Bollywood Actors Who Began Their Career As Child Stars
If you feel that a Bollywood actor’s face seems very familiar, they probably might have started off as a child actor at some point in their life. Being comfortable in front of the camera from an early age gives the stars a heads up to continue their career into acting. The innocence and vulnerability that these actors exude as children, sometimes turns into their charisma as they grow up. Here is a look at some of the child stars who made it even as adults in Bollywood.
She is one of the most known faces as a child star as Padmini has worked in some of the most commercially successful movies like Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Dream Girl, Saajan Bina Suhagan, among others.
This cute and charming girl made her debut as Shabana Azmi’s daughter in Shekhar Kapur’s Masoom which was a super hit. The performance and screen presence at the age of just 9 was praiseworthy!
The light eyed handsome Jugal made his debut with Urmila in Masoom as Naseeruddin Shah’s son Rahul. The movie was centered around his character and got him rave reviews. They both then grew up to star together in Aa Gale Lag Ja.
The super cute Alia Bhatt started her acting journey at the age of 7 years as a chubby little girl in Sangharsh. She played the younger version of Preity Zinta which also starrer Akshay Kumar. She later debuted as a lead actress at 19 years of age in Student of The Year.
We all know Aftab in his naughty movie roles like in Masti, Grand Masti, Hungama, etc. But did you know that he was the original ‘Complan boy’ from the old advertisement. He then appeared in many commercial Bollywood movies like Chaalbaaz starring Sridevi and Mr. India, among others.
Before his career took off with mature films like Kalyug, Go Goa Gone and Malaang, Kunal was a super cute and talented child star where he appeared in movies like Raja Hindustani, Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke and Zakhm among others.
Imran Khan stole our hearts with his incredible debut in Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na, he was an adorable child star who appeared in his uncle Aamir Khan’s movies like Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar and Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak.