She received her first Best Actress nomination at the 60th Filmfare Awards South for her performance in the films.
1991
Hansika Motwani (born 9 August 1991) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu films.
2007
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 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.
2008
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.
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.
2011
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).
2012
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.
2013
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.
2014
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.
2015
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
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.
2017
She has also acted in the Malayalam film Villain (2017).
Hansika Motwani, hailing from a Sindhi family, was born in Bombay, Maharashtra (now known as Mumbai).
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.
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.
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.
2018
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.
2019
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 will be next seen in Guardian (2023) alongside Suresh Menon and Mottai Rajendran.
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."
