Child Actors Who Turned Superstars in Indian Cinema

2. Aamir Khan:

Aamir Hussain Khan [Shortly known as Aamir Khan] is not only a fantastic actor; he has proved that he is a very good director and producer as well. He is one among the famous Khans of the Bollywood film industry. He has proved as an established actor in the Hindi film industry and has recently made his debut into the small screen by the famous reality sow ‘Satyamev Jayate’. By this show, he was also named as the highest paid host in the television industry as of June 2012. Coming back to his film career, he started his acting at a very tender age of just six years in the movie ‘Yaadon Ki Baaraat’ in the year 1973, directed and produced by his uncle Nasir Hussain. Later after a eleven years of gap, he started his professional life as a fulltime actor through the movie ‘Holi’. But, it was only in the year 1988; he got his first commercial success with the movie ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’. For this movie he also received National Film Award. Some of his hit movies include, ‘Raja Hindustani’, ‘Lagaan’, ‘Rang De Basanti’, ‘Taare Zameen Par’ (Both as an actor and director), ‘Ghajini’ etc. He has also received Padma Shri award and ‘Padma Bhushan’ awards from the Government of India in the years 2003 and 2010 respectively for his contribution to arts.