Real names of film stars

Several Indian movie stars & singers have fancy names that are often different from their real names.

Here’s a brief list:-

Movie Name Real Name

Aamir Khan - Aamir Hussain Khan
Aditya Pancholi - Nirmal Pancholi
Amitabh bacchan - Amitabh Srivastav
Asrani - Govardhan Asrani
Ajay Devgan - Vishal Devgan
Akshay Kumar - Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia
Ashok Kumar - Kumudlal Kunjilal Ganguly
Bobby Deol - Vijay Singh Deol
Chiranjeevi - Konidela Siva Shankara Vara Prasad
Dev Anand - DharamDev Pishorimal Ānand
Dharmendra - Dharam Singh Deol
Dilip Kumar - Yusuf Khan
Guru Dutt - Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone
Jagdeep - Syed Jawaher Ali Jaffry
Jaya Pradha - Lalita Rani
Jeetendra - Ravi Kapoor
Johnny Lever - Janardhana Rao
Johnny Walker - Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi
Kumar Gaurav - Manoj Tulli
Mallika Sherawat - Reema Lamba
Manoj Kumar - Harikishan Giri Goswami
Meena Kumari - Mahjabeen Bano
Meera Jasmine - Jasmine Mary Joseph
Mithun Chakraborty - Gouranga Chakraborty
Mohanlal - Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair
Nargis - Fatima Rashid
Rajesh Khanna - Jatin Khanna
Rajinikanth - Shivaji Rao Gaekwad
Rajkumar - Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Muthuraju
Rekha - Bhanurekha Ganesan
Salman Khan - Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan
Sandhya - Revathy
Sanjeev Kumar - Harihar Jariwala
Savithri - Savithri Kommareddy
Shammi Kapoor - Shamsher Raj Kapoor
Shashi Kapoor - Balbir Raj Kapoor
Sunil Dutt - Balraj Dutt
Sunny Deol - Ajay Singh Deol
Surya - Saravanan Sivakumar
Vikram - John Kennedy