New Delhi:
Child actor has been leaving an impression of his acting in Hindi cinema since the beginning. Many child actors were seen in films despite growing up and then got their acting iron. There was one such child actor, who played a small child in Dharmendra and Meena Kumari’s 1967 film ‘Majhali Didi’. The film was directed by Rishikesh Mukherjee. This is a superhit film. This child actor was awarded the National Film Award. This actor is still seen in films. Not only an actor but his wife is also a well-known TV actress and the daughter has also worked with Shah Rukh Khan.

Meena Kumari recommended
The child artist who played the role of Meena Kumari’s mouthbole brother Kishan in the film was not initially the first choice of the director, but when the child was auditioned on Meena Kumari’s recommendation, Rishikesh selected her for the lead role after the first shot. Meena loved this child on the set like a son and taught him a lot. In the film, the acting of this child was overshadowed by a veteran like Dharmendra and he created history by winning the National Award at the age of 10. This child is a big star today. He broke the silence on his relationship with her years after Meena Kumari passed away, so many interesting things came out.

Who is this child artist?

Actually, we are talking about actor Sachin Pilgaonkar, whom we know from the film ‘Nadia Ke Paar’. The actor recalled Meena Kumari, saying, ‘Meena Apa asked the director to take me for that role, due to her I got the role for which I also received the National Award as a child artist.’ After this, Sachin’s attachment to Meena Kumari deepened. Sachin further told, ‘Meena Kumari loved the children, she loved me like her child, I always called her Meena Apa, she looted a lot of love on me’.