Hansika Motwani (Sindhi: ھنسیکا موتوانی, born 9 August 1991) is an Indian actress and a former child actress. She has worked in Hindi, Telugu, Kannada and Tamil films.
Hansika Motwani was born in Mumbai, 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. 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.
She began her television career with a serial called Shakalaka 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.
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.
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. She is currently working on two more Tamil projects Velayudham opposite Vijay and Oru Kal Oru Kannadi opposite Udhayanidhi Stalin. Source Wikipedia
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