As global storytelling leans deeper into the emotional complexities of childhood, a striking contradiction emerges in India as children are everywhere on screen, but nowhere in focus. International series like 'Adolescence' and 'The Death of Bunny Monroe' have placed teen performers at the emotional epicentre of stories about grief, masculinity, abuse, crime, and trauma. Indian cinema, however, continues to treat children as figures confined to the fringes of the plot, but rarely ever the driving force. This debate exploded into public view after the Kerala State Film Awards chose not to honour any children’s films or child actors for the second year in a row. The jury argued that the entries used children merely as 'visual elements'. This comes at a time when 15-year-old British newc

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