Great English poet Shakespeare once said, “What’s in a name?” but ask the Bollywood stars who changed their name for fame.
While many Muslim actors like Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, Meena Kumari
adopted Hindu names to win more fans, many like Rajinikant, Sunny Deol,
Rajesh Khanna and Jeetendra took different names to sound more
glamourous.
Are you aware of Sunny Deol changing his name from the more
traditional Ajay Singh Deol? The actor wanted a friendly name which was
more suitable for a Bollywood hero. While Sunny changed his name from
Ajay, Vishal Devgan became action hero Ajay Devgn.
Find out the real names and identity of your favourite actors like Dev Anand, Nargis, Rajinikant and many more.
Vishal Devgan changed his name to Ajay Devgn.
Akshay Kumar changed his name from Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia.
Vijay Singh Deol is better known as Bobby Deol.
Dharam Dev Pishorimal Anand shortened his name to Dev Anand
Dilip Kumar is Muhammad Yousuf Khan.
Guru Dutt's real name is Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone.
Haribhai Jariwala changed his name to a more glamourous Sanjeev Kumar.
Ravi Kapoor is better known as Jeetendra.
Johnny Lever changed his name from John Prakasa Rao Janumala
Kumudlal Ganguly became famous as Ashok Kumar.
Madhubala was Mumtaz Jahan Dehlavi in real life.
Mahima Chaudhry was born as Ritu Chaudhry but Subhash Ghai wanted his heroine's name to start with 'M' so she changed her name.
Fatima Rashid became Nargis for a career in Bollywood.
Shivaji Rao Gaikwad changed his name to Rajinikanth.
Bhanurekha Ganesan shortened her name to Rekha.
Shamsher Raj Prithviraj Kapoor glamourised his name to Shammi Kapoor.
Vijayalakshmi Vadlapati is popularly called Silk Smitha.
Tabassum Hashmi also shortened her name to Tabu.
Jatin Khanna changed his first name to Rajesh for a career in Bollywood.
Hamid Ali Khan became Bollywood villain Ajit.
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