cannot take risk', says Aditi Arya on postponing of '83' release date". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
20. "Upendra: ರವಿಚಂದ್ರನ್-ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ ಕಾಂಬಿನೇಷನ್‌ನ ಸಿನಿಮಾಕ್ಕೆ ಮತ್ತೊಮ್ಮೆ ಶೀರ್ಷಿಕೆ ಚೇಂಜ್!". Vijaya Karnataka (in Kannada). Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.

External links

• Miss India 2015 Aditi Arya Could be a Next Bollywood Super Star
• Aditi Arya at IMDb

Awards and achievements
Preceded bySashi Bhangari	Femina Miss India Delhi 1st Runner Up 2015	Succeeded byNatasha Singh
Preceded by Koyal Rana	Femina Miss India World 2015	Succeeded byPriyadarshini Chatterjee

• 1993 births
• Beauty pageant contestants from Chandigarh
• Living people
• People from Gurgaon
• Actresses from New Delhi
• Female models from Delhi
• Miss World 2015 delegates
• Femina Miss India winners
• Beauty pageant contestants from India
• Indian beauty pageant winners