Shweta Basu Prasad, Alankar Joshi, Popular child actors who didn't make it big in Bollywood

One of the biggest heartbreaks in cinema history is witnessing the acting career of Shweta Basu Prasad. The actress, who had won the National Award for Best Actress at the age of 12 for her performance in 'Makdee', failed to replicate the same success once she grew up. Not just in 'Makdee', she was also hailed for her performance in Iqbal and was referred to by many as the next big thing in Bollywood. However, Shweta fell off after she was entangled in a prostitution racket controversy back in 2014.

The iconic film, 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai' is still one of the most-loved Hindi films of all time. The film was filled with so many stars, moments, and dialogues, but there was one character whose dialogue still echoes in everyone's ears whenever we talk about this movie. Yes! You hear the right dialogue. We are talking about Parzan Dastur, who played the character of a sweet boy, whose only dialogue in the film was 'Tussi ja rahe ho? Tussi na jao", leaving an entire generation in love with him. However, he failed to achieve the same magic on the big screen later in his career.

'Taare Zameen Par' is one of the very few films in the history of Bollywood that actually welcomes a genuine relationship with just about all human beings who have seen it at least once in their lifetime. Outside of Aamir Khan's stellar performance, the one individual who won over the hearts of every human being was Darsheel Safary as Ishaan Awasthi, a child who had dyslexia; this is something that people will never forget, especially considering that Darsheel was also a child at the time. Darsheel's performance affected human beings everywhere, yet despite having a substantial feature film attached to his name, he was unable to produce yet another opportunity in cinema.

Alankar Joshi was another child artist with many big films to his name. However, just like most of the names on this list, he also faded after having a turbulent film career in the latter stages of his life. Soon, he had left his acting career and stepped into the IT jungle, where he had achieved so much success. He will always be remembered for playing the younger version of Amitabh Bachchan's character in 'Deewar'.

Mickey Dhamijani, who portrayed young Hrithik Roshan in 2006's Krrish, is not an actor anymore; he is an eye surgeon now. Mickey has transitioned from acting to eye surgery.