Archive · 17 Sep 2026
Vishal Bhardwaj Explains Aditi, Siddharth Casting in Lust Stories 3
Lust Stories 3 includes a short film directed by Vishal Bhardwaj.
It stars Aditi Rao Hydari and Siddharth together.
They have not acted onscreen together for five years.
They also appear together after getting married in 2024.
The pair first began dating while making Maha Samundram.
Bhardwaj’s story takes place in Hyderabad in the early 1980s.
Aditi spent her childhood in Hyderabad, so the setting was familiar to her.
Bhardwaj said her perspective helped him handle the film’s intimate scenes.
The film will be released on Netflix on September 18.
Lust Stories 3 will reunite Aditi Rao Hydari and Siddharth onscreen after five years.
The actors will appear together for the first time since their 2024 wedding.
They began dating while filming Ajay Bhupathi’s 2021 Tamil-Telugu film Maha Samundram.
Vishal Bhardwaj cast Aditi partly because she grew up in Hyderabad, where the story is set.
Bhardwaj said Aditi’s perspective helped him depict intimate scenes and Siddharth’s objectification from a woman’s point of view.
- Who
- Aditi Rao Hydari, Siddharth, and filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj.
- What
- Vishal Bhardwaj has cast Aditi Rao Hydari and Siddharth in his short film for Lust Stories 3.
- When
- Lust Stories 3 is scheduled to release on September 18; the story is set in the early 1980s.
- Where
- The short film is set in Hyderabad and will be released on Netflix.
- Why
- Bhardwaj said Aditi’s familiarity with Hyderabad and her perspective helped him approach the film’s intimate scenes and Siddharth’s objectification.
- Film
- Lust Stories 3
- Director
- Vishal Bhardwaj
- Lead actors
- Aditi Rao Hydari and Siddharth
- Release platform
- Netflix
- Release date
- September 18
- Setting
- Hyderabad in the early 1980s
- Earlier collaboration
- Maha Samundram, a 2021 Tamil-Telugu action romance directed by Ajay Bhupathi