Ruhaanika Dhawan is an Indian television actress. She started her career with the 2012

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's show '' Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein'' as Aashi. She was then approached to play the roles of young Ruhi Bhalla and Pihu in

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's series ''

Yeh Hai Mohabbatein ''Yeh Hai Mohabbatein'' ( ''This is love'') was an Indian romantic drama TV series, which aired from 3 December 2013 to 18 December 2019 on Star Plus. Produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms, it starred Divyanka Tripathi and Karan Pate ...

''. For her performance she won several awards, including the Indian Telly Award for Most Popular Child Actress. Later in January 2014, Dhawan played a cameo in the 2014

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film '' Jai Ho''. In February 2015, she signed the 2016

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starrer action drama film '' Ghayal Once Again''.

Life and career

Ruhanika Dhawan was born on 25 September 2007 in

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. She studies at IGCSE school. She lives in Mumbai. She can speak

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and

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, and learned Punjabi from actor

in 2014. Dhawan began her career with the 2012

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'' Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein'', which she played the role of Aashi on

. Later she featured to play the pivotal role in

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's romance-drama series ''

Ye Hai Mohabbatein ''Yeh Hai Mohabbatein'' ( ''This is love'') was an Indian romantic drama TV series, which aired from 3 December 2013 to 18 December 2019 on Star Plus. Produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms, it starred Divyanka Tripathi and Karan Patel ...

''.She is portraying alongside an

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including

Divyanka Tripathi Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya ( Tripathi; born 14 December 1984) is an Indian television actress. She is known for playing Vidya Pratap Singh in Zee TV's ''Banoo Main Teri Dulhann'' and Dr. Ishita Iyer Bhalla in StarPlus, Star Plus's ''Yeh Hai Moh ...

Karan Patel Karan Patel (born 23 November 1983) is an Indian actor and host on Hindi television. Patel performed the main lead Raman Bhalla in the soap opera ''Yeh Hai Mohabbatein'' and played the role of Rishabh Bajaj in '' Kasautii Zindagii Kay 2''. ...

and plays the role of Ruhi Raman Kumar Bhalla on

channel. The story of the show is based on Manju Kapur's novel " Custody". It tells the story of Dr. Ishita (played by Tripathi), who is

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whereas Raman (played by Patel), who is Punjabi. Ishita marries Raman and gets attached emotionally to Raman's daughter, Ruhi, who lives with her divorced father. For her performance in this series she won the 2014 Indian Telly Award for Most Popular Child Actress. The show recently took a 7-year leap. After this leap, Ruhanika is playing the character of Pihu Raman Kumar Bhalla who is the younger sister of Ruhi, biological daughter of Raman and Ishita. While working in Ye Hai Mohabbatein, she approached to play in the 2014

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starred action drama film '' Jai Ho'', in which she appeared as a cameo. She walked the ramp as a showstopper for a fashion show, at which she appeared in Barbie attire. The event was held at the end of August 2014. On 22 November 2014, she appeared as a guest in K9 productions comedy show '' Comedy Nights with Kapil'' on

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. In February 2015, Dhawan bagged to play in the 2016 action drama film '' Ghayal Once Again''. The film is written and directed by actor

and produced by

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. It is the sequel of the 1990 film '' Ghayal'' and is based on the life of an encounter specialist officer of the

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. The film was scheduled to release on 15 January 2016.

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dhawan, Ruhanika Living people Indian television child actresses Indian television actresses Actresses from Delhi 2007 births Indian child actresses