India, Oct. 5 -- Many may not immediately recognise the name Sumeet Pathak, but they are likely to remember his face. As a child actor, he played the younger version of Shah Rukh Khan's Ajay Malhotra in the 1993 thriller Baazigar. The role was brief, but his performance stood out enough to earn him a Filmfare Award for Best Child Actor and open more doors in the industry. He continued acting through the 1990s, later became a popular television superhero in Hero Bhakti Hi Shakti Hai, and then gradually moved away from acting. Today, Sumeet is working in a very different part of the entertainment business as a media tech entrepreneur.

Sumeet made his acting debut with Ek Ladka Ek Ladki in 1992. A year later, Baazigar changed the course of ...