​From Pragathi Guruprad to Kavin: Amazing transformations of popular Tamil child artists​

Child actors have always entertained audiences by portraying popular characters on television. They have also succeeded in remaining in the hearts of viewers after all these years. While a few of them grew older to excel on television or film. Let's take a look at TV actors who transformed amazingly after they grew up:

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Pragathi appeared in the reality show Super Singer Junior 3, which aired in 2011 and she also became first runner up in the show. The actress made her debut in the Tamil film Tharai Thappattai (2016). In 2020, she appeared in a small role in the American comedy-drama 'Never Have I Ever.' Pragathi sang the popular Tamil Sangam poetry 'Yayum Ngayum' for the album Sandham.

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The popular child actress Sreethu Krishnan made her TV debut on the 90s kid favourite show 7C. The actress rose to fame for a character named Vanilla. Subsequently, she appeared in the game show Odi Vilayadu Pappa. And also she acted in various series like Mari, Melle Thirandhathu Kadhavu, Kalyanamam Kalyanam, Enkitta Modhaade, Aayutha Ezhuthu, Ammayariya, and Mounaragam.

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Hemalatha performed as a child actress and portrayed Baby Kaveri in the popular daily soap ‘Chithi.’ She is acclaimed for her roles as Raghavi in the 90’s favourite series Kana Kaanum Kaalangal. And also she was the winner of the reality dance show Jodi Number One in Season 3 along with Michael Thangadurai.

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She began her career as a contestant in the dance show 'Ungalil Yaar Adutha Prabhu Deva,' but later switched to acting. She made her debut in the film Premam, which was the second highest-grossing Malayalam film till then, for which she received critical praise. She has since established herself in Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam films with acclaimed performances in successful films like Kali (2016), Fidaa (2017), Middle-Class Abbayi (2017), Maari 2 (2018), Athiran (2019), Paava Kadhaigal (2020), Love Story (2021), Shyam Singha Roy (2021) and Gargi (2022).

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Gabriella Charlton aka Gabi, begins her career in television at the age of nine, in the dance show 'Jodi Junior.' Subsequently, she appeared in the daily soap 7c which was quite popular among Tamil Tele-audience. Later the actress participated in the reality show Bigg Boss Tamil 4. Currently, Gabriella plays the lead role in the daily soap Eeramana Rojave 2.

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Sanju aka Kinshu Vaidya, the boy who once enchanted everyone with his magical pencil that could bring everything he drew to life, is a grown-up boy. He went on to do films after having played the main character on the ‘Shaka Laka Boom Boom’ ( Hindi remake).

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He started his career as an actor in the TV show 'Kana Kaanum Kalangal Kalloori Saalai.' And Rio also worked as a video jockey, hosting daytime shows such as Kaloorikalam, Suda Suda Chennai, and Free Ah Vidu among others. Rio acted in the lead role in the third season of the popular daily soap, Saravanan Meenatchi between 2016 and 2018. Later, Rio made his lead role in a feature film through the comedy-drama, Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu Odu Raja (2019), produced by actor Sivakarthikeyan. The film opened to mixed reviews, with a critic noting he makes a "decent debut". And also he participated in the reality show Bigg Boss Tamil 4.

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Although she began her career as a child actor in Tamil, she soon moved on to the television industry. The actress made her TV debut in the show 7c. And also she acted in various series like Romapuri Pandian, Pagal Nilavu, Valli, and Yaaradi Nee Mohini.

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He began's his career in the Tamil TV show 'Kana Kaanum Kalangal Kalloori Saalai. Later, he played the character Vettaiyan who is a villain turned into a hero in the popular daily soap Saravanan Meenatchi. In 2019, Kavin participated as a contestant on the reality show Bigg Boss Tamil (Season 3). He got a breakthrough in a lead role on the big screen in the film Lift and Dada.

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