Bollywood Child Actors

Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail

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Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail is an Indian child actor, who played the youngest version of Salim Malik in the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire (2008), for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award. Following the film's success, he has been cast in the upcoming Bollywood film Kal Kisne Dekha (2009).

Tanay Chheda

2009-03-29T06:15:00.000-07:00

Tanay Chheda has worked in three films: Don - The Chase Begins Again in 2006, Taare Zameen Par in 2007, and Slumdog Millionaire in 2008. In Don, he played the role of Dipu, the son of Jasjit (played by Arjun Rampal). In Taare Zameen Par, he played Rajan Damodaran, a handicapped child who is a friend and classmate of the protagonist Ishaan (played by Darsheel Safary). In Slumdog Millionaire, Chheda played the role of Jamal Malik, in adolescence, for which he has won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and received a nomination for Best Ensemble at the Black Reel Awards of 2008

Ayush Mahesh Khedekar

2009-03-29T06:14:00.000-07:00

Ayush Mahesh Khedekar is an award-winning Indian child actor, best known for playing the youngest version of Jamal Malik in the film Slumdog Millionaire (2008), for which he won a Phoenix Film Critics Society Award and Screen Actors Guild Award.

He made his international film debut in Slumdog Millionaire (2008). His role won a lot of praise from audience and critics alike for his natural ability to act and his screen presence that makes up a significant portion of the film. His performance has earned him the 2008 Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance By a Youth, the 2009 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (shared with ten other cast members), and a 2008 British Independent Film Award nomination for Most Promising Newcomer

Benaf Dadachandji

2009-03-29T06:13:00.002-07:00

Benaf Dadachandji is an Indian actress who appears on Hindi television. She is currently working in the highly popular TV serial "Baa Bahoo Aur Baby". She plays the role of Baby, a physically handicapped young girl.

Dadachandji also appeared in the 1996 film "Halo" as Sasha, the 2002 TV series "Nazarana" and the 2005 series "Hello Dollie" on Star Plus.

Ayesha Kapoor

2009-03-29T06:12:00.000-07:00

Ayesha Kapoor (Hindi: अयेशा कपूर, Urdu: اَیّشا کپُور), born September 13, 1994, is an award winning Indian film actress who is best known for playing young Michelle McNally in the Bollywood movie Black. Kapoor received unanimous praise for the role, and quickly became the recipient of many Awards in the "Best Supporting Actress" category. In doing so, she became the second youngest (behind Darsheel Safary) person to be both nominated and win a Filmfare Award and is currently the youngest person ever to win a Zee Cine Award and an IIFA Award. Kapoor lives in Auroville, Pondicherry in South India. Her mother is German and her father is Indian businessman Dilip Kapoor, owner of the Hidesign chain of leather goods stores.

2004 - Black
2009 - Sikandar

Shriya Sharma

2009-03-29T06:10:00.000-07:00

Shriya Sharma is an Indian child film actress and model.

2007 Laaga Chunari Mein Daag Hindi
2008 Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic Aditi Hindi
2008 Naam Hindi
2001-2007 Kasautii Zindagii Kay Sneha
2007 Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain?

Jhanak Shukla

2009-03-29T05:58:00.000-07:00

Jhanak Shukla (born 1996) is an Indian child actress.

She is the daughter of documentary filmmaker Haril Shukla and actress Supriya Shukla. Her greatest success till date is her character 'Jiya Kapur' in the Bollywood movie Kal Ho Na Ho, alongside Shahrukh Khan and Preity Zinta, where she plays the adopted daughter of Jaya Bachchan.

In 2006, as "Princey" Shukla, she starred with Rajit Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma and Irfan Khan in the movie "Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante" as the kidnapped daughter 'Anishka Goenka'.

She also modelled for several advertisements like for 'ICICI' and a few music videos. She also acted in the series 'Karishma Ka Karishma' (Remake of "Small Wonder”) and Star Plus's Son Pari for sometime.

She had been signed for a pivotal role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's movie Black however she refused since it would have taken too much time.