OF 20 BOLLYWOOD STARS

THE REAL NAMES

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It's fairly common knowledge that Katrina Kaif's last name is actually Turquotte. Ahead, 20 stars whose birth names you may or may not know

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Dilip Kumar famously changed his name from Yusuf Khan

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Meena Kumari was born Mahjabeen Bano

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Nargis, daughter of singer Jaddanbai, was born Fatima Rashid

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Madhubala's real name was Mumtaz Jahan

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Rajinikanth started life as Shivaji Rao Gaekwad

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Sanjeev Kumar's original name was Harilal Jariwala

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Sridevi went by a simplified version of her real name - Shree Amma Ayappan

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Rajesh Khanna changed his original name of Jatin, kept the Khanna

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Jeetendra swapped Ravi Kapoor for a mononym

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Mithun Chakraborty's actual first name is Gouranga

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Sunny and Bobby Deol go by their pet names instead of Ajay and Vijay

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Akshay Kumar changed his name from Rajeev Hariom Bhatia

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Kiara Advani changed her given name of Alia for obvious reasons

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Ajay Devgn was once known as Vishal Devgan

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Tabu shortened her name from Tabassum Hashmi

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Shilpa Shetty was born Ashwini Shetty

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Tiger Shroff isn't really called Tiger – his name is jai Hemant

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Mahima Chaudhry chose a less pedestrian screen name than Ritu

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As a model, Mallika Sherawat used her real name Reema Lamba

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