Bollywood actors who found fame with a new Screen Name

 Bollywood actors who found fame with a new Screen Name

Name is what a person carries till the end, 'the end of the life'. Whether it is holding the weight of fame or disgust. Once Shakespeare said, 'What is in the name'? But, he too is recognized with his name.

but, no one can deny that name does matter a lot in someone's life especially when it comes to a public figure or a famous personality.
As we talk about public figures the Bollywood industry bottles up a number of celebrities who got fam with their screen names as claimed to be suitable for the screen and the industry. Recently, It has been a trend in Bollywood to change their spelling or the whole name according to astrology to do well in career. It seems on-screen names are being lucky for them all.
I bet, a large number of fans don't know their real names. Well, then let's check out a few prominent celebrities and their real names. 

Ashok Kumar 

One of the most eminent and subtle actors of Hindi cinema grew up with the name 'KumudLal Ganguly'. His screen name was Ashok Kumar and was also known as 'Dadamuni' among all his fellows of the Industry. He was honored with many prestigious National Awards like Dada Saheb Phalke, Padma Bhushan and many more.

Madhubala

 Ashok Kumar and Madhubala these two names were the best 'On-screen jodi' of Bollywood. The real name of 'The Anarkali' of the industry was Begum Mumtaz Jehan Dehelvi which was changed to Madhubala as people wouldn't accept a Muslim actor at the time of separation in 1947. She was also known as 'The beauty with tragedy'.

Dilip Kumar 

He is an awardee of India's highest awards like 'Dada Shaheb Phalke Purskar', Padma Vibhusha, Padma Bhushan, etc. This 97years old veteran actor's real name is Muhammad Yusuf Khan. On the screen, we know him as Dilip Kumar, The Tragedy King, and First Khan of the Industry.

Dev Anand 

Many of us must have thought about this most romantic hero of the era, is a 'Bengali babu' as his on-screen name sounds. In reality, 'Dharamdev Pishorilal Anand' was born in Shakargrah a village in Punjab. This versatile actor is an awardee of honorable award 'Padma Bhushan'.

Manoj Kumar

This versatile actor has given us movies based on patriotism which has given him a nickname 'Bharat Kumar'. His real name is Hari Kishan Giri Goswami. For his absolute performances in cinema, he was awarded Dada Saheb Phalke Puraskar and Padma Shree Award. 

Amitabh Bachchan 

Mr. Bachchan the 'Angry Young Man' is also known as Big B of the film industry. His birth name was Inquilaab Shrivastav as he was born during days of fighting for freedom. Later on, his dad's fellow poet Sumitra Nand Pant Ji suggested his name as Amitabh and he was known as the same. Last name Bachchan was adopted by Harivansh rai as a pen name. That is how one and only Amitabh Bachchan was born who has won most of the prestigious National Awards.

Rekha
                               
                                          

 One of the most charming and evergreen actresses of Bollywood. The Padma Shree award winner elegant Rekha still looks stunning and gorgeous even at the age of 65. She is one of the living legends of the industry. Her birth name is Bhanu Rekha Ganeshan which turned out to be only Rekha for the World. 

Rajnikant 

 This living legend is an awardee of Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan along with various Filmfare awards in the Bollywood and south film industry. He was born as Shivaji Rao Gaekwad in Banglore, Mysore State with a great persona. Primarily works in Tamil Cinema but he is worshiped as a god across the nation mainly in the south. He is the highest-paid actor in India (for film Shivaji) and Asia after Jackie Chan.

Jackie Shroff

Can you imagine an actor name Jai Kishan, It's too much of filmy, isn't it. Jai Kishan Shroff became Jackie shroff for his fans across the nation. He has been a heartthrob for gals of two generations. His appearance as a hero used to give complex to all the other male actors of the Industry. He has won many film fare awards for his acting.

Sunny Deol

His off-screen name is Ajay Singh Deol. He has won two Filmfare Awards and two National Awards. Currently, he is MP from Gurdaspur from Punjab State and belongs to BJP.

Salman Khan

 He belongs to one of the most prestigious and powerful families of the Bollywood. His full name is Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan better known as Salman Khan. Salman is a real heartthrob for generations from 80' to up to the date.

Akshay Kumar

He is well known for his tremendous acting and comic sense. He is the heart of comedy in Bollywood. He is India born Canadian actor whose real name is Rajeev Hari Om Bhatia.
His on-screen name is a Hit, no one wants to call him Rajeev.

John Abraham

John's real name is Farhan Abraham, Yes, we aren't mixing up with Farhan Akhtar.
He is a model, actor and now been producers for few films. This handsome hunk's Zorostarian name is Farhan but after getting Baptised he was named John.

Ajay Devgan 

The action hero has a different off-screen name, it is Vishal Devgan. Doesn't this sound so boring. Huh! Maybe everyone even his near and dear once calls him Ajay, not Vishal.

Saif Ali Khan

Nawab of Pataudi and Bhopal was born in Delhi as Sajid Ali Khan. He did debut in the industry as Saif Ali Khan. He is one of the four super Khans in Bollywood.

Sunny Leone

This Punjabi kudi was born as Karenjit Kaur Vohra in Canada. The screen name suits her personality better than Karenjit, isn't it? She is bold with beauty. Everyone admires her effort to come over from her past and sew a seed of a new image.

Kiara Advani

This new face debut in Bollywood with the movie named Fugly in 2014. But she was recognized by a small role in M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story and well known by Kabir Singh.
On the suggestion of Salman Khan, She had to change her name as she was making her debut in the same year when Alia Bhatt did. She adopted her new screen name Kiar Advani from Alia Advani.

Katrina Kaif

This British actress was born in British Hong-Kong in 1983. She did make her debut in 2003 with the movie 'Boom". Katerina had to change her last name to Kaif from Turquotte as it would be hard to pronounce for people of the country.

This is not the end of the list. There are few more celebrities who have changed their names before debuting in the industry like Tigor shroff, Ranveer Singh, Shilpa Shetty, Prabhas, Mahima Chaudhary, Mallika Sherawat, etc. They too are successful with their lucky screen names.