Later in January 2014, Dhawan played a cameo in the 2014 Bollywood film Jai Ho. In February 2015, she signed the 2016 Sunny Deol starrer action drama film Ghayal Once Again.
Dhawan began her career with the 2012 soap operaMrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein, which she played the role of Aashi on Zee TV.[9] Later she featured to play the pivotal role in Ekta Kapoor's romance-drama series Yeh Hai Mohabbatein.She is portraying alongside an ensemble cast including Divyanka Tripathi, Karan Patel and plays the role of Child Ruhi Bhalla on Star Plus 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 Tamilian 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.[10][11][12] For her performance in this series she won the 2014 Indian Telly Award for Most Popular Child Actress.[13] The show recently took a 7-year leap. After this leap, Ruhanika is playing the character of Child Pihu Bhalla who is the step younger sister of Ruhi and the biological daughter of Raman and Ishita.
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.[15] On 22 November 2014, she appeared as a guest in K9 productions comedy show Comedy Nights with Kapil on Colors TV.[16]
In February 2015, Dhawan bagged to play in the 2016 action drama film Ghayal Once Again.[17] The film is written and directed by actor Sunny Deol and produced by Dharmendra.[18] It is the sequel of the 1990 film Ghayal and is based on the life of an encounter specialist officer of the Mumbai Police.[19] The film was scheduled to release on 15 January 2016.[18]
