Real Names of Celebrities

Ajay Devgn who has now dropped the extra a in Devgn was initially Vishal Devgan. Akshay Kumar is Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia. Amitabh Bachchan's father had named him Inquilaab inspired by the slogan during the Independence struggle, but later her renamed him Amitabh, which means a light that would never go off.


Bobby Deol is Vijay Singh Deol. Dilip Kumar is Yusuf Khan. Govinda is Govind Arun Ahuja Here's a look at the celebs and their real names. 20 Celebrities and their Real Names, after the break... Jeetendra is Ravi Kapoor John Abraham is Farhan Abraham Johnny Lever is John Prakasa Rao Janumala Kamal Haasan's real name is Parthasarathy. Katrina Kaif was Kate Turquotte before her Bollywood debut. Madhubala was Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi. Mahima Chaudhry is Ritu Chaudhry Mallika Sherawat is Reema Lamba. Preity Zinta uses her given name very rarely and you know what it is? She is called- Preetam Zinta Singh. Raj Kapoor is Ranbir Raj Kapoor. Rajnikant was Sivaji Rao Gaekwad before he started his film career. Rekha is Bhanurekha Ganesan. Salman Khan is Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan. Shammi Kapoor is Shamsher Raj Kapoor. Sridevi is Shree Amma Yanger. We know her as Sunny Leone, but did you know that she uses her birth name - Karenjit Kaur Vohra - on her passport?