10 Bollywood Divas Changed Their Name For Fame

The most gorgeous and health freak diva of Bollywood, just not only believes in acting but also holds a strong faith in astrology. Respecting the astrological advice given to her, Shilpa changed her name when she stepped into her modeling career and never turned back to Ashwini again.

Hardly anyone of us will have a clue when someone asks us about Ritu Chaudhary. Mahima was a title was given to her by the known director Shubhash Ghai, which later became popular on screens.

Preity never wanted her real name to be revealed in front of screens i.e. Preetam Singh Zinta, which sounds too muscular in real. She believed to be beautiful and carry a charm in her herself, so changed the name to Preity.

Katrina is mainly known for her Hindi, but she never took this on his way and excelled in her career and today she is highest paid actress. Changing her name was the decision taken by her before stepping into Bollywood; she was known by Katrina right from her first debut movie. The original name of Katrina Kaif is Kate Turquotte.

The mother of beauty with a divine personality has also changed her name for Fame. Rekha has ruled Bollywood a few years back and still is famous and remembered among the most gorgeous and talented ladies in the industry. Due to a complicated name, she thought that her fans would find it hard to pronounce her name. So, she changed her screen name to Rekha.

Karanjit Singh Vohra was the real Indian name of Sunny. She had a best friend in college life who addressed her Leone for fun so she decided to change to name to Sunny Leone when she entered the pornography screens followed by Hindi cinema.

Mallika was known as Reema till her first realized debut film, but later she changed her name to Mallika Sherawat due to confusion with another actress with a similar name and Sherawat is her mother’s maiden family name. She entered like a queen with her hot personality which made her change her name to Mallika Sherawat.

Tun Tun is an unforgettable celebrity, known for her applause giving performances in her comic roles. She has always done many successful comic films and is amongst the most cheerful personalities. It was Dilip Kumar who changed her name to Tun Tun to suit her comic role and personality.

Jiah Khan changed her name after being inspired by Angelina Jolie’s “Gia”. She thought Jiah was much sexier than her original name Nafisa. Though in the initial debut films, she was known as Nafisa khan only.

Madhubala has received wide recognition and awards for her variety of performances in many Indian Hindi Classic movies. Many of us are unaware of her original name which is Mumtaaz Jehan Begaum. She is popularly known as Madhubala of Bollywood, which later became a screen name to be remembered.