The Indian entertainment industry has always been blessed to have so many incredibly talented child actors. Over the decades, we have seen so many child actors making their mark on the big screen, and some of them even succeeded tremendously as adult actors. From Ahsaas Channa, Aman Siddiqui, Darsheel Safary, Sana Saeed, Jibraan Khan, and Siddharth Nigam to Harshaali Malhotra and Ashnoor Kaur are some of the most famous child actors of recent times.
However, today, we will talk about India's richest child actor, whose net worth is in crores. On January 10, 2025, Balaji Telefilms Limited dropped the trailer of their upcoming fantasy drama web series, Power of Paanch. The trailer features renowned actors, including Barkha Bisht, Aditya Raj Arora and Urvashi Dholakia, Jaiveer Juneja, Bianca Arora, Yash Sehgal, and many more.
However, the actress, who reportedly plays the lead in the fantasy show, Power of Paanch, is India's richest child actor, Riva Arora. Yes! You read it right. Riva is the richest child actor in our country at the moment. The young actress shared the trailer on her IG handle, and people bombarded the comment section of her post with congratulatory messages. With a massive fan following of 11.5 million followers, Riva Arora is also among the most-followed child actors in the country. Apart from having a mammoth fanbase on Instagram, Riva also owns a YouTube channel with 2.03 million subscribers.
According to several reports, Riva Arora has an estimated net worth of Rs. 8.2 crores. The report further added that India's richest child actor was Sara Arjun, but she turned 18 in June 2023 and handed the title to Riva, who is just 17 at the moment. For the uninitiated, Riva's date of birth isn't known to anyone.
Although most of the public portals have mentioned that Riva Arora was born on February 1, 2006, there is no concrete proof of this. As per multiple speculations, Riva is reportedly just 14 years old at the moment, but if we look at the information on media portals, she will turn 18 in February.
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Riva Arora's age controversy took a significant turn when, in October 2022, she dropped a romantic video on her Instagram handle with Karan Kundra. The netizens were shocked to see a 38-year-old actor in a romantic video with a 16-year-old child actor, and it instantly became big news in the entertainment industry. Many child welfare organisations urged Instagram to take strict action against Riva's video. After NCPCR's (National Commission for Protection of Child Rights) complaint, Riva's Instagram handle was deleted if the reports are to be believed.
Soon, Riva Arora's mother, Nisha Arora, apologised to everyone and admitted that it was a mistake to engage her young daughter in such a video. After Nisha's apology, her daughter's Instagram handle was restored, and she refrained from posting such videos. Just when it seemed like the trouble ended for Riva and her mother, Nisha, the young actress was accused of using synthetic growth hormones.
According to several reports, in order to speed up the natural process of growth, Riva allegedly took synthetic growth hormone injections. However, there was no concrete evidence to support the speculations, but the rumours were enough to bring so much hate to Riva and her mother, Nisha Arora. The controversy around Riva Arora's age continues as netizens troll the actress for her growth every now and then. For instance, in March 2024, a Reddit user speculated that Riva had probably done lip fillers.
The Redditor dropped some pictures of the young actress to support the speculation, and it went viral on social media. Several netizens joined the bandwagon and lashed out at Riva Arora's mother, Nisha Arora, for her daughter's alleged faster growth. While all these speculations go on, Riva continues to pick projects and show the potential to become one of the biggest stars in the entertainment industry.
What are your thoughts on the constant debate over Riva Arora's age and growth? Let us know.
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