Popular actress Kiara Advani is in the list of top actresses of Hindi cinema today. The actress had revealed in a chat show that Salman Khan suggested her to change her name from Alia Advani to Kiara Advani. Bhaijaan believed that if there are two actresses of the same name in Bollywood, then it will be confused.

Bollywood’s romantic hero Karthik Aryan’s real name is Karthik Tiwari. He changed his surname from Tiwari to Aryan to appear in films as he felt perfect for showbiz. Now with this name, actor has become popular in the country and abroad.

Katrina Kaif is also included in this list. The actress used to use her mother’s surname turcuta. But now she uses her father Mohammad Kaif’s surname.

Mega star Rajinikanth of South also changed his real name from Shivaji Rao Gaikwad to Rajinikanth. Now the actor is popular by this name.

Shilpa Shetty’s real name was Ashwini Shetty before appearing in films. According to the report, astrology had told the mother of the actress that the name Shilpa will prove to be lucky for her. Therefore, the actress changed her name from Ashwini to Shilpa Shetty.

John Abraham’s real name is Farhan Ibrahim. The actor’s father used to call him John. After this, the actor named his name John Abraham.

Very few people know that Big B’s father Harivansh Rai Bachchan named him Inquilab Srivastava, inspired by the slogan of Inquilab Zindabad. Later, the emperor of Bollywood named his name Amitabh Bachchan.

You will be surprised to know that Shah Rukh Khan has also changed his original name to stage name. The actor lives with his grandparents in childhood and named him Abdul Rashid Khan. When the actor returned to his parents, he changed this name to Shah Rukh Khan.

Akshay Kumar’s name is Rajiv Bhatia. After the film debut in Bollywood, he named himself Akshay and today he is also very popular by the same name.

The name of Bhaijaan of Bollywood is also included in this list. His real name is Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan, later he reduced the name and took Salman Khan.