From Kiara Advani to Tiger Shroff: Real names of 10 Bollywood actors

Amitabh Bachchan's real name is Inquilaab Srivastava and he changed it at poet Sumitranandan Pant's suggestion.

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Akshay's real name is Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia and he uses Akshay Kumar as his stage name.

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Kiara Advani's first name is Aaliya and she changed it because Alia Bhatt was already a successful star in Bollywood.

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Jai Hemant Shroff was named Tiger by his father Jackie Shroff as he used to bite a lot during childhood.

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Vishal Devgan not only changed his name to Ajay but changed the spelling of his surname to Devgn due to numerology.

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Shilpa Shetty changed her birth name Ashwini after an astrologer told her mother to do so.

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Though Rajinikanth made his name in the South Indian film industry, his real name suggests him being Marathi. His actual name is Shivaji Rao Gaekwad.

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Katrina Kaif changed her surname from Turquotte to resonate with the Indian audience.

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Tabassum Hashmi Khan became Tabu as she entered the film industry.

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Bollywood's heartthrob Madhubala's actual name was Begum Mumtaz Jehan Dehelvi.

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