A successful movie has a set recipe. Somewhere in this recipe comes the important role of a child artist. Child artists have played very important roles at times. There have been movies where the child artists provide comical relief to the viewers with their cute antics But the scope of child artists is not just restricted to comic roles. Many child artists have played gut wrenching roles, which has managed to move our heart. It isn't a coincidence that there is a separate category in the National Awards to recognize the contribution of a child artists in entertainment industry.
A career as child artists has also been seen a stepping stone for many new actors. Not all the actors have been successful in making it to the big league. Actors like Puneet Rajkumar and Vijay Raghavendra have worked as a child artists. Being from a family involved in the entertainment industry, they took up acting at a young age naturally. There are some of the child artists who have come from a complete obscurity and grabbed the limelight with their brilliant performance. Kannada film industry has had the privilege of having the younger director too! Master Kishan Shrikanth became a director at the age of 10 for the movie Care Of Footpath. The movie went on to win the National Award. In spite of all the spotlight, often we see that the performance by these child artists are highly underrated and sometimes goes without appreciation. This is not just the case in Kannada film industry alone. Many of these child artists from other film industries in India fail to get the due recognitions as they try to establish themselves when they become adults. Child artists in Hollywood have faced the problems with drug abuse and alcohol abuse, post success. Many child artists in Hollywood destroy their life unable to cope up with the celebrity lifestyle. Thankfully we have never seen such distasteful incident happening in the Kannada film industry. On the occasion of Children's Day, lets have a look at some of the famous child artists who won our heart in the Kannada film industry.
