Hansika made her debut in Puri Jagannadh"s Telugu film, Desamuduru, starring opposite Allu Arjun.

Hansika made her debut as a leading actress in Bollywood with Himesh Reshammiya in Aap Kaa Suroor - The Real Luv Story

Hansika made her debut as a lead actress in Kannada film Bindaas with Puneet Rajkumar.The film was released on 15 February 2008. She paired with Jr. NTR in the Telugu film Kantri which was released in May 2008. The film was a moderate hit. she also,acted in a leading role with Ram in Telugu movie Maska.

She is also making her Tamil film debut through Maapilai opposite actor Dhanush. She was recently accused of take steroids to look good on screen.Her physical appearance as a child is completely different from what she looks like now.Doctors have claimed that her waist has a barrel like look which comes from use of excess female hormones

Hansika"s new Telugu movie "Sitaramula Kalyanam" with Nithin in the direction of Eeshwar Reddy is currently under progress