You have all seen her as a child artist in various advertisements, tv serials, and movies. That small child artist has now become a 16 year old girl. She has only acted in two movies but within this short time she has achieved immense popularity. I am talking about the one and only Hansika Motwani. She is the latest craze in Bollywood. Her young age, innocent look and killing smile have turned her into a major heartthrob over night.
Name: Hansika Motwani
Date of birth: August 1991
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Birth place: Mangalore
Language: She knows a number of languages but she mainly speaks Tulu and Hindi.
Family: Hansika's Father, is a businessman Pradeep Motwani. Her Mother is a dermatologist, Mona Motwani. She has a brother, Prashant Motwani. Her parents were divorced in 2004.
Education: Hansika studies in
TV serials: As a child artist, Hansika appeared in many popular TV serials and soap operas and children shows. Here is a list of TV serials and shows done by Hansika.
- Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi: One of the most popular TV serials produced by Balaji Telefilms, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi tells the story of a well off Indian family. The serial is famous for showing family problems and upholding the Indian tradition. Hansika played the character of Baavri Virani.
- Hum 2 hai Na: The story of two identical twins separated at birth but music brings them together.
- Des Main Nikla Hoga Chand: The story of a Punjabi family who have been living in
Children show:
- Shakalaka Boom Boom: The story of five kids who fight against their evil maternal uncle and his wife and their son. The show was very successful. Hansika played the character of Shona, a 12 year old tomboy girl.
Other show:
- Celebrity Fame Gurukul: A singing competition broad cast on Sony Television.
Entrance into movies:
Hansika first came into movie as a child artist. It was famous actress Juhi Chawla who noticed Hansika and recommended her name to the director. Unfortunately, her first movie, Yahoo, starring Juhi Chawla and Govinda was not released. Then he appeared in the Hyundai Santro TV commercial with Shah Rukh Khan. This time, it was also Juhi Chawla who recommended her.
- 2003: Hansika got the opportunity to work in Koi Mil Gaya starring Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta. Koi Mil Gaya was the biggest hit of 2003. Hansika was one of the girls in the super six group in the movie. Koi Mil Gaya is a sci-fi inspired from Steven Spielberg's famous movie on aliens, E.T. That same year, Hansika did two more movies: Hawa, a horror movie and Escape From Taliban.
- 2004: In 2004, Hansika again appeared in Jaago. Starring Sanjay Kapoor, Raveena Tandon, Manoj Bajpai, Jaago tells the tragic story of a ten year old girl who is raped by three young people while returning home on a local train in Mumbai. The film was not very successful but for her performance, Hansika Motwani got good reviews from the critics. The character “Shruti” played by Hansika Motwani did not have long presence in the movie but it was a major character and Hansika had to act in the rape scene which was a big challenge for a young girl like her. The film was based on the true story of a ten year old girl who was raped in 2002.
- Hum Kaun Hai? is another horror movie, inspired by
- Abra-Ka-Dabra is a 3D children’s movie. Anupam Kher played a major role in this movie.
- 2007: After two years break, Hansika Motwani got her first big break as a lead actress. She appeared in a Telugu movie titled, Desamuduru. In this movie she was paired up with actor Allu Arjun. Hansika Motwani played the character of a Sanyasi (Saint). She was paid Rs. 5 million for the movie.
- However, Hansika’s debut Hindi film is Aap Ka Suroor - The Real Love Story. In this movie, she was paired up with famous Bollywood singer, Himesh Reshammiya. Hansika Motwani played the character of an NRI girl, Ria. Because of good songs and brilliant marketing strategy, the movie did very good business in its opening week. Hansika’s real name was not given in the movie. She was publicized according to her screen name, Ria.
Trivia:
- Hansika was born in August. She is a Leo like Kajol.
- Hansika’s father, Pradeep Motwani, is a businessman and mother, Mona Motwani is a dermatologist.
- Hansika started acting when she was ten years old and continued till thirteen. Then she took a two years break and again started her career. It was her mother’s idea. She shed off weights and worked on her teeth.
- Till now, as a child artist, she has won 13 awards.
- Juhi Chawla, who is a client of her mother, said that she should try in movies. Hansika then appeared as a child artist in many movies. Some of her major movies are: Koi... Mil
- It was Puri Jagannath who discovered actress Hansika Motwani. He saw her acting and approached her for his new film. Hansika heard the script and agreed to do it. The rest of the story is known to you all.
