Apr 12, 2024, 08:00 PM IST
Here's the list of actors who were successful as child artistes, but failed when they were cast as the main lead
Aditya Narayan: Despite starring with Salman Khan in Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai, and singing popular songs in his childhood, Aditya failed in his acting debut Shaapit
Aftab Shivdasani: Aftab has worked as a child actor in Mr India, ChalBaaz. Sadly, the actor couldn't succeed in his career despite starring in Masti franchise, Hungama, Awara Paagal Deewana
Shweta Basu Prasad: Shweta won the National Award for Best Actress at the age of 12 for her performance in Makdee, but failed to make an impact as a grown-up
Alankar Joshi: Alankar who played the younger version of Amitabh Bachchan's character in Deewaar, failed to make an impact despite starring in hits Arjun, Shola Aur Shabnam
Jugal Hansraj: Who can forget this Masoom? Another lovable child actor who had few successes after growing up (namely Mohabbatein)
Vishal Desai: Vishal who is also popularly Master Bittoo in Bollywood failed to make any significant impact as grown-up
Raju Shrestha: In the 70s, Master Raju starred in several Bollywood blockbusters. However, as a grown-up actor, he failed in films and concentrated towards TV
Darsheel Safary: After starring with Aamir Khan in Taare Zameen Par, Darsheel did a few films, but he failed to recreate the same mark