birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
mumbai , india 05 march 1995 tanvi ganesh lonkar
 tanvi ganesh lonkar actress
tanvi ganesh lonkar

tanvi ganesh lonkar -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- born 5 march 1995 -rrb- is an indian actress best known for her 2008 role as the teenage version of ` latika ' , a character in the academy award-winning film `` slumdog millionaire '' .
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 ' .
lonkar lives in mumbai , maharashtra , india with her parents , ganesh and sharmila , and younger sister janhavi .
she speaks marathi , hindi and english fluently .
she lives in goregaon , a far-flung suburb of mumbai , and studied in dr.s.radhakrishnan vidhyalaya and now studies in vibgyor high , mumbai .
her mother sharmila works as a technician in hinduja hospital while her father ganesh works with the union bank of india .
lonkar was chosen for the role as the teenage latika when her uncle , an acquaintance of `` slumdog millionaire '' co-director loveleen tandan , 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 .
now she is doing a tamil movie named santhithen unnai -lrb- vidayutham -rrb- directed by nagamaneci .
