Master Alankar Joshi.
Many child artists are seen in Bollywood films, many become quite popular. People like these starkids a lot and people hope that they will grow up and become renowned actors. Many child artists later become famous actors, many are continuing to struggle, and there are many who start their new life by doing two films. Today you will tell you about one such child artist, who appeared in ‘Sholay’. The release of ‘Sholay’ has now passed 50 years, most of the actors of the film have either become quite elderly or said goodbye to this world. The child artist, who was seen in the role of Deepak, has now owned crores. He has left India and settled his home in America. Let us tell you in detail, what they do, who are in their family and now how their lives are away from the limelight.
Identification from these films
Alankar Joshi, once one of the most famous child actors of Bollywood, is living a relaxed life in America, away from Limelight today. In the 1970s, the name Master Alankar was such that hardly any film lovers could forget. In films like ‘Sita Aur Geeta’ (1972), ‘Forced’ (1974) and ‘Wall’ (1975), he won the hearts of the people with his innocence and the actual performance. He was often seen in the role of ‘Yuva Amitabh Bachchan’ and the depth he acted at that age was a comfortable.
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That special memory of the set of the wall
His sister and well-known actress Pallavi Joshi told in an interview how Alankar got work in ‘Wall’. Pallavi said, ‘We went to the set to meet Yash Chopra ji. Amit ji (Amitabh Bachchan) said on seeing Dada (Alankar) -‘Aare, how are you?’ And then asked Yash ji to give them my childhood role. He also shared how Alankar brought Amitabh Bachchan’s nuances into his acting. He said, ‘He was looking carefully watching Amitabh’s scene in the scene of Amitabh. When Amitabh was opening the knot of his shirt, Alankar asked Yash ji if I can do that too? It was an example of the deepest understanding of that child and observation.
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Reality behind dazzle
Even though everything seems bright on the screen, it is not easy to work as a child artist. In an old interview to Times Now, Alankar said, ‘Long hours of shooting, waking up overnight and facing crowds everywhere, all this was not easy then. My parents always taught me to stay connected to the ground. It was never an option to flow into praise. Repeating childhood fame is often difficult and the same happened with ornamentation. When he grew up, he tried to return to acting, but soon he realized that the magic as a child artist was no longer the same. He also tried his hand in the world of direction and construction and contributed to Marathi films, but his heart was not behind the camera.
Study, Plan B and New Start
Alankar also preferred studies during his film career. There came a time when he made a complete distance from acting and turned to software programming. He moved to America and worked in a software company for two years. He then started his own technology company with a friend. Gradually, he settled a new world for himself in America, where neither camera dazzle nor film crowd. Today Alankar Joshi has been in America for 35 years. He now has three children twin daughters and a son in his life.
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Who are daughter and sister?
One of her daughter Anuja Joshi is a well-known actress, who has worked in a thriller web series like ‘Hello Mini’. His son is interested in music and wants to be a singer. Pallavi Joshi is his sister National Avoid Winning Actress. Her husband Vivek Agnihotri is the director of a popular film like ‘The Kashmir Files’. In an interview given in 2024, Alankar said, “I feel myself like a player who is no longer in the field, but people remember his old performance.” When he was asked if he felt a lack of film industry and fame, he smiled and replied, ‘No, because I have always been close to that world. Now the stage is something else now.
