Original Names of Bollywood Actors.

                                 Many of our Bollywood Stars don’t use their original names on the Screen. There happen to be a number of reasons behind a name change. Most of the stars happen to change their name just because their real names are not-so-cool or catchy. Others go by numerology and phonetics. Many change their names just for the heck of it. However, it is almost impossible to nail down a single reason behind our bollywood stars changing their names. Here is a list of stars that have managed to change their names and carry it off pretty successfully.  


Aamir Khan - Aamir Hussain Khan
Ajay Devgan - Vishal Devgan

Ajit - Hamid Ali Khan

Akshay Kumar - Rajiv Bhatia

Amitabh Bachchan - Amit Srivastav

Ashok Kumar - Kumud Ganguly
Balraj Sahani - Yudhisthir Sahani

Bobby Deol - Vijay Singh Deol

Chiranjeevi – Koindela Siva Shankara vara Prasad
Chunky Pandey – Suyush Sharat Chandrakant Deshpandey
Danny Denzongpa - Tshering Phintso Denzongpa

Dev Anand - Devdutt Pishorimal Anand

Dharmendra - Dharam Singh Deol

Dilip Kumar - Yusuf Khan

Govinda - Govinda Arun Ahuja

Guru Dutt - Vasanth Kumar Shiv Shankar Padukune

Jackie Shroff -  Jaikishan Kakubhai

Jagdeep - Syed Jawahar Ali Jaffry

Jaya Prada - Lalita Rani

Jeetendra - Ravi Kapoor

John Abraham - Farhan Abraham

Johnny Lever - John Rao

Johnny Walker - Badruddin Jamaluddin Qazi

Kamal Haasan- Alwarpettai Aandavar

Kumar Gaurav - Manoj Tulli

Katrina Kaif - Katrina Turqouis

Lucky Ali - Maqsood Mehmood Ali

Madhubala - Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi

Mahima Chaudhry - Ritu Chaudhry

Mallika Sherawat - Reema Lamba

Mala Sinha - Alda Sinha

Manoj Kumar - Hare Krishna Goswami

Meena Kumari - Mahjabeen Ali Bux

Nana Patekar - Vishwanath Patekar

Nargis - Fatima Rashid

Mithun Chakraborty – Gauranga Chakraborty
Nadira - Florence Ezekel

Preity Jinta - Preetam Singh Jinta

Raj Kapoor  - Ranbir Raj Kapoor
Rajendra Kumar - Rajendra Kumar Tulli 
Reena Roy - Saira Khan

Raj Kumar - Kulbushan Pandit

Rajesh Khanna - Jatin Khanna

Rajnikant - Sivaji Rao Gaekwad

Rekha - Bhanurekha Ganesan

Salman Khan- Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan

Sanjeev Kumar - Haribhai Jarivala

Shammi Kapoor - Shamsher Raj Kapoor

Shashi Kapoor - Balbirraj Kapoor

Sunil Dutt - Balraj Dutt

Sunny Deol - Ajay Singh Deol

Shilpa Shetty - Ashwini Shetty
Sanjay Khan - Abbas Khan

Tuntun - Uma Devi Khatri

Tabu - Tabassum Hashmi Khan