In 2012, Hansika had two releases, one in Tamil and another one in Telugu. Her first release was M. Rajesh's romantic comedy film "Oru Kal Oru Kannadi" which became her first runaway hit and earned her positive reviews for her performance. In Telugu, she was featured in "Denikaina Ready" which also earned a positive response from the public. She received her first Best Actress nomination at the 60th Filmfare Awards South for her performance in the films. In 2013, she appeared in four Tamil films such as "Settai", Sundar C.'s "Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru", Hari's "Singam II" starring Suriya and Venkat Prabhu's "Biriyani" with Suriya's brother Karthi. She had five releases in 2014, two of them were Telugu films, the comedy flick "Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummeda" and the action-masala film "Power". Her Tamil releases were the fantasy film "Maan Karate" with Sivakarthikeyan, Sundar C's horror comedy "Aranmanai" and the action thriller film "Meaghamann".