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APPENDIX – A :

Interviewee profiles

1 Present Child Actors

Anujna-

Age- 11yrs

Place - Nisarani (Shimoga)

School- Vidyabhivrudhi Sangha, Hiriya

Prathamika Shale

Baby Preethi

Age – 5 months

Baby Sindhu

Age – 2yrs

Chiranjeevi

Age – 6 yrs

School – Embassy Public School

Kavya

Age - 13yrs

School – SGPTA, Bangalore

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Manoj

Age – 10yrs

School – SGPTA, Bangalore

Moulya (Amulya)

Age – 15 yrs

School – Nirmala Rani Girls’ School

Shreya

Age – 9yrs

School – Vyalikaval public school

Srisha

Age-11yrs

School – National Public school

Yashasvi Ganesh

Age – 14

Place - Mysore

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2 Child Actors who are now Adults

Master Manjunath –

Age : 34 Profession : GM - PR & liasoning, NICE Marital status : married Family : parents were in BHEL, 3 brothers. Projects : Ajith, Malgudi Days, Swathi kiranam, Agnipath, Banker margayya, Vishwatma

Master Anand-

Age : 26

Education : B.com

Profession : acting and direction

Marital status : single

Family : Father- central govt, Mother

housewife, younger brother – bcom

Projects : namma nammalli, premada karanji,

love letter, kinnara jogi, muttina hara, gauri

ganesha, tayi illada tavaru, karpurada gombe,

makkala saakshi [70 films]

Jayanth –

Age : 34yrs

Education : B.Sc

Profession : writer/director/producer

Marital status : married

Family : Father -PWD, mother-housewife,

Projects : jambu savari, shishunala sharreifa,

malgudi days, Namma Nammalli etc.

Vijay Raghavendra –

Age : 31yrs

Education : B.com

Profession : actor/ production

Marital status : married

Family : Father- teacher in saligrama, atte was

parvatamma

Projects : kolluru sri mukambike , Chinnari mutta,

kottreshi kanasu ganayogi panchakshari

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Baby Sindhu –

Age : 24 yrs

Education : Computer course, Tally

Profession : actor

Marital status : married

Family : Father- works for KSRTC, Mother –

housewife, no siblings

Projects : naanendu nimmavane, mother India,

time bomb, rayaru bandar maavana manege, mr.

mahesh kumar, anna andre nammanna ( 80

films)

Keerthi –

Age : 31 yrs

Education : diploma in cinematography

Profession : co-founder of cinimage advertising

Marital status : married

Family :parents, two elder sisters

Projects : Super nova 459, baala hombaale ( 26

movies and 15 serials )

Baby Shalini –

Age : 26 yrs

Education MBA

Marital status : married

Family :parents, one sister

Projects 85 films in Kannada, Tamil,

telugu and malayalam

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3 The Employers (Producers and Directors) (in Alphabetical order)

Arvind Shashi

Production controller and Chief manager of Final Cut Productions

Projects: Chirasmarane, Paramapada, Silli Lalli, Parvati Parameshwara

Dinesh babu

Producer, Director, Cinematographer

Filmography: Magic Ajji (childrens film), Amrutavarshini, Laali, School master and

numerous others

Jeetendra

Producer and production executive at Manipal Etertainment

Projects: Gupta Gaamini, Bidige Chandrama and many other Hindi and Kannada

serials

MK Mutt

Director, Actor and Production controller

Projects: Sankranthi, Gelati, Singaravva, Kallarali hoovagi

Nanjunde Gowda

Producer and Director, Chairman of Childrens India

Filmography: Naanu Gandhi (Childrens film), A-aa-E-ee (Childrens film), Naanu

neenu Jodi

P.Sheshadri

Producer and Director

Filmography: Tuttoori (childrens film), Beru, Vimukti

SihiKahi Chandru

Producer, Director and Actor

TV projects: Papa Pandu, Silli Lalli, Parvati Parameshwara, Paramapada and many

more

TS Nagabharana

Producer, Director and Actor

Filmography: Chinnari Muttha (Children’s film), Kallarali Hoovagi, Aakasmika,

Janumada Jodi, nagamandala and others

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APPENDIX – B Occupations and Processes according to the Child Labour

(Prohibition and regulation) Act Occupations

Any occupation connected with - (1) Transport of passengers, goods or mails by railway;

(2) Cinder picking, clearing of an ash pit or building operation in the railway premises;

(3) Work in a catering establishment at a railway station, involving the movement of a vendor or any other employee of the establishment from one platform to another or into or out of a moving train;

(4) Work relating to the construction of a railway station or with any other work where such work is done in close proximity to or between the railway lines;

(5) A port authority within the limits of any port.

(6) Work relating to selling of crackers and fireworks in shops with temporary

licences.

(7) Abattoirs/slaughter Houses.

Processes

(1) Bidi-making.

(2) Carpet-weaving.

(3) Cement manufacture, including bagging of cement.

(4) Cloth printing, dyeing and weaving.

(5) Manufacture of matches, explosives and fire-works.

(6) Mica-cutting and splitting.

(7) Shellac manufacture.

(8) Soap manufacture.

(9) Tanning.

(10) Wool-cleaning.

(11) Building and construction industry.

(12) Manufacture of slate pencils (including packing).

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(13) Manufacture of products from agate.

(14) Manufacturing processes using toxic metals and substances, such as, lead, mercury, manganese, chromium, cadmium, benzene, pesticides and asbestos.

(15) "Hazardous processes" as defined in Sec. 2 (cb) and dangerous operations as defined in rules made under Sec. 87 of the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948).

(16) Printing as defined in Sec. 2(k) (iv) of the Factories Act. 1948 (63 of 1948).

