Did you know that Ranveer dropped his surname when he entered Bollywood? Here's what he has to say 'It's too long, too many syllables. Ranveer 'Singh' is short, crisp and can stay in your memory easily. Ran-veer-Singh-Bhav-nani is too long. It's not a saleable commodity.'
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Saif Ali Khan's real name is Sajid Ali Khan, according to a marriage application form filed by the couple at Bandra Court in Mumbai.
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We know her as Sunny Leone, but did you know that she uses her birth name - Karenjit Kaur Vohra - on her passport?
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Preity Zinta uses her given name very rarely perhaps with good reason. Born Preetam Zinta Singh, the dimpled star calls herself a tomboy. With a name like Preetam, sure sounds like it.
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The one actress who has speculation surrounding her personal life, there's much debate about Katrina Kaif's past and her name, but as far as we know, she was born Katrina Turquotte In Hong Kong, long before her Bollywood debut.
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Madhubala was Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi
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Salman Khan is Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan
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Rajnikant is Sivaji Rao Gaekwad
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Born to a Malayali father and Parsi mother, John's Parsi name is Farhan, but he is better known as John Abraham.
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Once known as the Elvis of India, the hip twister of the Seventies had audiences grooving to his every move, but few know that his real name was Shamsher Raj Kapoor.
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Martial arts expert and once-upon-a-time waiter, Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia has since found success as an actor under his screen name Akshay Kumar.
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Born Yusuf Khan, he has romanced some of Indian cinema's biggest heroines. Today, Dilip Kumar as he is known is settled with the love of his life, Saira Banu.
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Perhaps one of the few who hasn't drastically altered his given name to suit his on-screen persona, Govinda was born Govind Arun Ahuja.
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Less successful than his older brother Sunny and father Dharmendra is Vijay Singh Deol, or as he is known to the rest of the world, Bobby.
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Numerology got him to change his name around and it seems to have worked. Ajay Devgn who has now dropped the extra 'a' in Devgn was born Vishal Devgan.
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Daughter of the legendary Tamil actor Gemini Ganesan, Bhanurekha Ganesan is synonymous with kanjeevarams and gold, but Rekha as she is popularly known was once quite the sex symbol of Indian cinema.
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The man who made white pants a staple in every man's wardrobe in the Seventies, Ravi Kapoor is better known by his stage name of Jeetendra.
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Born John Prakasa Rao Janumala, this famous Bollywood comedian's actual name really doesn't lend itself to his personality does it?
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