Hansika Motwani facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Hansika Motwani
Motwani in 2023
Born	(1991-08-09) 9 August 1991 (age 33) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2001–2004 (child actress) 2007–present
Spouse(s)	Sohail Khaturiya ​ (m. 2022)​

Hansika Motwani (born 9 August 1991) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu films. Hansika began her career as a child actor in Hindi films, and later went on to appear in lead roles in Telugu films, including Desamuduru (2007), Kantri (2008) and Maska (2009). She started her career in Tamil cinema with Mappillai (2011) and then appeared in several commercially successful Tamil films such as Engeyum Kadhal (2011), Velayudham (2011), Oru Kal Oru Kannadi (2012), Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru (2013), Singam II (2013) and Aranmanai (2014). She has also acted in the Malayalam film Villain (2017).

Early life

Hansika Motwani, hailing from a Sindhi family, was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Her father, Pradeep Motwani, is a businessman, while her mother, Mona Motwani, is a dermatologist. She received her education at the Podar International School and the International Curriculum School, Santacruz both located in Mumbai.

Career

2001–2010

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 and appeared as one of the children in Koi... Mil Gaya.

She made her debut in 2007 in a lead role at the age of 15 in a lead role in Puri Jagannadh's Telugu film Desamuduru and earned the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South for her performance. She later appeared in the Hindi film Aap Kaa Surroor with Himesh Reshammiya.

Her first 2008 release was Bindaas, starring Puneeth Rajkumar, and is her first and only Kannada film to date. Later that year, she appeared in Kantri with Jr. NTR.

2011–2015

Hansika in 2016

Hansika debuted in Tamil cinema with Mappillai. Her next Tamil film, Engeyum Kadhal was a successful one. The same year she went on to star alongside Vijay in Velayudham.

In 2012, she had two releases, one in Tamil and another one in Telugu. Her first release was M. Rajesh's romantic comedy film Oru Kal Oru Kannadi which became her first runaway hit and earned her positive reviews for her performance. In Telugu, she was featured in Denikaina Ready which also earned a positive response from the public. She received her first Best Actress nomination at the 60th Filmfare Awards South for her performance in the films. In 2013, she appeared in four Tamil films such as Settai, Sundar C's Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru, Hari's Singam II starring Suriya and Venkat Prabhu's Biriyani with Suriya's brother Karthi. She had five releases in 2014, two of them were Telugu films, the comedy flick Pandavulu Pandavulu Tummeda and the action-masala film Power. Her Tamil releases were the fantasy film Maan Karate with Sivakarthikeyan, Sundar C's horror comedy Aranmanai and the action thriller film Meaghamann.

Aambala, her third collaboration with Sundar C, was her first 2015 release. Her second release that year was Romeo Juliet, which marked her second film with Jayam Ravi. She also appeared in Vaalu with Silambarasan.

2016–present

In 2016, Aranmanai 2 directed by Sundar C received mixed reviews. Hansika had a list of flops later that year, including Uyire Uyire and Pokkiri Raja. Her last release in 2016 was Manithan with Udhayanidhi Stalin.

Bogan was her first release in 2017 and it was reviewed positively. Many critics praised her for her performance in the introduction scene and the pre-climax scene. She also acted in a Telugu film Luckunnodu. She debuted in Malayalam films with Villain in 2017.

Her first release of 2018 was Gulaebaghavali in which she played a con-artist's role named Viji. Her other release of 2018 was Thuppakki Munai, starring Vikram Prabhu. In 2019, she appeared with Atharvaa in the Tamil film 100, directed by Sam Anton and in the Telugu film Tenali Ramakrishna BA. BL opposite Sundeep Kishan.

For her 50th film, Motwani was the lead actress in Maha (2022). She was seen in the horror 105 Minuttess (2024) and Guardian (2024).

Personal life

Motwani converted to Buddhism. She said in an interview, "The best way to effectively de-stress for me is to chant- Nam Myo Ho Renge Kyo, as I strongly follow Buddhism." According to the actress, chanting has helped her personally and professionally. Motwani married her longtime boyfriend, businessman Sohail Khaturiya on 4 December 2022 in Mundota Fort and Palace, Jaipur.

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

List of films and roles

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
2003	Hawa	Sasha	Hindi	Child artist
	Koi... Mil Gaya	Priya Sharma
2004	Jaago	Shruti Verma
	Hum Kaun Hai?	Sara Williams
	Aabra Ka Daabra	Pinky
2007	Desamuduru	Vaishali	Telugu	Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South
	Aap Kaa Surroor	Riya Bakshi	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	Meenakshi 'Meenu'	Telugu
	Billa	Priya		Cameo appearance
	Jayeebhava	Anjali
2010	Seeta Ramula Kalyanam Lankalo	Nandhini
2011	Mappillai	Gayathri	Tamil
	Engeyum Kadhal	Kayalvizhi (Lolita)
	Kandireega	Shruthi	Telugu	Nominated, SIIMA Award for Best Actress (Telugu)
	Velayudham	Vaidehi	Tamil
	Oh My Friend	Rithu	Telugu
2012	Oru Kal Oru Kannadi	Meera	Tamil
	Denikaina Ready	Sharmila	Telugu	Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
2013	Settai	Madhumitha	Tamil
	Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru	Sanjana
	Singam II	Sathya
	Biriyani	Priyanka		25th Film
2014	Pandavulu Pandavulu Tummeda	Honey	Telugu
	Maan Karate	Yazhini	Tamil
	Power	Nirupama	Telugu
	Aranmanai	Selvi	Tamil
	Meaghamann	Usha
2015	Aambala	Maya
	Romeo Juliet	Aishwarya (Subbulakshmi)
	Vaalu	Priya Mahalakshmi
	Puli	Princess Manthagini
	Size Zero	Herself	Telugu	Bilingual film, Cameo appearance
	Inji Iduppazhagi		Tamil
2016	Aranmanai 2	Maya	Tamil
	Pokkiri Raja	Sunitha
	Uyire Uyire	Priya
	Manithan	Priya
2017	Luckunnodu	'Positive' Padma	Telugu
	Bogan	Mahalakshmi	Tamil
	Singam 3	Sathya		Special appearance
	Goutham Nanda	Spoorthi	Telugu
	Villain	Dr. Shreya Venkatesh	Malayalam
2018	Gulaebaghavali	Viji	Tamil
	Thuppakki Munai	Mythili
2019	NTR: Kathanayakudu	Jaya Prada	Telugu	Special appearance
	100	Nisha	Tamil
	Tenali Ramakrishna BA. BL	Rukmini	Telugu
2022	Maha	Maha	Tamil	50th Film
2023	Partner	female Kalyan / unnamed woman		dual role
	My Name Is Shruthi	Shruthi	Telugu
2024	105 Minuttess	Jaanu
	Guardian	Aparna	Tamil
	Rowdy Baby	0TBA		Filming
	Man	0TBA		Completed
	Gandhari	0TBA		Filming

Web series

List of web series and roles

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
2023	Hansika's Love Shaadi Drama	Herself	English
	MY3	Mythri	Tamil
0TBA	Nasha	0TBA	Telugu	Filming

Television

Music videos

Awards and nominations

See also

• List of Indian film actresses
• List of Tamil film actresses