Masoom Child Star

[shariq...@yahoo.com]

In the movie Masoon Naseeruddin Shah has three kids. One of these was
Jugal Hansraj and the other one was Urmila Matondkar . Who was the
third child? And where is she now? Also there was this child actor
named Master Bitoo - whatever happend to him?

[asi...@my-deja.com]

Taking this to RAMLI.

Aradhana?

Master Bitoo - I assume you are referring to the kid who was in Chupke
Chupke among other films. Master Raju (Rajeev Desai) and his brother
Bitu acted in many films. Rajeev was my classmate in school and was a
really nice guy. When I last bumped into him, he was assisting the
Chopra's in directing the Mahabharat serial. Bitu was two years my
junior and iirc, he was doing his B.Com or M.Com in the late 80s. I
lost touch with Rajeev in the early 90s.

Speaking of Rajeevs, I know another Rajeev who has a tangential
connection to a film song. His father was a buddy of Rajinder Kishen.
Apparently, Rajeev's dad used to drive up to Rajinder Kishen's place
and honk his horn to indicate that he had arrived. His father was
affectionally called Manubhai Patel. Thus, Manubhai (ni) motor chali
pum pum pum.

Cheers
Aun

[V]

asi...@my-deja.com wrote:
> shariq...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > In the movie Masoon Naseeruddin Shah has three kids. One of these was
> > Jugal Hansraj and the other one was Urmila Matondkar . Who was the
> > third child? And where is she now? Also there was this child actor
> > named Master Bitoo - whatever happend to him?
>
> Taking this to RAMLI.
>
> Aradhana?
>
> Master Bitoo - I assume you are referring to the kid who was in Chupke
> Chupke among other films. Master Raju (Rajeev Desai) and his brother
> Bitu acted in many films. Rajeev was my classmate in school and was a
> really nice guy.

Are you sure?

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0557625/

This is Master Raju as far as I know. I remember watching him in
Khuddar. Raju Shreshta and not Rajiv Desai. Infact I am positive.

> When I last bumped into him, he was assisting the
> Chopra's in directing the Mahabharat serial. Bitu was two years my
> junior and iirc, he was doing his B.Com or M.Com in the late 80s. I
> lost touch with Rajeev in the early 90s.

Master Bittoo
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1125305/

[asi...@my-deja.com]

V wrote:
> asi...@my-deja.com wrote:
> > shariq...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > > In the movie Masoon Naseeruddin Shah has three kids. One of these was
> > > Jugal Hansraj and the other one was Urmila Matondkar . Who was the
> > > third child? And where is she now? Also there was this child actor
> > > named Master Bitoo - whatever happend to him?
> >
> > Taking this to RAMLI.
> >
> > Aradhana?
> >
> > Master Bitoo - I assume you are referring to the kid who was in Chupke
> > Chupke among other films. Master Raju (Rajeev Desai) and his brother
> > Bitu acted in many films. Rajeev was my classmate in school and was a
> > really nice guy.
>
> Are you sure?
>
> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0557625/
>
> This is Master Raju as far as I know. I remember watching him in
> Khuddar. Raju Shreshta and not Rajiv Desai. Infact I am positive.
>

Not to be confused with Raju Shreshta of Kitaab, Khatta Meetha fame. I
was referring to another Master Raju. There were two of them. One was
Bittu's brother.

Cheers
Arun

[Baradwaj Rangan]

Which one was Raju Patwardhan then? The kid in Chitchor?

[Baradwaj Rangan]

Oops... V's link says the Chitchor kid was Raju Shreshta! So was there
ever a child actor named Raju Patwardhan? :-)

[V]

asi...@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> Not to be confused with Raju Shreshta of Kitaab, Khatta Meetha fame. I
> was referring to another Master Raju. There were two of them. One was
> Bittu's brother.

There is this one
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0707481/

But sure this can't be right. Child artist in 1941 and child artist in
1982? This list is probably a mix of multiple Master Raju's.

