10 Celebrities Who Changed Their Names After Stepping Into The Film Industry

There are many celebrities in Bollywood who changed their name for different purposes. Some have changed due to the reason that their fans find it difficult to pronounce and some have changed because they find the new name lucky and other reason may also include that the name is different, sweet and short.

1. Gaurav Chanana Gaurav Chanana or Rhehan Malliek is an Indian TV a >> Read More...

He is a star of "Ishq In Paris". He changed his name from Rhehan Malliek to Gaurav Chanana. He believed that it would bring him luck and he wanted to start his career all over again with a fresh beginning. He once told that he believes that the name Gaurav has a lot of baggage. There were total five boys in the school, who has their name as Gaurav. He made a debut "Woh Tera Naam Tha" with his old name in the year 2004. He was also the part of 'Sanjeevni', " Rishton Ki Dor Risshtoh Ki Dor is a Pakistani Urdu- language dail >> Read More... ", etc.

2. Jiah Khan Jiah Khan was a British-American actress, singer >> Read More...

Her real name was Nafisa Khan. After the release of " Angelina Jolie Who will not be stung with her “pouting lips?” Ang >> Read More... "s movie "Gia", she preferred the name "Jiah". She didn't do it for bringing luck, but she found her new name more beautiful than the previous one. She was a part of the movie ‘ Ghajini Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘ Housefull Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, etc.

3. Katrina Kaif Katrina Kaif is a prominent and very popular Briti >> Read More...

Who does not know Katrina Kaif but only a few of us know her real name. Kate Turquotte is the real name of Katrina Kaif. The reason for changing her name was that she wanted to enter Showbiz. It was very much thoughtful for her as she changed her name because she thought that her fans might find her name difficult to pronounce.

4. Mallika Sherawat Mallika Sherawat is a glamorous Model turned bold >> Read More...

The original name of Mallika Sherawat, is Reema Lamba. She altered her name because she wanted to start a new life and she wanted to forget about her past.

5. Salman Khan Salman Khan is a very famous Indian actor and a pr >> Read More...

The fans would say that it doesn't matter what his name was before. They like this name than any other name. It is simple. His was born with a name is Abdul Rashid Salim.

6. Rajinikanth 'Rajinikanth' is the name that is known in >> Read More...

He is a legendary actor from South India. Sivaji Rao Gaekwad, Yes, that is the real name of this actor, but he got the name Rajinikanth from the director 'K. Balachander'. This name proved to be really lucky for him.

7. Akshay Kumar Akshay Kumar was born on 9th September 1967 and hi >> Read More...

Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia is the real name of Akshay Kumar, but he changed it when he was a waiter and now everybody knows him with this new name. This name changed his career.

8. Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan was born on October 11, 1942 in A >> Read More...

He got the name "Inquilab" from his father, Harvansh Ray Bachchan. But he changed his name to Amitabh after the suggestion of Sumitra Nandan Pant.

9. Dilip Kumar Muhammad Yusuf Khan was born on the 11th of Decemb >> Read More...

Who doesn’t know the very famous actor Dilip Kumar? He has given so much to the film industry, and his contribution can’t go unnoticed. His real name is "Muhammad Yusuf Khan" but he changed his name after entering the film industry.

10. Sunny Deol Sunny Deol is a film actor, director and producer. >> Read More...

His real name is Ajay Singh Deol, and he has used his real name in many of his movies such as ‘Ghayal’ in which his name was Ajay.