Saturday, December 13, 2008

CHild actors-How long do they shine?

Anandi of 'Balika Vadhu' is extremely popular so much so that she has won the top ratings amongst all the shows. Its a different matter that I think her friend 'Phooli' in the show is way more cuter :)

Once not so long ago there was another very famous kid in the movies.Does anyone remember the child actor Baby Guddu? She appeared in dozens of hindi films in the late 80's. No one knows much where she is now.

I used to read a lot of magazines and there was this magazine that carried a partial
interview of how child innocence is lost in the movies. The interviewer spoke to the parents for the majority of the interview stressing on whether the kid was losing out on a normal childhood being in the movies and all. The parents said that that was'nt the case but were highly agitated nevertheless.

At one time the interviewer asks baby guddy do u like pets? And baby guddu answers(completely innocently): I like pets but mom and dad dont like pets so I will get pets after mom and dad die.

It seems that the parents were sitting around and when they heard the child's remarks they got angered and took the child away and asked the interviewer not to publish that. But the magazine did publish that nevertheless.

There was this Rasna girl also who was very popular. It's another story that today she
is a Tollywood actress and not so innocent anymore.

Reminded me of all these child actors who acted in old Hindi movies(Raju, Mayur,
Baby Guddu,Alankar)....Wonder where they are now and how has life treated them so far..that would be interesting to know.

5 comments:

Just a Girl said...

Neetu Singh was a favourite child actress of mine. Some do make alive & well through Bollywood.

Anonymous said...

Baby Guddu akka Shahinda Baig was my best friend in school,infact we were in the same class.She used to have awhite Pomerian Doggy whom she loved very much.She is now working in Dubai with Emirates.She likes to make friends & Party alot.You can find her on Facebook & Orkut under the name Shahinda Baig.

Anonymous said...

its funny how people sometimes elaborate the most innocent of comments by a child.... Not all parents are Monsters mine are not... Baby Guddu.

Rajiv Ahuja said...

How does it matter what she is doing today? She did her bit in the movies and moved on in life and is very happy by God's grace. Articles like this just s*ck and make happy memories sour. Get a life...

Anonymous said...

World is a stage and we all have our parts described to play ...... seeing baby guddu on screen is the only part in movies I watched and dreamt of becoming a star like her one day though life had other plans for me. It seems so strange that the star simoly vanished from screen as well as one's memory. Out of sight , out of mind..... I miss your innocent and cute scenes baby guddu cause children today are way too mature for their age.....