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A girl by any other name...

The speculation around Himesh's mystery girl rests as he admits that Aap Ka Suroor's lead actress is Hansika Motwane

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Subhash K Jha

Himesh and Hansika in Aap Ka Suroor

Reacting sharply to stories about the true identity of Aap Ka Suroor's leading lady Riia, Himesh Reshammiya says there was no attempt to conceal her identity.

"Yes, Riia is Hansika Motwane. And I believe she has worked as a child actor in several films and TV shows," says Himesh.

Hansika started her career as a TV actress for several episodes of Kyunkii Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. Later she acted in several feature films as a child including the hard-hitting Jaago where she played the central role of Raveena Tandon's 10-year old daughter who's gang raped on a train.

Raveena recalls Hansika as a focused, hardworking and very ambitious girl.

Sure enough, Hansika re-surfaced as a mature teenager on Sony's music show Fame Gurukul and then signed her first big film He -The Only One where she was supposed to make her adult debut opposite Mithun Chakbraborty's son.

"But when that film got stuck, Hansika and her mother became impatient. That was when she auditioned for Himesh's film for her acting debut," says a source.

"My producer, director and I auditioned nearly seventy girls for the part. And Hansika was perfect. She went through an entire re-acclimitization programme. She was put through rigorous dancing classes. Her complete image and look has been changed for my film. But we had no intention of hiding her real identity. Jo hai so hai. She was rechristened Riia because that's her character's name in Aap Ka Suroor. And why only Hindi films? Riia (Hansika) has done some films in the South where she played the lead actress," adds Himesh.

"But Aap Ka Suroor is her real launch," promises Himesh.

• Hansika was put through rigorous dancing classes. Her complete image and look has been changed for my film. But we had no intention of hiding her real identity –– Himesh Reshammiya

I thought this was interesting cuz in real life hes 38 and shes like 22!! Aparently I heard she was also on a sony show called Hum 2 Hain Na or sumthin like that and she was the twin. She also was in Koi Mil Gaya with Hrithik as the group of kids!