She stood before the camera as a child artist and with every new project sculpted a name for herself even at a very young age. After a small stint with the small-screen, she zoomed out, larger-than-life on to the silver screen as a heroine with 'Mappillai' where she starred opposite Dhanush. Though the film dealt with a hero-centric subject, Hansika Motwani’s performance got noticed by film goers as well as the critics.

Hansika's second release in Tamil was 'Engeyum Kadhal' under Prabhu Deva's direction where this "pretty find" shared screen space with 'Jayam' Ravi. She was only two films old when she dared to try comedy, and guess what, it worked wonders for the young actress who surely is more than just a pretty face.

Hansika is eagerly waiting for 'Velayudham's release which might happen towards the end of this month. This film sees her portraying Vijay’s female lead. And in the pipeline is 'Oru Kal Oru Kannadi' with Udhayanidhi Stalin under Rajesh's direction. This film sees Udhay. debuting as hero into Tamil, and the flick is touted to be a rom-com.

Though Hansika has been around for just almost a year now, she has got to play the female lead with the some of the top, young and powerful heroes of the Tamil film industry. If her career continues to shape up as it has done so far, we might have a younger version of Kushboo in the making, who knows?

Today Hansika will be blowing off her past 20 years, and as she welcomes her 21st year we along with our readers as well as her fans wish her a very happy birthday and many more successful films as well as a great career in films for many years to come.

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