Twinkle Twinkle Little Star(s).

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star(s). ======================= There were quite number of little stars who impressed the audience with their stellar performances over the years and this article is just to highlight the major cuties who did leave a mark. 1.Daisy Irani *********************** The very first child star who impressed me was Daisy Irani in "Yaar Payyan" .. Can we forger the famous dialouge "Maahanam Porunthiya Sreemaan Sundarrajan". Irani just stole the show in a film which had stalwarts like NSK,MAdhuram,Gemini & Savithiri. Sisters Daisy irani & honey irani were quite popular but Daisy made quite an impression in Tamil films as well.
2. Kutty padmini Following Daisy Irani it was Kutty padmini who stole the film arena with her bubbly performances in many movies. She always played heroine's young age role. her first noteable appearance was in Sridhar's Nenjil or aalyam(Muthana muthallavo song with dEvika) but she is still remembered for the dual role she played in Kuzhandhaiyum deivamum. She played so naturally the Lalli & pappi. Definitely Kutti padmini left a mark as child artist but couldnt make it big as an actress
3. Kumari Sachu ================ Kumari chachu also played younger roles in Avvaiyar , Rani, Mayabazar(young vatsala) and many more movies. ACT casted her as heroine in Veera thirumagan and Annai and then CVSridhar showed her another path in comedy in Kadhalikka neramillai. sachu was cute and bubbly and played baby roles and lil sister roles in many movies (noticeable one was Edhirparadhadhu where in she will appear as the tribal girl taking care of Sivaji )
4. Master PRabhakar & Baby sumathi. =============================== Master prabhakar is definitely the more popular child artist among everyone. He acted in numerous movies and always performed to perfection sometime it makes the audience think that he overdoes everything for his age. Those were the days where in child artists spoke more for their age. Prabhakar was on par with Kutty padmini for apprearing in many movies. APNagarajan made exclusively a film for Prabhakar "Vaa Raja Vaa". Prabhakar is a known child artist among tamil audicene even now. His sister Baby sumathi also starred in many movies with almost every top actor/actresses. All the above mentioned child stars acted in Tamil, Telugu, malayalam and kannada movies too. Sumathi is married and settled in canada.
5. Master Sekar. ####################### Like Prabhakar another child artist who with his innocent face made a mark was MAster Sekar. He was given roles exactly opposite to that of Prabhakar's . Always soft spoken quiet boy role. He also flourished as teen boy in quite number of movies (Sivaji's asst in Vani rani etc) and Sridhar made a movie with him and kavitha "Oh manju". Years later he also acted as Sivakumar's son in the award winning MArupakkam
6.Baby Shakeela =================== Can we forget "Athai madi methayadi" the melodious lullaby which marked Vaali ayya's star arrival beautifully rendered by Susheelamma. The baby artist who is attached to the aunt KRVijaya was baby shakeela. Shakeela appeared in several movies like enga pappa, enga veetu pillai and many more and definitely made an impression with her mazhalai speech dailouges.. As a teenager she appeared alongside AArthi in Gumasthavin magal but couldnt make it big.
7. Master Kamal hassan KAmal also had his share as child artist appearing in many movies alongside the then super stars MGR,Sivaji & Gemini in several movies. KAlathur kannama still is considered a landmark film for the introduction of Kamal as the child artist. Acting was written all over him and it wasnt a surprise he made it big as Ulaga nayagan.
8. Baby Sridevi. =============== Sree devi who ruled the Hindi, telugu and occasionally Tamil was also a baby star and appeared in many films in all languages. Especially tamil, telugu, malayalam. Can we forget the baby in Babu fondly calling Nadigar thilagam as "rickshaw mama" . She went on to become a popular actress in hindi and telugu but did leave a mark as a child artist.
9. Master Sridhar ================== Can we foget the cute little boy who played Lord muruga arguing with Avvaiyar(KBS) on Sutta pazham venduma in KAndhan Karunai. Sridhar played child roles in many movies and then elevated to side roles (in few movies played naradhar, teenage boy etc) and ended up in major roles in Doordarshan. It's sad to note that he passed away years back
10. Baby Rani. *********************** once baby shakeela, kutty padmini were out of the scene during 70's Baby rani made an impact. Kanne pappa, kuzhandhaikkaga all were made with her in a prominent role..She also acted in all languages including hindi. Her whereabouts are not known.
11. Baby Indira =============== Sisters Baby indira & raasi also had their stint as baby artists Indira the elder sister played the kid role in many movies. can we forget Singer pushpalatha singing "amamvum appavum vellai poonaigal " . Indira did play quite number of kannada movies. She reprised Kutty padmini's role in Kannada remake of Kuzhandhaiyum deivamum.
12. Roja ramani ====================== No one can ever forger "Narayana mandram adhuve narayana bajanam" . yes Baby Roja ramani who was casted by AVM chettiar in Bhakta prahalada was very popular child artist in Tamil and telugu. "Oru maharaja oru maharani" in Iru malargal is another beautiful role played by Roja ramani. She also was quite popular as teenager doing heroine and sister roles and then switched her profession as dubbing artist. All the above child stars made a mark hence they are mentioned specifically. There were other child artists like the boy who played dumb in "RAmu" and few other kids who acted only in few movies and disappeared. This is a humble attempt to recollect all those Little stars who twinkled in the Silver screen(sky). Will be back with another article soon (Rajeshkumar Lavanya)