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Raj Kapoor

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

Amitabh Bachchan

The legendary actor was originally named Inquilab Shrivastava. It is believed that poet Sumitranandan Pant gave the name Amitabh Bachchan to him

Rekha

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

Kiara Advani

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

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

Shilpa Shetty

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

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

Sridevi

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

Dilip Kumar

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 

Aamir Khan

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