Child artist’s position in the entertainment industry

Abstract
In 2016, the Government of India amended the act governing child labour and recognized the
rights of “child artists.” The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016
defines an ‘‘artist’’ as a child who performs or practices any work as a hobby or profession
directly involving him as an actor, singer, sports person or in such other activity relating to the
entertainment or sports activities. It also lays down rules and regulations that govern the
employment of these children. Along with the NCPRC, the act attempts to safeguard the growth
and development of a child. A child’s growth and development is a complex mechanism that
involves multiple factors, inter-related to one another and if any growth stimulating factor is
neglected it could lead to significant complications in the child’s behavior. Child actors or artists
are perhaps most susceptible to fall prey to vicissitude of time, when they find themselves at the
cross-roads, unable to find work once their charm wears off. Screen analyses the pitfalls of
facing success at an early stage and how these children cope in life later. Children are innocent;
directors are thus able to bring a refreshing look to their movie, the audience is regaled by their
antics on screen and often empathies with their plight depending on the content of the film,
however little or no attention is paid to the psyche of the child, the changes in emotional or
behavioral patterns, and the difficulties that the child may go through during the making of the
film and once the spotlight shifts from them.

NAKUL VISHNU D
(17040142016)
MOUNEESH S
(17040142015)
BBA LLB(HONS)
2017-22
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