This will definitely blow up your mind. Shahrukh Khan, at the time of his marriage, was asked by his in-laws to change his name to...Jitendra Kumar Tuli! Did you just fall off your chair?
Preetam Singh Zinta, like really? Even the dimples couldn't have covered up for that name.
We wonder what his parents had in mind when they named him Gouranga Chakraborty. Those pelvic thrusts certainly wouldn't have suited his feminine name. Period.
John Abraham's birth name was Farhan Abraham. Too much to digest?
The bheedu of Bollywood, Jackie Shroff's real name is Jaikishan Kaku Bhai.
So you think you know everything about heartthrob Hrithik Roshan? 'Duggu,' that's he lovingly called by those close to him, his official name is Hrithik Nagrath. No wonder those snaky dance waves come naturally to him!
Govind Arun Ahuja knew that he's better off without a surname, so he decided to drop it.
What sounds better- Vishal or Ajay Devgan? The latter obviously. Thankfully he didn't stick to his original name, it would have washed away all that machismo.
Hold your breathe for this one. Here real name is Bhanurekha Ganesan. A loss of few alphabets turned out to be a big win for Bollywood.
Imagine Deepika Bhavnani... do we need to say anymore?
Now this is a bit fascinating, from a bus conductor named Shivaji Gaekwad to the mega-phenomenon called Rajnikanth, he has come a long way!
Bet you didn't know the real names of these Bollywood stars