appendix a : interviewee profiles - shodhganga -...
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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
a’
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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)