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Hansika Motwani

Hansika Motwani (born 9 August 1991) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu films. She made her film debut as a leading actress in the Telugu movie Desamuduru (2007), winning the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South. Following appearances in several high-budget Telugu films, including Kantri and Maska, she started her career in Tamil cinema with Mappillai (2011). She was part of commercially successful Tamil films including Velayudham (2011), Oru Kal Oru Kannadi (2012), Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru (2013) and Singam II (2013).

Personal life

Hansika Motwani was born to Pradeep Motwani, a businessman and Mona Motwani, a dermatologist. She has a brother Prashant Motwani.^[1] Her mother tongue is Sindhi^[2] and she is a Buddhist.^[3] She was born in Mumbai.^[4]

Hansika attended the Podar International School in Mumbai.^[5] She went on to study at the International Curriculum School in Mumbai.

Career

Hansika began her television career with a serial called Shaka Laka Boom Boom. She later acted in the Indian serial Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand, for which she received the Favorite Child Award at the Star Parivaar Awards, and 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, opposite Allu Arjun, earning the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South for her performance.^[6] Hansika made her debut as a leading actress in Bollywood with Himesh Reshammiya in Aap Kaa Surroor — a moderate hit. She next signed the Hindi film titled He: The Only One, where she was to essay the role of a killer, hell-bent on taking revenge for her family,^[7] but the film was later shelved.

Hansika's first 2008 release was Bindaas, starring Puneet Rajkumar, her first and only Kannada film to date. Later that year, she was paired with Jr. NTR in the film Kantri. She made her Tamil film debut in the unsuccessful 2011 film Mappillai, opposite Dhanush. Her next Tamil film, Engeyum Kadhal, opposite Jayam Ravi, was also unsuccessful.^[8] The 2011 film Velayudham, in which she starred alongside Vijay, became a box-office success; this was her first time playing the role of a village belle.

In 2012, Hansika's first release was M. Rajesh's romantic comedy Oru Kal Oru Kannadi, which became her first runaway hit and earned her positive reviews from critics for her performance.^[9] Her last 2012 release was Denikaina Ready, opposite Vishnu Manchu, which also earned a positive response from the public.^[10] She received her first Best Actress nomination at the 60th Filmfare Awards South for her performance in the film.

She was seen in Settai, opposite Arya^[11] and starred in Sundar C.'s Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru, opposite Siddharth. She played a lead role in Suriya's Singam II.^[12] She was asked to reduce her weight for a film opposite Raam.^[13]

She has completed filming for Venkat Prabhu's Biriyani with Karthi. She was selected to play Maya, a gangster, in Silambarasan's Vettai Mannan,^[14] with whom she was also acting in Vaalu.^[15] She started shooting for Sundar C's psychological thriller Aranmanai in October 2013.^[16] Apart from Aranmanai, she is also working on two Tamil films Maan Karate and Uyire Uyire, the remake of the Telugu film Ishqunder Jaya Prada's production and a Telugu film Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummeda.^[17] She has also signed another Telugu film to be directed by KS Ravindra (Bobby).^[18]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2003	Hawa	Sanjana's daughter	Hindi	Child artist
	Koi... Mil Gaya	Priya Six	Hindi	Child artist
	Aabra Ka Daabra	Pinky	Hindi	Child artist
2004	Jaago	Shruti	Hindi	Child artist
2004	Hum Kaun Hai?	Sara Williams	Hindi	Child artist
2007	Desamuduru	Vaishali	Telugu	Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South
2007	Aap Kaa Surroor	Ria	Hindi	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut
2008	Bindaas	Preethi	Kannada
	Kantri	Varalakshmi	Telugu
	Money Hai Toh Honey Hai	Ashima Kapoor	Hindi
2009	Maska	Meenu	Telugu
	Billa	Priya	Telugu	Cameo role
	Jayeebhava	Anjali Narashima	Telugu
2010	Seetharamula Kalyanam	Nandhini	Telugu
2011	Mappillai	Gayathri	Tamil	SIIMA Award for Best Debutant Actress Nominated—Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress
	Engeyum Kadhal	Kayalvizhi Rajasekhar (Lolita)	Tamil	Vijay Award for Favourite Heroine Nominated—SIIMA Award Award for Best Actress
	Kandireega	Sruthi	Telugu
	Velayudham	Vaidehi	Tamil
	Oh My Friend	Ritu	Telugu
2012	Oru Kal Oru Kannadi	Meera Mahendrakumar	Tamil	Edison Award for Best Actress SIIMA Award for Best Actress Nominated—Vijay Award for Favourite Heroine
2012	Denikaina Ready	Sharmila	Telugu	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
2013	Settai	Madhumitha	Tamil
	Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru	Sanjana	Tamil
	Something Something	Sanjana	Telugu
	Singam II	Sathya	Tamil
	Biriyani	Priyanka	Tamil
2014	Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummeda		Telugu	Filming
	Vaalu		Tamil	Filming
	Aranmanai		Tamil	Filming
	Vettai Mannan	Maya	Tamil	Filming
	Maan Karate		Tamil	Filming^[19]
	Uyire Uyire^[20]		Tamil	Filming (Ishq remake)^[21]
	Untitled Ravi Teja Film		Telugu	Filming^[22]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Language
2001-03	Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand	Tina	Hindi
2001	Shaka Laka Boom Boom	Karuna / Shona
2002	Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi	Baavri Virani
2002	Son Pari	Sweety
2003	Karishma Kaa Karishma	Teena
2004-05	Hum Do Hain Na	Kareena / Koyal^[23]
2005	Celebrity Fame Gurukul	Herself (Contestant)^[24]

Awards

Won:

TV Child Artiste of the Year - Indian Telly Awards - Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand
Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South - Desamuduru
SIIMA Award for Best Debutant Actress - Tamil - Mappillai
SIIMA Award for Special Appreciation as Actress - Telugu - Kandireega
Chennai Times Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer-Female - Mappillai
Edison Award for Best Actress - Oru Kal Oru Kannadi
SIIMA Award for Best Actress - Tamil - Oru Kal Oru Kannadi