Srinagar, Dec. 5 -- The Untold Stories of Bollywood's Child Actors (Bloomsbury India), authored by Sunanda Mehta and Suchitra Iyer, is a painstakingly researched and deeply empathetic look at the lives of children who once lit up Hindi cinema.The book strips away the glamour of the arc lights to reveal the fragile, often turbulent realities behind the camera.The foreword by filmmaker Prakash Jha sets the tone. Known for hard-hitting films on politics, casteism and corruption, Jha confesses he is not particularly associated with children's films.Yet, he recounts how his own life was touched by children, from directing Shree Vats for an NGO, where the smiles of orphans moved him to adopt his daughter Disha, to films like Hip Hip Hurray (198...