Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar (born 5 March 1995) is an Indian actress best known for her 2008 best movie role as the teenage version of "Latika", a character in the

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-winning film ''

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''. As a member of the cast of that film, Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar is a recipient of the 15th Screen Actors Guild Award for "Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture".

Background

Lonkar was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India to Ganesh and Sharmila, and has a younger sister Janhavi. She speaks

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, Hindi and English fluently. She used to live in Goregaon West, one of the costliest suburbs and a house to many TV actors in Mumbai, she studied in Dr.S.Radhakrishnan Vidhyalaya Malad, Mumbai. Her mother Sharmila works as a technician in

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while her father Ganesh works with the Union Bank of India. She lived in Milledgeville GA, to attend

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and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in psychology.

Career

Lonkar was chosen for the role as the teenage Latika when her uncle, an acquaintance of ''Slumdog Millionaire'' co-director

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, encouraged her to go for the audition; unfortunately, the scene for which she was auditioning was cut out of the film. However, when her uncle informed the director of Tanvi's ability in relation to Indian classical dance, Tandan suggested that she audition for the role of the teenage Latika. She subsequently appeared in the award-winning ''

'' (2008) and as a member of the cast, Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar is a recipient of the 15th Screen Actors Guild Award for "Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture". She then worked on regional Indian films, appearing in the Kannada film ''

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'' and signing on to star in the low budget Tamil film, ''Kadhal Theevu'' in 2012. The Tamil film did not release, but she signed on to work on another project '' Vidayutham'' in 2013. The film was released on 18 March 2016. She also had a Hindi film, ''Last Benchers'' (2014).

Filmography

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* 1995 births Indian film actresses Living people Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses from Mumbai {{India-film-actor-1990s-stub