Apr 12, 2024, 08:00 PM IST

8 child artistes who failed to make it big in Bollywood

Simran Singh

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