People say 'What's in a name?. But it is the name that can be a key factor in helping people gain success. If we look at the film industry, from veteran stars to young stars, the luck of many shined after their changed their names. Dilip Kumar was a veteran actor and he was a big star of his time. But his original name was Mohammed Yusuf Khan.
The biggest superstar of the current era Rajinikanth also changed his name. He was born Shivaji Rao Gaekwad. When he entered the industry, veteran Tamil star Shivaji Ganeshan was a big star. Saying that people will confuse by the name, Rajinikanth's guru Balachander suggested a name change and the rest is history.
Not just the stars, even the divas do such things and many happenings beauties and star heroines went for a change in their names. Now let us look at the list of the heroines who changed their names.
Anushka Shetty:
We cannot start the list without taking the name of tall beauty Anushka Shetty. She saw peaks of stardom in her career and her lady-oriented film Arundhati collected on par with star hero films. She took forward the concept of heroines doing lady-oriented films. Long back, we saw Vijaya Shanthi doing such films. Anushka's original name was Sweety. She choose the name when she was acting in her debut film Super, starring Akkineni Nagarjuna.
Nayanthara
The happening heroine needs no introduction. She rose to the level of lady superstar and she is one of the highest-paid actresses in the country. Her original name was Diana Mariam Kurian. She became Nayanthara later.
Samantha Ruth Prabhu
The stunning actress made a special space for her in the hearts of fans. Queen Bee has the pet name of Yashoda, but she is famous with the name Samantha. As a big co-incident, she is shooting for a film which goes with her pet name Yashoda.
Kiara Advani:
The ravishing beauty is one of the leading divas in the business. She is familiar with Telugu audiences as she appeared in two films. She will be seen next alongside Ram Charan n his upcoming film helmed by Shankar.
Krithi Shetty
Young beauty who shot to super fame with Uppena is also on the list. Her parents named her Advaitha. But her screen name became Krithi Shetty. She was last seen in Ram Pothineni's The Warriorr.
Other Bollywood actresses like Mallika Sherawat(Reema Lamba), Shilpa Shetty(Ashwini Shetty). Katrina Kaif( Katrina Turquotte) and Sunny Leone(Karenjit Kaur Vohra) also changed their names.
The surprising fact is that the yesteryear superstars like Sri Devi, Jayaprada, and Jayasudha also changed their names after they entered the film industry. Sri Devi was born Shree Amma Yanger Ayyappan, while Jayaprada and Jayasudha were born Lalita Rani and Sujatha Nidadavolu respectively.
The biggest superstar of the current era Rajinikanth also changed his name. He was born Shivaji Rao Gaekwad. When he entered the industry, veteran Tamil star Shivaji Ganeshan was a big star. Saying that people will confuse by the name, Rajinikanth's guru Balachander suggested a name change and the rest is history.
Not just the stars, even the divas do such things and many happenings beauties and star heroines went for a change in their names. Now let us look at the list of the heroines who changed their names.
Anushka Shetty:
We cannot start the list without taking the name of tall beauty Anushka Shetty. She saw peaks of stardom in her career and her lady-oriented film Arundhati collected on par with star hero films. She took forward the concept of heroines doing lady-oriented films. Long back, we saw Vijaya Shanthi doing such films. Anushka's original name was Sweety. She choose the name when she was acting in her debut film Super, starring Akkineni Nagarjuna.
Nayanthara
The happening heroine needs no introduction. She rose to the level of lady superstar and she is one of the highest-paid actresses in the country. Her original name was Diana Mariam Kurian. She became Nayanthara later.
Samantha Ruth Prabhu
The stunning actress made a special space for her in the hearts of fans. Queen Bee has the pet name of Yashoda, but she is famous with the name Samantha. As a big co-incident, she is shooting for a film which goes with her pet name Yashoda.
Kiara Advani:
The ravishing beauty is one of the leading divas in the business. She is familiar with Telugu audiences as she appeared in two films. She will be seen next alongside Ram Charan n his upcoming film helmed by Shankar.
Krithi Shetty
Young beauty who shot to super fame with Uppena is also on the list. Her parents named her Advaitha. But her screen name became Krithi Shetty. She was last seen in Ram Pothineni's The Warriorr.
Other Bollywood actresses like Mallika Sherawat(Reema Lamba), Shilpa Shetty(Ashwini Shetty). Katrina Kaif( Katrina Turquotte) and Sunny Leone(Karenjit Kaur Vohra) also changed their names.
The surprising fact is that the yesteryear superstars like Sri Devi, Jayaprada, and Jayasudha also changed their names after they entered the film industry. Sri Devi was born Shree Amma Yanger Ayyappan, while Jayaprada and Jayasudha were born Lalita Rani and Sujatha Nidadavolu respectively.