Shahrukh Khan, the king of Bollywood, revealed in an interview with Anupam Kher that his childhood name was Abdur Rahman. This name was given to him by his maternal grandmother, although the actor has also clarified that he does not like this name on him. This name, kept in childhood, was registered somewhere, and later the name of the actor was changed to Shahrukh. Even before Shahrukh, there are many popular Bollywood actors whose real names are not known to most of the people of the country. Let's know which are those stars-
Teji Bachchan, the mother of Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, was involved in and influenced by the freedom movement. A person involved in the movement said that Teji should name her child Inquilab. When the child was born the parents also agreed to keep the name Inquilab. But, poet Sumitra Nandan Pant named the child Amitabh. Interestingly, Amitabh Bachchan acted in a film in 1984, which was named Inquilab. Amitabh was in the lead role of the film.
Born on 2 April 1969, Ajay Devgan's real name was Vishal Veeru Devgan. Ajay's father Veeru Devgan was a popular action director. Ajay changed his name in the year 1991 only after entering the industry. At that time, many other people of the same name including Manoj Kumar's son Vishal had also entered the industry, so to avoid confusion, the actor changed his name from Vishal to Ajay.
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty was given the name Ashwini Shetty after birth, which has changed before appearing in films. The actress's mother Sunanda Shetty is an astrologer who changed her name for the sake of her career.
The real name of actress Mahima Chaudhary, who was seen in films like Pardes, Daag The Fire, was Ritu Chaudhary. He was given a new name by filmmaker Subhash Ghai after coming to the movies.
The real name of Mallika Sherawat, who has won the hearts of millions of people with her bold acts, is Reema Lamba. The actress entered the glamor industry against the wishes of her family and changed her name to Mallika. Although the original surname of the actress was Lamba, she also changed it to her mother's old surname, Sherawat. Mallika changed her name from other actresses named Reema due to confusion in the name.
Dilip Kumar's birth name was Mohammad Yusuf Khan, who holds the record for winning the most Filmfare Awards in the industry. The actor started his job at Bombay Talkies, Malad in 1943, where he became friends with actresses Devika Rani and Ashok Kumar. It was Devika Rani who cast Mohammad Yusuf in the 1944 film Jwar Bhata, advising him to keep the name, Dilip Kumar. This was Dileep's debut film.
Madhubala's real name was once a famous actress, Begum Mumtaz Jahan Dalhavi. She entered the industry with the 1942 film Basant where she played the role of actress Mumtaz Shanti's daughter. After this film, she came to be known as Baby Mumtaz. Devika Rani, the famous actress of that era, was very impressed by the performance of the actress in this film and she named Baby Mumtaz Madhubala.
