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The greatest Showman of Indian cinema and the pioneer of Kapoor Family, Raj Kapoor’s name at birth was Shrishti Nath Kapoor. He is well known for his films like Mera Naam Joker, Awaara
The legendary actor was originally named Inquilab Shrivastava. It is believed that poet Sumitranandan Pant gave the name Amitabh Bachchan to him
Inn Aankhon Ki Masti Ke actress Rekha was given the name Bhanurekha Ganesan at birth. She decided to shorten her name to Rekha before she marked her debut with film Sawan Bhadon
Did you know Kiara Advani’s real name is Alia Advani? The actress changed her name to Kiara so that people don’t confuse her with Alia Bhatt
Akshay Kumar’s real name is Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia. The actor once played a character with the name Akshay and decided to take Akshay Kumar as his name for Bollywood
It was on the suggestion of an astrologer that the Dhadkan actress decided to change her name from Ashwini Shetty to Shilpa Shetty. Well, it really worked well for her!
Tiger Shroff was originally named as Jai Hemant Shroff. He later decided to take his nickname Tiger as his first name in Bollywood. He will next be seen in Singham Again
The real name of Sridevi was actually Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan. She took the name Sridevi after she started acting in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada films
One of the greatest actors ever in Indian cinema, Dilip Kumar’s original name is Muhammed Yusuf Khan. The name Dilip Kumar was actually given to him by producer Devika Rani
The real name is Mohammed Aamir Hussain Khan. The actor decided to shorten his name to Aamir Khan for simplicity. He is also known as Mr Perfectionist of Bollywood