Bollywood’s cutest child actors

We all remember the cute Munni from Salman Khan's 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan'. Fans of the young actor on social media cannot seem to have enough of the budding star. The latest we hear is that the 9-year-old has bagged her second project and this time around with Arjun Rampal. The film 'titled Nastik' was announced by the actor through his official social media handle where he said, "With my new costar @harshaalimalhotra_03 at the reading of my new film #Nastik what a delight she is." It will be interesting to see how the two have been cast in the film.

Right from the pairing of real-life brothers Salman Khan and Sohail Khan, to Shah Rukh Khan’s cameo, Kabir Khan’s upcoming film, ‘Tubelight’ has been creating waves for all the right reasons. However, one star that has piqued the curiosity of the audiences is a cute little boy named Matin Rey Tangu.
A special event was held on Monday, for the forthcoming release of the film that saw the cast and crew come together for a gala night and the surprise package of the evening was none other than the child-star. Salman introduced his little co-star to the world in true Bollywood style- with a song and dance number. Matin wooed the audience over when he stepped on-stage and matched Salman's groove. It was a battle of cuteness on-stage with the two boys cracking jokes and entertaining the audience.
Salman had the most endearing things to say about his favourite co-star and likewise Matin also revealed that his father is a big Sallu fan. Their entertaining act along with their friendly banter and effortless camaraderie was a sight to behold.

Salman Khan’s little co-star from ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ stole a million hearts with her Bollywood debut and it looks like she’s all set for an encore with her latest photoshoot. Harshaali Malhotra looks cute as a button in a picture she shared on her Instagram page. The pretty girl shot with her ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ co-star Kareena Kapoor Khan’s sister for a photoshoot at Hyderabad’s Falaknuma Palace. Both Karisma Kapoor and Harshaali can be seen wearing rather similar, blue traditional garments. Twinning like pros, the girls look elegant and ethereal in their embroidered lehengas.

Do you remember Lara Dutta’s son Rohan in ‘Partner’ who shares a love-hate relationship with Salman Khan and then goes on to become his stepson in the end? Well, the cute little kid Ali Haji has grown up to be a hunk. How do we know this? You see, he met his on-screen dad Salman on the sets of ‘Bigg Boss 10’ and got himself clicked with the star. And the pictures are proof that even nine years later, the two are still fond of each other.

For the record, Ali is the same little munchkin who also played Kajol and Aamir Khan’s son in ‘Fanaa’ and Rani Mukerji-Saif Ali Khan’s son in ‘Ta Ra Rum Pum’.

One can never forget Anil Kapoor and Sridevi's blockbuster movie 'Mr. India.' Each and every character from the movie is noteworthy. Be it then the villain Mogambo, Mr Daga, Mr. Teja, Calendar or the kids, all were appreciated and are still fresh in our minds. Now that we mentioned the kids from the movie, how can we forget the tiniest and the cutest child artiste among them all, Tina. Yes, that little girl Tina, whose real name is Huzaan Khodaiji is all grown up and is just unrecognisable. She has turned into a beautiful girl.

Remember the hazel-eyed twins who played young Sahir Khan and Samar Khan (the childhood version of Aamir Khan’s double role) in ‘Dhoom 3’? The boy Siddharth Nigam who played a double role is now 16. The actor went on to play Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat in the TV show with the same name and even shook a leg on celebrity dance show ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9’. Siddharth is a national level gold medalist gymnast and caught the eye of the 'Dhoom 3' makers in the Bournvita advertisement. Here's is how he looks now!

Remember the cute little girl Ahsaas Channa who always played a boy onscreen? Yes, we are talking about the child actor from films like 'My Friend Ganesha' as Aashu, 'Kabhie Alvida Naa Kehna' as Arjun, 'VastuShashtra' as Rohan. Only in 'Phoonk 2' did she play a girl child. Her role from 'My Friend Ganesha' was appreciated and liked by all. Ahsaas Channa who played an adorable kid in movies is all grown up and looks beautiful. She has also acted in many popular television shows. This is how she looks now...

Neetu Singh started off her career in Bollywood at a very tender age of 8. As a child actor, Neetu was known as Baby Sonia. She started out as a child artiste in the film 'Suraj' and gained instant fame with her character in 'Dus Lakh'. She got acclaimed for her double role in 'Do Kaliyaan'. Her other films as a child actress were 'Waris' and 'Pavitra Paapi.' She made her debut as a female lead with 'Rikshawala' in the year 1972. In 2010, Neetu Kapoor made a comeback after 28 years in 'Do Dooni Chaar' and later did 'Besharam' with son Ranbir Kapoor and husband Rishi Kapoor. We must say, Neetu still looks just as charming as she used to back then.

While we all know about the 'Masoom' kids like Urmila Matondkar and Jugal Hansraj, do you know where is that cute Mini who won our hearts with her twin ponytail and cute smile. Well, Mini is the 30-year-old mom Aradhana Srivastav of a five year-old daughter Yashetta and beautifully croons hit jingle ‘Lakdi ki kathi’ for her. After giving us 'Masoom', 'Khuda Hafiz' and 'Ram Terey Kitney Naam', Mini however went back to Kanpur to complete her studies. She went on to graduate from the Pune's Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce and took up an IT job. However, realising her love for music, she went on to do her Masters and a PhD in Hindustani vocal music.

A lot of speculations about the kid on the Parle G biscuit covers were made back in the 90s. Few names like Neeru Deshpande, Sudha Murthy and Gunjan Gundaniya were considered to be the kid who featured on the cover. Amongst the three, Neeru Deshpande caught major media attention. Some regional newspaper carried her picture with a short write up while some other media outlets claimed that Neeru is from Nagpur and is 65 years old. The reports further narrated the story of how she got on the biscuit cover. The story reads that she was just 4 years old when her father who wasn't a professional photographer clicked her. The photograph came out to be so nice that it got selected to be placed on the wrapper of Parle G biscuits and is still on the cover. However, all the rumours were set aside when, Parle Products’ group product manager, Mayank Shah, denied all stories by saying that the kid is just an illustration which was made in the 60s by Everest creative.