Hansika Motwani is the latest sensation of Bollywood; she was born in Mumbai, India on August 9, 1991 in a Sindhi speaking family. Her father, Mr. Pradeep Motwani, is a businessman, while her mother, Mrs. Mona, is a Dermatologist. Hansika started her career at an early age as a child artist. Spotlight shifted on her when she appeared in the soap operas like "Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi", "Hum 2 Hain Na" "Des Mein Nikla Hoga Chand" and "Tum Bin". Her acting talents were also spotted by the famous film actress Juhi Chawla, who in turn recommended Hansika to the producer of the movie 'Yahoo' where she acted as a child artist with Juhi Chawla and Govinda. Somehow the movie was shelved but Hansika moved on with her appearances in the movies like "Koi Mil Gaya", "Jaago", "Escape from Taliban" and "Aabra Ka Dabra". The movie "Jaago" portrayed role of a 10 year old rape victim played by Hansika and immediately got noticed by the critics for the wonderful portrayal of the role.

Meanwhile Hansika continued with her education and currently she is completing her 'A' level education in the Podar International School, Mumbai, India. Simultaneously she is continuing with her career too. In the year 2007 Hansika made her debut as a heroine in two movies as the leading lady and both were successful at the Box office, out of these movies one is Himesh Reshamia's "Aap Ka Suroor - The Real Love Story" this movie was in Hindi and another notable one was Telugu Movie, "Desamuduru" with Allu Arjun in the lead role opposite her. For her performances she was nominated for the Filmfare Best Debutante Award. Beside Hindi she can speak the Tulu language quite well.

Hansika has appeared in quite a few advertisement campaigns too with some of the well known brands like Pepsi, Bournvita and Samsung Electronics. The Hyundai Santro ad campaign, in which she teamed up with the legendary Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan, was turning point in her life