- Her debut movie as an actress is Desamuduru, a Telugu movie. The movie was very successful. It broke the record of the first week collection of Pokiri, one of the most successful south Indian films released last year.
- In Desamuduru, Hansika played the character of a young “Sanyasi” (Saint). The interesting thing about her character in this movie is that she does not have much dialogue. She can not speak Telugu but now she knows a few words.
- In Desamuduru, Hansika Motwani had to dance but she was not good at it. On the day of the release of Desamuduru, Hansika with her fifty other class mates, went to see the movie. The first three days after the release of Desamuduru, the theatres were house-full.
- Hansika is now getting many offers from the South but she has been very careful in choosing her projects. She refused many good movies with some of the well established South Indian actors. She felt that she was not ready.
- In Aap Ka Suroor - The Real Love Story, Hansika Motwani was publicized as Ria. It was her mother’s idea, to shed off her child artiste image.
- Hansika Motwani lives at Andheri in Mumbai. After the release of her movies, her house has become popular in that area. It is now named “Hansika House.”
- Within a very short time, Hansika Motwani has created a huge fan following in
- Hansika does not like other people to interfere in her life. Her motto is “heart never, help ever.”
- Hansika Motwani is new as an actress but she is also serious about her studies. She is now doing her 11th and 12th classes in one year. She goes through the books whenever she gets time but her mother wants her to grow up like a normal kid of her age and mix with her friends.
- Hansika Motwani has a CA, a secretary and a manager to take care of her career. Her mother also plays a crucial role in her career.
- Though a successful actress, Hansika Motwani is a teenager. She gets her pocket money from her mother.
- After the release of her movies, Hansika Motwani has become very popular among businessmen. She gets many calls to inaugurate various shops and malls in
- Hansika has also been chosen as a brand ambassador for a textile company.
- Hansika was supposed to do another Telugu movie titled, Dubai Seenu. However, she has been replaced by Nayantara, another popular South Indian actress.
Hansikamotwani.net:
Designed on green color background, this is an easy to browse website on Hansika Motwani. The website has four sections: home, biography, filmography, photos.
- Home: In the home page you will find a picture on the left. On the right side, there is a list of news reports on the young actress.
- Biography: A biography of the actress, talking about her childhood career and various movies and serials and TV commercials she has done so far.
- Filmography: List of movies Hansika Motwani has done as a child artist and as an actress.
- Photography: This section contains 53 images of Hansika Motwani sorted in four categories: Hansika photos, movie stills, public appearances, cute photos.
Hansika Motwani Wow.com:
This is another small website devoted to Hansika Motwani. It has two sections:
- Home: Here you can find a mini biography of Hansika Motwani.
- Hansika Motwani Wallpapers: Although it says wallpaper, this section contains 48 photographs of the actress. There are also some photographs of the wallpapers of Desamuduru, Hansika Motwani’s debut movie.
Hansika Motwani World.com:
This website contains following sections:
- Home: You will find links to different sections of the website on the upper left side. Below the link list, there are six thumbnails of Hansika Motwani. There is also a wallpaper. The home page contains links to some news reports of Desamuduru; Hansika’s debut movie.
- About Hansika: This section contains a small article on Hansika Motwani’s acting career.
- Hansika Motwani photo gallery: There are eight photo albums with sixty five photographs of Hansika Motwani.
- Guest book: Looking at the guest book you can easily understand the popularity of this teenage actress. People from
- Contact Us: This section is for contacting the web master of this site. You have to fill up a form and submit it.
- Sponsors: There are two sponsors this website: Ragalahari and Telugu cinema stills. Both these are major websites on Telugu Cinema. You can find photos and wallpapers of Telugu cinema, actors and actresses.
Hansika Motwani.com:
This is another great website on Hansika Motwani. I think girls will like this website very much. The homepage background is in pink color which is a feminine color. The macromedia flash pictures and effects- the glittering name, fading pictures, add up to the overall beauty of the website. However, the content is not up to the mark. The website contains following sections:
- Home: The homepage contains two introductory paragraphs on Hansika Motwani. The second paragraph contains a link to a blog post.
- Biography: This section contains a 400 word article on Hansika Motwani. Her background, career, education and so on.
- Filmography: A list of movies Hansika Motwani appeared as a child artist and in lead role.