[asi...@my-deja.com]

1982 sounds too late. He was in his 9th grade. He acted in the 70s. His
younger brother Bittu was the more famous one who acted in many more
films than he did (quite often as a girl!). I can't recall the films
in which (my classmate) Raju acted. This one could be it
http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0214635/fullcredits in which, the
incorrect Master Raju has been listed. I cannot confirm though.

Cheers
Arun

[Ketan]

In article <1143226372....@t31g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
asi...@my-deja.com says...

>1982 sounds too late. He was in his 9th grade. He acted in the 70s. His
>younger brother Bittu was the more famous one who acted in many more
>films than he did (quite often as a girl!). I can't recall the films
>in which (my classmate) Raju acted. This one could be it
>http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0214635/fullcredits in which, the
>incorrect Master Raju has been listed. I cannot confirm though.

Which one is the "incorrect Master Raju"? Most people would say Master Raju is
the kid in 'Parichay', 'Khushboo' i.e Raju Shrestha. No one even remembers
Rajeev Desai, so for sake of keeping things simple, I suggest we stick to Master
Raju = Raju Shrestha.

As for the original question asked in this thread, the third kid in Masoom was a
girl called "Aradhana".

See:

http://tinyurl.com/f6fyv

Ketan

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[asi...@my-deja.com]

Ketan wrote:
> In article <1143226372....@t31g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
> asi...@my-deja.com says...
>
> >1982 sounds too late. He was in his 9th grade. He acted in the 70s. His
> >younger brother Bittu was the more famous one who acted in many more
> >films than he did (quite often as a girl!). I can't recall the films
> >in which (my classmate) Raju acted. This one could be it
> >http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0214635/fullcredits in which, the
> >incorrect Master Raju has been listed. I cannot confirm though.
>
> Which one is the "incorrect Master Raju"? Most people would say Master Raju is
> the kid in 'Parichay', 'Khushboo' i.e Raju Shrestha. No one even remembers
> Rajeev Desai, so for sake of keeping things simple, I suggest we stick to Master
> Raju = Raju Shrestha.

i.e I meant that the "Master Raju" listed in the imdb entry for that
film may not be Raju Shresta. I am not certain though. Yes, even the
other dude was credited as Master Raju, go figure!

>
> As for the original question asked in this thread, the third kid in Masoom was a
> girl called "Aradhana".

Yup, answered in the first reply. :-)
Cheers
Arun

[shariq...@yahoo.com]

I don't believe there was another Master Raju in the 1970s/1980s - this
kid in Natwarlal - no not Amitabh's/Rekha's son in the end of the move
- that was Master Bitoo(was also in Do Aur Do Paanch and Reena Roy's
Nagin as a girl named Anu). The other one who Amitabh met in village
and sang (in his own voice) his popular song "Meray Paas Aao" to. He
was Master Ravi IIRC - lots of my friends have mistakenly called him
Master Raju. Master Raju was in Woh Saath Din as an adolescent and Anil
Kapoor's assistant, and in Khatta Meetha as the Ashok Kumar littlest
son...I can't remember his name in that movie

Shariq

[asi...@my-deja.com]

I insist. Heck, we had a couple of movie shows at school since he had
acted in them. You don't forget a thing like that. His younger brother
was Bittu.

Cheers
Arun

[shariq...@yahoo.com]

Arun I think I know who you are talking about as the other Master Raju
- he was the thin kid with longish hair - can't remember the movies he
was in though. Can you name some?

About the third Masoom child star IMDB has mixed 2 or 3 stars under
that name including one of the borthers' girlfriend in Satte Pe Satta.
So no idea where the third Masoom star is these days?

Shariq

[V]

I saw that too, and you can bet there is no way she could be one of the
brothers' girlfriend in Satte pe satta or be the anju gupta of
khoobsurat.