A few names from India…
Shalini
Baby Shalini, as she was fondly known back in the 1980s was the apple of every south Indian movie goer’s eye :) She wowed people with her endearing performances and those big expressive eyes.
Even her trademark haircut was the top favorite for a lot of little girls of that era.
Shalini acted in a handful of extremely good movies as a lead actress before settling down to a quiet married life with one of Tamil cinema’s superstars Ajith Kumar.
They now have two lovely children.
Sridevi
Baby Sridevi acted in many movies of the black and white era before she arrived on the big screen with a bang as a lead actress.
She ruled the Indian movie industry for many years until she got married and called it a day.
Her second innings in movies had also taken off to a flying start before the shadow of death fell on her and took this talented actress away from us way too soon.
Fahad Faasil
Master Shanu, as he was known then, acted in a blink and miss role in the movie ‘Pappayude Swantham Appoos’. The lead child actor of the movie never made it big, but Master Shanu returned to the big screen as Fahad Faasil and still continues to give sterling performances that keep the Box Office ringing for weeks.
Keerthi Suresh
Daughter of two movie industry stalwarts, Keerthi appeared in a handful of Malayalam movies, most of which were produced by her father, Suresh Kumar.
After a break, she returned as a lead actress and worked mainly in Tamil movies opposite several top actors. She recently won several accolades for her magnificent portrayal of yesteryear's actress Savitri in the multilingual blockbuster ‘Nadigar Thilagam’/ ‘Mahanati’.
Shane Nigam
Son of noted comedian Kalabhavan Abi, Shane was a known name as a child actor on Malayalam television before he made his grand debut with the movie Kismath for which he was well appreciated.
He still continues to give very moving performances in almost every movie that he has acted in.
Hansika Motwani
Hansika was one of the top television child stars when she forayed into mainstream Hindi cinema as a child artist.
She is best remembered for her role as one of Hrithik Roshan’s little kid friends in the movie ‘Koi Mil Gaya’.
After taking the shortest of breaks, she suddenly arrived back on the scene as a lead actress. After a minor debut in Hindi, Hansika moved south and has worked in several south Indian language movies as the lead actress.
Nazriya Nazim
Nazriya arrived on the screen in the much appreciated role of Mammootty’s elder daughter in the critical and commercial hit, ‘Palunku’ in 2006.
Not so long after, she moved on to do lead roles in several hit movies in Malayalam and Tamil. She got married to her co-star from the blockbuster hit ‘Bangalore Days’, Fahadh Faasil, in 2014.
After a gap of four years, she has now returned to cinema with the movie ‘Koode’.
