Mona
Nothing tugs at the heart strings like a child’s innocent smile. And the effect is mesmerising when child artistes enact a range of emotions on screen. Here are some memorable performances by these little stars that have remained etched in our heart.
True star
Darsheel Safary played a dyslexic child, Ishaan Awasthi aka Inu, in Taare Zameen Par emoting complex emotions. Aamir Khan’s directorial debut won Darsheel five awards, including Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor, making Taare Zameen Par a commercial and critical success.
Shades of emotion
This Stanley’s dabba was missing but what weren’t missing were the different shades of emotions that Partho Gupte could pull through in Amol Gupte’s Stanley Ka Dabba. The Gupte father-son duo’s rather famous story won young Partho the National Film Award for Best Child Artiste along with couple others.
She eclipsed Bhai
Harshaali Malhotra, who played a deaf and mute girl in Bajrangi Bhaijaan, was called a casting coup of the sorts as Kabir Khan’s cross-border story was lapped up by the audience. All of seven, Harshaali played Munni (aka Shahida) like a pro. The film, high on laughter and tears, had one protagonist – the little, innocent girl, supported ably by Bolly bigwigs - Salman Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Her debut act won her Best Child Artiste at Stardust Awards-2015 and Screen Awards; and Best Debutant Female at Zee Cine Awards.
He knows the game
Sameep Ranaut’s debut act in Harjeeta fetched the 12-year-old a National Award for Best Child Artiste. A sports-drama that charts the journey of Harjeet Singh, who captained the Indian hockey team in Junior World Cup, had Ammy Virk play the protagonist with Sameep stepping into shoes of young Harjeet. The child actor was spotted playing hockey and he fully delivered a performance fit for a National Award.
Saying it all
He had just one-line dialogue in the mega-hit Kuch Kuch Hota Hai that starred Bolly veterans Anupam Kher, Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol along with debutante Rani Mukherjee, but the little star Parzan Dastur melted hearts. From counting stars at night at a summer camp to playing games, and, a short cute got Parzan space in KKHH’s fans’ hearts forever.
Learning on the job
It was so much fun
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