Teenager Hansika handles 15 kids!

Here's something on Hansika that very few people might be aware of - that the young actress has heart of gold!

Hansika celebrated her 17th birthday last month and on this occasion she has taken up the responsibility of the education and

general welfare of 15 orphaned children. Now that's truly an extraordinary thing to do, right at this age!

Apart from this generous initiative, Hansika has much more to celebrate these days. Her first film in Tollywood called

DESAMUDURU for which the actress received 3 prestigious awards (including the Filmfare for South Indian Films) has just

completed 275 days and is still pulling enthusiasts to the theatres! Not just that, her second film KANTRI opposite Junior

NTR is also doing great business and has successfully completed 100 days!

That's already a lot of achievement for her age....Kudos to you, Hansika!

I am not Hansika when I am playing a role

Seventeen-year-old actress Hansika Motwani has been paired with actors who are more than double her age, but she feels age has nothing to do with acting. “I am not Hansika when I am playing a role. It is the character I am playing, so the age of my co-star does not matter to me at all,” Hansika started her career as a child artiste in Bollywood and worked in films like “Koi… Mil Gaya”, “Escape from Taliban”, “Jaago” and “Aabra Ka Daabra”.

She debuted as a full-fledged actress at the age of 16 with an actor who was more than double her age, composer-turned-singer-turned-actor Himesh Reshammiya in “Aap Kaa Surroor”.

“As an actor you have to play a character when you are asked to. Even if it is a 70-year-old character you have to perform it.”

Now Hansika will be seen with the 40-plus Govinda in the forthcoming comedy “Money Hai To Honey Hai”. She doesn’t mind the age gap and says getting an opportunity to work with a senior actor like him was a privilege.

“I consider myself very lucky to have worked with Govinda sir. I have learnt so much from him and it will definitely be useful to me in future. I think it is a big opportunity for any actor to work with him.”

Hansika is playing the role of a television actor in the comedy.

“I play the character of Ashima Kapoor who is a television actor and wants to make it big in the film industry. The film is about the journey of the actress into the film industry.”

She has also acted in serials like “Des Mein Nikla Hoga Chand”, “Hum Do Hain Na” and “Tum Bin”.

Hansika gives credit to her family for shaping her career. “I idolise my mother and attribute my success to her. Without my mother and my family’s support, I would not have reached this place.”