- Photo gallery: Contains 25 images of Hansika Motwani.
- Wallpapers: Contains 16 wallpapers of the young actress.
- Links: The funny thing is that there are no links in this section. You will find two paragraphs on the two recent movies of Hansika: Desamuduru and Aap Ka Suroor - The Real Love Story.
Hansika.info:
It can be referred as a minisite of Hansika Motwani. There are only two sections: home page and wallpaper. The wallpaper section contains 91 pictures of Hansika Motwani.
Idle Brain:
This webpage contains 77 wallpapers of Hansika Motwani’s debut movie as an actress; Desamuduru. Check out the cool pictures of Allu Arjun and Hansika. Arjun, like Hansika, is also one or two films old but he looks very good. Both of them have great figures.
Teluguone.com:
This webpage contains 106 photos of Desamuduru; Hansika Motwani’s first movie. There are shooting pictures and movie stills.
Sulekha.com:
If you can not find any where you will definitely find it in Sulekha.com. This is a very good website with a rich collection of pictures of Indian actors and actresses. This website contains 66 photographs of Hansika Motwani. You will also find still photographs of Desamuduru.
Santa Banta:
Santa Banta has a rich collection of wallpapers of various actors, actresses and movies. This website contains three wallpapers of Hansika Motwani.
Cinegoer.com:
This webpage contains 13 pictures of Hansika Motwani.
Tollywood News:
This blog has post with 20 images of Hansika Motwani.
Teluguone.com:
In my earlier post, I mentioned this website. This time I found out that this website also contains a separate wallpaper gallery of Hansika Motwani with 15 wallpapers in two different sizes.
Keralapals.com:
This website contains 17 pictures of Hansika Motwani.
Hansika-Motwani.blogspot:
This is a personal blog on Hansika Motwani. There is a picture gallery with 14 photographs of Hansika.
Masaladaily.com:
This is a Bollywood blog with a post on Hansika Motwani. You can get all the information about this young actress. The post also has eight photos of Hansika Motwani. This site works best in Internet explorer.
Bollysamachar.blogspot:
This Bollywood blog has published a post with 15 images of Hansika Motwani. You will like the pictures of Hansika in pink dress.
Indiaglitz:
This is another major Indian movie portal. It contains a picture gallery of Hansika Motwani with 33 photographs.
Shareapic:
This website contains 59 photographs of Hansika Motwani. The photos are small in size so the upload pretty fast.
Aap Ka Suroor-The Real Love Story “Tere Mera Milna” song video clip:
Hansika Motwani’s debut Hindi movie Aap Ka Suroor- The Real Love Story has been released in June 29, 2007. The movie did a very good business on its opening week. Most of the news reports have given credits to the brilliant marketing strategy of the movie makers but this movie has introduced Hansika Motwani to the audience. Though she is only 16 but on the silver screen she looked much matured and handled her character like a professional actress.
Aap Ka Suroor-The Real Love Story is a romantic movie and Tera Mera Milna is a romantic song. Himmesh Reshammiya and Hansika Motwani are seen together in the song. Himesh Reshammiya can not dance well but he makes it up with his beautiful voice and acting skill. Looking at the success of the movie the producers are planning to make a sequel of the movie and Hansika Motwani’s name has been considered for the sequel. There are two video clips of this song. One is 3 minutes 40 seconds and the other 3 minutes 44 seconds .
Aap Ka Suroor-The Real Love Story “Tere Bina” song video clip:
This is a sad song. The music is well crafted and Himesh Reshammiya and Hansika are just looking great. I found two video clips of the song; one is 1 minute 9 seconds and the other video clip is the full song 5 minutes 30 seconds.
Desamuduru: “Golapetti Nadi Ro” song video clip
Desamuduru is Hansika Motwani’s debut movie. In this movie, he paired up with Allu Arjun. The movie had its fair share of success. Hansika Motwani’s performance was liked by the audience. “Golapetti Nadi Ro” is done is bhangra music style with dhol bits. Since I do not know Telugu language, I did not understand the meaning but I enjoyed the music and Haniska and Allu’s dance. I found three video clips of this song in you tube.
I thought she is minimum 25 years girl. Really she is nice and looks like elder in her 16 year.
Posted by: kamrul hasan | July 20, 2007 2:44 AM | Permalink to Comment