Hansika Motwani (born 9 August 1991) is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Tamil and Telugu along with a number of Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada films. She made her film debut in Telugu cinema with Desamuduru (2007) and became the recipient of numerous accolades, including a Filmfare Award.Motwani appeared in a couple of Telugu movies, including Kantri (2008) and Maska (2009). She started her career in Tamil cinema with Mappillai 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) and Singam II (2013) Aranmanai (2014) . She debuted in Malayalam cinema with Villain (2017).Hansika Motwani was born to a Sindhi family in Mumbai.Her father, Pradeep Motwani is a businessman and her mother, Mona Motwani is a dermatologist.Motwani attended the Podar International School and the International Curriculum School, Santacruz, both in Mumbai.
