New Delhi, Feb. 27 -- Filmmakers are rolling out low-budget movies featuring new star kids, hoping to cash in on the novelty factor and family legacy, at a time when small-scale projects in general are struggling at the box office and being cold-shouldered by streaming platforms, trade experts said.

Films like Loveyapa starring Junaid Khan, son of Aamir Khan, and Khushi Kapoor, daughter of the late Sridevi, and Azaad featuring Rasha Thadani, daughter of Raveena Tandon, and Aaman Devgn, nephew of Ajay Devgn, may not have been box-office hits or streaming breakouts, but make business sense given the easy sale to OTT platforms because of the marketing buzz around them. These films also keep the production machinery going at low cost and wit...