25 Indian Celebrities Whose Real Names I’m Almost Positive You Didn’t Know
Sumedha Bharpilania
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Still can't get over the fact that Ayushmann Khurrana was born Nishant Khurrana.
25 Indian Celebrities Whose Real Names I’m Almost Positive You Didn’t Know
1. Amitabh Bachchan was born Amitabh Srivastava. However, before his birth, his family had almost decided to name him Inquilab.
Gareth Cattermole5. Kiara Advani was initially called Alia Advani and changed her name upon Salman Khan’s suggestion.
Hindustan Times / Hindustan Times via Getty Images6. “Prabhas” is a mononym. His full name is Uppalapati Venkata Suryanarayana Prabhas Raju.
Sujit Jaiswal / AFP via Getty Images7. Rajkummar Rao was born Raj Kumar Yadav. He changed his surname because he wanted it to be “Rao” as Yadav and Rao are the same family names in the state of Haryana, where he was born.
Hindustan Times / Hindustan Times via Getty ImagesThe double “m” in his name, however, can be attributed to numerology.
8. Kartik Aaryan was born Kartik Tiwari. This change happened because “Aaryan” was his middle name and he believed that Kartik Aaryan simply sounded better than Kartik Tiwari.
Hindustan Times / Hindustan Times via Getty Images9. Vikram’s actual name is Kennedy John Victor. Vikram is merely his stage name.
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11. And Govinda wasn’t always known as Govinda. He was born Govind Arun Ahuja. He had, in fact, changed his name six times before deciding on “Govinda”.
Dinodia Photos / Getty Images12. Nayanthara was born Diana Mariam Kurian. Nayanthara is her stage name, which became her official name after she converted to Hinduism.
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14. Tabu’s actual name is Tabassum Fatima Hashmi. Tabu is her stage name.
Sujit Jaiswal / AFP via Getty Images15. Anushka Shetty was born Sweety Shetty. She changed this name to Anushka because it sounded childish.
John Phillips / Getty Images16. Katrina Kaif’s original name was Katrina Turquotte, with “Turquotte” being her mother’s surname. She changed it to her father’s surname, “Kaif”, because it was easier to pronounce and remember.
Punit Paranjpe / AFP via Getty ImagesThere are, however, several speculations regarding Katrina’s actual name, one of which is that Ayesha Shroff, the producer of Katrina’s debut film, Boom, recommended the surname “Kaif” to her owing to the popularity of cricketer Mohammad Kaif during the early 2000s.
17. Dhanush was born Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja. He changed his name in order to create a unique identity for himself as his namesakes Prabhu Deva and Prabhu (Ilaya Thilagam) were already big stars before his debut.
Sujit Jaiswal / AFP via Getty Images18. Shilpa Shetty was born Ashwini Shetty. Her mother, Sunanda Shetty, made this change owing to her belief in numerology.
Prodip Guha / Getty Images19. Hrithik Roshan’s actual surname is “Nagrath”. His grandfather, Roshan Lal Nagrath Mohan, also a music director, was popularly known by his first name. The Roshan family simply started using that as their surname in order to honour his legacy.
Ferdaus Shamim / WireImage20. It may come as a shock to many but Yash was born Naveen Kumar Gowda. He changed this name because he felt that “Yash” was more suitable for his acting dreams.
Sopa Images / LightRocket via Getty Images21. Sunny Deol was born Ajay Singh Deol. He simply used his nickname, “Sunny”, upon entering the industry.
Dinodia Photos / Getty Images22. Ram Charan was born Konidela Ram Charan Teja. Ram Charan is his stage name.
Sujit Jaiswal / AFP via Getty ImagesSimilarly, his father, superstar Chiranjeevi was born Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad. However, his name was changed owing to his family’s belief in Lord Hanuman.
23. Ajay Devgn was born Vishal Veeru Devgan. He changed his name to Ajay because there were three other “Vishals” debuting at the same time as him.
Hindustan Times / Hindustan Times via Getty ImagesMoreover, he changed the spelling of his surname at the request of his mother.
24. One of Shahid Kapoor’s official names is Shahid Khattar. Since his parents Pankaj Kapur and Neelima Azeem porced when he was only three years old, and Azeem then married actor Rajesh Khattar, he lived with them until their porce in 2001. Owing to this fact, Shahid continues to use the surname “Khattar” in his passport.
Jim Spellman / Getty Images25. And finally, Sai Pallavi’s full name is Sai Pallavi Senthamarai.
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Well, I guess you already got that from her name on Instagram.
h/t: 43 Celebrities Who I’m 99.9% Sure You Didn’t Know Or Totally Forgot Changed Their Name For Fame
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