Hansika Motwani who is acting with Vijay in Velayudham is a Mumbai beauty. She made her debut a child artist in the Hindi films. Now she has debuted in Tamil films as heroine. Hansika is learning Tamil through a Tamil teacher in order to speak Tamil fluently like Thamannah. It has been evident in the past that many actresses from Mumbai have learned Tamil and have made it bigger in Kollywood including Kushboo, Simran and Jyothika.