Hansika Motwani

Hansika Motwani
Born	August 9, 1991 (age 20)[1] Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Occupation	Actress, Model
Years active	2001–present
Parents	Seema Motwani Pradeep Motwani

Hansika Motwani (Sindhi: हंसिका मोटवानी, born 9 August 1991) is an Indian actress and a former child actress. She has worked in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada films.

Contents  [hide]  1 Early life 2 Career 3 Filmography 3.1 Television 4 References 5 External links

Early life

Hansika Motwani was born in Mangalore, India. Her father Pradeep Motwani is a businessman, and her mother is Seema Motwani, a dermatologist. Hansika attended Podar International School, Mumbai and enrolled for BA in political science at Cambridge University, London as correspondence course.^[2] Hansika mainly speaks Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, English, Hindi and Tulu, although her native tongue is Sindhi. She is learning Tamil as she made debut in the Tamil film industry.

Career

She began her television career with a serial called shaka laka boom-boom, a story about a boy named Sanju and his magic pencil. Simultaneously, she also enacted a child role in the Indian serial Des Mein Nikla Hoga Chaand, for which she received the Favorite Child Award at the Star Parivaar Awards. She also appeared as one of the children in Koi Mil Gaya with Preity Zinta and Hrithik Roshan.

Hansika made her debut in a lead role in Puri Jagannadh's Telugu film, Desamuduru, starring opposite Allu Arjun. The film was about a crime reporter who falls in love with a sanyasini, played by Hansika.^[3]

Hansika made her debut as a leading actress in Bollywood with Himesh Reshammiya in Aap Kaa Surroor – The Real Luv Story. She played the role of Himesh Reshammiya's lover Ria. The film was released on 29 June 2007 and was a moderate hit. She will also appear in the Hindi film titled He: The Only One, where she will be essaying the role of a killer, hell-bent on taking revenge for her family.^[4]

Hansika made her Kannada debut in Bindaas with Puneet Rajkumar. The film was released on 15 February 2008. She paired with Jr. NTR in the film Kantri, which was released in May 2008. The film was a moderate hit. She made her Tamil film debut in the 2011 film Mappillai opposite Dhanush, following which her next Tamil film Engeyum Kadhal opposite Jayam Ravi released. Her next film Velayudham alongside Vijay was a box-office success. Her role as a village belle in the film received a lot of positive reviews. She is currently working on Oru Kal Oru Kannadi with Udhayanidhi Stalin.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2003	Escape from Taliban	Guncha	Hindi	Child artist
2003	Hawa	Sanjana's daughter	Hindi	Child artist
2003	Koi... Mil Gaya	Priya Six	Hindi	Child artist
2003	Aabra Ka Daabra	Pinky	Hindi	Child artist
2004	Jaago	Shruti	Hindi	Child artist
2004	Hum Kaun Hai?	Sara Williams	Hindi	Child artist (Kointha)
2007	Desamuduru	Vaishali	Telugu	Winner, Filmfare Best Female Debut (South)
2007	Aap Ka Surroor	Ria	Hindi	Nominated, Filmfare Best Female Debut Award
2008	Bindaas	Preethi	Kannada
2008	Kantri	Varalakshmi	Telugu
2008	Money Hai Toh Honey Hai	Ashima Kapoor	Hindi
2009	Maska	Meenu	Telugu
2009	Billa	Priya	Telugu	Cameo role
2009	Jayeebhava	Anjali Narasimha	Telugu
2010	Seetharamula Kalyanam	Nandhini	Telugu
2011	Mappillai	Gayathri	Tamil
2011	Engeyum Kaadhal	Kayalvizhi Rajasekhar (Lolita)	Tamil
2011	Kandireega	Sruthi	Telugu
2011	Velayudham	Vaidehi	Tamil
2011	Oh My Friend	Ritu	Telugu
2011	Oru Kal Oru Kannadi	Meera	Tamil	Post-Production
2011	Vettai Mannan		Tamil	Filming[5]
2011	He - The Only One		Hindi	Delayed

Television

Television
Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1999	Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi	Baavri Virani	Hindi
1999	Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand	Tina	Hindi
2003	Karishma Kaa Karishma	Tina	Hindi
2003	Sonpari	Sweety	Hindi
2003	Shaka Laka Boom Boom	Karuna	Hindi
2004	Hum 2 Hain Na	Kareena/Koyal	Hindi	2012