(17) Cashew and cashew nut decaling and processing.

(18) Soldering processes in electronic industries.

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APPENDIX - C

Questionnaires used for Interview

1] Child Actors

I. Personal details -

Name - Age

School - class

Family

Ambition / Future plans

II. Social life –

Hobbies/interests – time allotment – why and how much

Opinion on shoot schedules

Time with friends-time for hobbies/sports/games

amount of time you spend watching TV

Spending free time - amount of time you can spend doing anything you want

opportunities you have to to learn/improve new skills

social milieu/reactions from people

Interest in attending functions a)family events b)friends birthday c)picnic

d)film function

School is a favourite place because __________

Your progress in school compared to others in the class

Do u have a group of friends? What do u discuss

getting along with friends - number of friends

Thoughts on money-wealth-richness

Spending money-clothes they buy-car/house owned- trips etc

type of clothes you wear - do u like them?

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Do u get money in your hands/amount-ru satisfied?

Perceptions of ‘good living’

Acting – favourite role/character

Which is easy/difficult – comedy-serious-hero-stunts

Siblings – family- treatment

Do parents allow everyone to speak / respect your thoughts and opinions

Are they independent in their routine works/thinking

Family economic status – food/diet [expensive fruits,milk]

Are you satisfied with the way you get along with your -

a)mother b)father c)brother/sister

III. Physicality –

Any recurring physical problem [may be psychosomatic]

Physical fatigue / physical fitness/energy levels/sickness

Do you get angry/ irritated quickly

your opinion on your physical appearence (height,weight,hairstyle etc.)

Do they hug often – give gifts/verbal compliments

Is your parent always with u

Opinion on costumes

IV. Awareness -

Awareness of the concept of ‘child labour’

Awareness of their standing in terms of earning, social status

Awareness of past and future – how and why entered the industry – future

plans-why

Awareness of ‘latests’ among kids of their age [cricket-pokemon-harry potter]

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V. Points for the researcher to take notice of -

type of neighbourhood - area

type of home [apartments/independent home/rented]

body language / general behaviour

2] Parents of Child Actors -

1. when - why - how did their child get into the industry

- was it difficult? - what measures did they take? - training?

2. do you intervene in the script / costumes?

3. how does the child react when ordered / instructed? [anger/irritation]

4. challenging moments in daily routine [getting ready - eating etc.]

5. time spent with the child - quality time / quantity time

6. do u inform the child about the earnings - where it is invested?

7. are the roles well-set between siblings?

8. how do u deal with tantrums?

9. do both parents accept the child's stardom? do they want it to continue?

10. personal opinion on performance

11. number of friends [increased/decreased]

12. knowledge of other interests/hobbies of the kid

13. feeling on child's popularity

- happy -proud -comfortable - dissatisfied

14. health of the child - recurring problems

15. problems they have faced from the production - facilities/payment

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3] Fraternity from the film and television industry (employers) –

Opinion on shoot schedules

Do they train/give opportunities for the child to develop itself [personality

devpt/pub speaking or other interests like drawing, reading etc]

How much responsibility do they think they have towards the child [smoking,

kind of language used around the kid] Do they know they can affect the child's

personality

What do they expect from the kid in terms of behaviour, IQ, EQ

Is the child allowed to express itself? are its ideas respected?

Do they think children and parents are very demanding

Do they demand perfection / give appreciation

What are the problems dealing with

a)children b)its parents

Their pay scales

How do they select kids - criteria / priorities

Dangers that they encounter

Safety measures they have

How accident free are the sets?

Do they have a set of precautions before employing the kid

Do they know what the kid is doing when it is not in front of the camera

Do they continue to keep the relationship with the kid even after the project is

over

Parents sometimes feel neglected. do they understand them?

their education level

How do they treat absenteeism/demands

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Would you bring introduce your child to this field [or atleast when it is older-

at a later stage?]

Variation of facilities for lead actors vs. children[supporting actors]

4] Case study of child actors who are now adults

a) Personal details

- Age

- Qualification

- Job

- Hobbies/interests

- Marital status

- Family background [filmy family]

- List of projects they have done

b) Details of their acting days

1. At what age were they introduced to acting

2. How they got into and out of it

3. Opinion on shoot schedules / studies

4. Any incident that influenced them for the career decision

5. Was it a smooth transition

6. Did they feel at any point that they should have quit the industry

7. Are they open to other jobs in the film industry

8. Incidents they faced as a child actor in the industry

9. Would u allow your child to act

10. How was money handled when u were a kid

11. Was the 'actor' status an advantage or disadvantage for his career / regular life?

12. Are they still in touch with performing [other than films] in the

locality/workplace etc.

13. Reactions of society - prior actor status and existing non actor status

14. Parents reactions - then and now

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15. Siblings reactions - then and now

16. Can they stand up for the existing child actors and their problems-do they

realise they have a responsibility towards child actors? What do they think

they can do? 'Giving back something to the society'?

17. Child labour - what do u think

18. Child actors and child labour?

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APPENDIX D

Article published in Prajavani dated 23rd

April 2011

Author: Rajashree S R

Title: Baala Pratibhe: Poshakara honegarike

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Article Published in ‘Hosa Digantha’ dated 29th

April 2011

Author: Rajashree SR

Title: Andu Indu – Chitra Channaru

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Certificates

Certificate of Participation at the National Conference

organized by the Bangalore University

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Certificate of Participation at the MPWE seminar

organized at the Indian Institute on Management, Bangalore (IIMB)

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Certificate of participation at the Colloquium

organized by the Central Institute of Indian Languages

Certificate of Participation at the National Seminar organized by the performing arts

department at Bangalore University