51 Popular Indian Actors and Their Real Names, You Would Be Shocked

The name of Bollywood actors are very familiar to all of us, we know the Hindi film celebrities more than we know the people around us. The news about all these celebs is easily available and accessible in the forms of books, movies and other resources. Most of us are extremely curious about how these people live and behave in their real lives when they are off camera.

But ethically we should all remember that these people too have their private life and they also need privacy. We should not try and invade their private space and respect their personal lives. They’ve too had their experiences and their lessons like each one of us.

One of the most fascinating things is how these people change their names once they enter the industry. There are many reasons: some do it to make sure their name is easily remembered while some do so for reasons such as numerology. Either way, it is quite fascinating to know the names and the story behind those names.

Have you ever thought that your favourite star might have a different name you don’t know of?  We are quite confident that you all will be very surprised when you get to know about their real names.

Bollywood Stars: Reel & Real Names of 51 Famous Indian Actors

• Salman Khan – Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan
• Jackie Shroff – Jaikishen Kaku Bhai
• Preity Zinta – Preetham Singh Zinta
• Hrithik Roshan – Hrithik Nagrath
• Govinda – Govind Arun Ahuja
• Katrina Kaif – Kate Turquotte
• Mallika Sherawat – Reema Lamba
• Akshay Kumar – Rajiv Hariom Bhatia
• Rajnikant – Sivaji Rao Gaekwad
• Amitabh Bachchan  Inquilab Sriv-tava
• Dilip Kumar – Muhammed Yousuf Khan
• Ranveer Singh – Ranveer Bhavnani
• Shahid Kapur – Shahid Khattar
• Sunny Deol – Ajay Singh Deol
• Saif Ali Khan – Sajid Ali Khan
• Bobby Deol – Vijay Singh
• Mithun Chakraborty – Gouranga Chakraborty
• Rekha – Bhanurekha Ganesan
• Ajay Devgn – Vishal Devgn
• Sanjeev Kumar – Haribhai Jarivala
• Kamal Ha-an – Alwarpettai Aandavar
• Sunny Leone – Karanjit Kaur Vohra
• Jeetendra – Ravi Kapoor
• Sridevi – Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan
• Rajesh Khanna – Jatin Khanna
• John Abraham – Farhan
• Danny Denzongpa – Tshering Phintso Denzongpa
• Johnny Lever – John Prakasa Rao Janumala
• Tabu – Tabassum Hashim Khan
• Jaya Prada – Lalita Rani
• Shilpa Shetty – ashwini Shetty
• Madhubala – Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehelvi
• Dev Anand – Devdutt Pishorimal Anand
• Chunky Pandey – Suyash Sharad Pandey
• Nana Patekar – Vishwanath Patekar
• Meena Kumari – Mahjabeen Bano
• Sunil Dutt – Balraj Dutt
• Mahima Chaudhary – Ritu
• Shammi Kapoor – Shamsher Raj Kapoor
• Guru Dutt – V-anth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone
• Lucky Ali – Maqsood Mehmood Ali
• Sanjay Khan – Abbas Khan
• Dharmendra – Dharam Singh Deol
• Manoj Kumar – Harikrishna Giri Goswami
• Kishore Kumar – Abhas Kumar Ganguly
• Tun Tun – Uma Devi Khatri
• Jiah Khan – Nafisa Rizvi Khan
• Johnny Walker – Badruddin Jamaluddin Qazi
• Reena Roy – Saira Khan
• Ashok Kumar – Kumudlal Kunjilal Ganguly
• Nargis – Fatima Rashid

That’s why they say, fame comes with a lot of other things.