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There are many such actors and actresses in Bollywood, who have got their nickname after coming into the film industry. Before coming to the world of film, his name was different from today’s name, but the directors of the film launched him on the film screen with a different name, after which the same name became the famous name of those actors. Here is list of those star’s name with their real name.
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| Actor’s Screen Name | Actor’s Real Name / Earlier Name |
| Amitabh Bachchan | Inqlab Bachchan |
| Rajnikant | Shivaji Rao Gaikwad |
| Dharmendra | Dharam Singh Deol |
| Sunny Deol | Ajay Singh Deol |
| Bobby Deol | Vijay Singh Deol |
| Jeetendra | Ravi Kapoor |
| Ajay Devgan | Vishal Veeru Devgan |
| Akshay Kumar | Rajiv Hariom Bhatia |
| Salman Khan | Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan |
| Nana Patekar | Vishwnath Patekar |
| Jackie Shroff | Jai Kishan Kakubhai Shroff |
| Tiger Shroff | Jai Hemant Shroff |
| Saif Ali Khan | Sazid Ali Khan |
| Danny Denzongpa | Tshering Phintso “Danny” Denzongpa |
| Shakti Kapoor | Sunil Sikanderlal Kapoor |
| Raj Kumar Rao | Raj Kumar Yadav |
| Vivek Oberoi | Vivekanand Oberoi |
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| Actress’s Screen Name | Acteress’s Real Name / Earlier Name |
| Rekha | Bhanurekha Gemini Ganesan |
| Reena Roy | Saira Ali |
| Kiara Advani | Alia Advani |
| Mahima Chaudhary | Ritu |
| Prity Zinta | Pritam Zinta Singh |
| Mallika Shehrawat | Rima Lamba |