Some stars are surely born with the most iconic names, while some have names that just suit them right! But not every celebrity is born with their perfect name! Sometimes it just so happens that they take on a name to fit in, shorten their name, or make it easier for fans! Celebs have their own reasons why they change their names once they enter the industry.
Stars like Tabu shorten their name because the actual names are a mouthful. Then you have stars like Tiger Shroff who take on old nicknames. Katrina Kaif had chosen her father’s surname because she thought that her maiden name would be difficult to pronounce! And sometimes it’s just circumstances like that of Malaika Sherawat!
Check out this list of the shocking real names of these 15+ celebrities here:
1. Amitabh Bachchan — Inquilab Srivastava
2. Sridevi — Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapam
3. Rekha — Bhanurekha Ganeshan
4. Salman Khan — Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan
5. Rajnikanth — Shivaji Rao Gaikwad
6. Tabu — Tabassum Fatima Hashmi
7. Akshay Kumar — Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia
8. Ranveer Singh — Ranveer Singh Bhavnani
9. John Abraham — Farhan Abraham
10. Jackie Shroff — Jai Kishan Kakubhai Shroff
11. Ajay Devgn — Vishal Veeru Devgan
12. Shilpa Shetty — Ashwini
13. Preity Zinta — Preetam Zinta Singh
14. Tiger Shroff — Jai Hemant Shroff
15. Katrina Kaif — Katrina Turquotte
16. Sunny Leone — Karenjit Kaur Vohra
17. Mallika Sherawat — Reema Lamba
18. Prabhas — Venkata Satyanarayana Prabhas Raju Uppalapati
19. Kiara Advani — Alia Advani
20. Anushka Shetty — Sweety Shetty
So, how many of these names were you already aware of, and which one shocked you the most? Let us know in the comments section below!
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