They are groomed by the best in the industry, pampered by their big shot mentors and launched by their star parents. Bollywood is churning out star sons and daughters by the dozen.

But the phenomenon is not a new one. The trend can be traced back to the era of Raj Kapoor, Jeevan and Mala Sinha as well.

The only difference is that today's star kids enjoy a lot more exposure, with their parents pumping in fortunes for their future. Such is the build-up before a star kid is announced that the poor thing is almost kept under house arrest, lest the media jumps at him.

Records say that despite all the hype, majority of star kids over the years have either failed miserably or have fared averagely. Only a few have done their parents proud. Here's a list of them, along with the names of their celebrity parent/s, and their impact on film audiences.

Flop show Randhir Kapoor & Rajiv Kapoor (Raj Kapoor)
Karan Kapoor, Sanjana Kapoor (Shashi Kapoor)
Kiran Kumar (Jeevan)
Kumar Gaurav (Rajendra Kumar)
Boy Mukherji (Joy Mukherji)
Pratibha Sinha (Mala Sinha)
Lucky Ali (Mehmood)
Pooja Bedi, Adam Bedi (Kabir Bedi)
Twinkle Khanna, Rinki Khanna (Rajesh Khanna)
Puru Raj Kumar (Raj Kumar)
Arya Babbar, Juhi Babbar (Raj Babbar)
Tanisha (Tanuja)

Run of the mill Bobby Deol (Dharmendra)
Esha Deol, (Dharmendra & Hema Malini)
Akshaye Khanna (Vinod Khanna)
Emraan Hasmi (Mahesh Bhatt's nephew)
Soha Ali Khan (Sharmila Tagore)
Fardeen Khan (Feroze Khan)
Zayed Khan (Sanjay Khan)
Shahid Kapur (Pankaj Kapur)
Parikshit Sahni (Balraj Sahni)
Javed Jafrey (Jagdeep)
Rahul Khanna (Vinod Khanna)
Tusshar Kapoor (Jeetendra)
Pooja Bhatt (Mahesh Bhatt)
Viveik Oberoi (Suresh Oberoi)
Prasenjit, now a Bengali mega star (Bishwajit)

Fortune makers Raj, Shammi & Shashi Kapoor (Prithvi Raj Kapoor)
Nutan, Tanuja (Shobhana Samarth)
Rishi Kapoor (Raj Kapoor)
Karishma & Kareena Kapoor (Randhir & Babita Kapoor)
Sanjay Dutt (Sunil Dutt & Nargis)
Sunny Deol (Dharmendra)
Kajol (Tanuja)
Saif Ali Khan (Sharmila Tagore)
Hrithik Roshan (Rakesh Roshan)
Abhishek Bachchan, (Amitabh & Jaya Bachchan)

The above list is based on the number of hits the actor or actress has featured in to date and general public perception.