Stars changed names: Amitabh, Shah Rukh, Salman, Hrithik... Mostly act - Page 5

Originally posted by: BornWithASmirk

Inquilab😆 hmm thanks to this thread I was checking ABsr's twitter this came to my mind😆

Originally posted by: Live2eat

Jodi no. 1👏

Originally posted by: IAmLuvBolly

Amitabh was never officially named Inqilab. I think it was one of those things where his father was thinking about it but he went with Amitabh.

It looks like Salman Khan just went by his middle name. Not that unusual.

Back in the olden days of 40s, 50s and 60s it wasn't unusual for actors to change their more ethnic names to more generic names. This was practiced in Hollywood as well. Tony Curtis, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Audrey Hepburn are just a few examples of actors who changed their names.

Originally posted by: -MariaMars-

SRK's name was Abdul Rehman not Rashid.. He had told this on Anupam Kher's show.

His fans have given him several names starting from Baadshah Khan to Baadshah of Bollywood and SRK to King Khan, but not even these fans knew that the actor's naani, who also raised him in Bangalore, had named him Abdul Rehman. It was later that his mother named him Shahrukh, which essentially means face like that of a prince. Shahrukh jokingly said, "Thank god my mother changed my name, or else it would look so odd -Abdul Rehman in and as Baazigar'"

Originally posted by: Salyanka

salman srk even share the same name😆

Originally posted by: MrsSalmanKhan

So right from the begining, Shahrukh was named after his Baap a.k.a Salman.

Originally posted by: .chandni.

yes 😛