Today while reading Jhumpa Lahiri's book, The Namesake, I was really impressed by her take on pet names. She writes, "Pet names are a persistent remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people"
So I thought why not reveal to my readers what I know about the pet names of celebrities today. Lets start with one of our favorites, Salman Khan, whom the world calls Sallu,
But oh, the irony of it all. His ex-girlfriend Aishwarya Rai's pet name is Gullu! Well, this Sallu-Gullu affair is now over so lets not actually talk about it!
I loved Hrithik Roshans pet name, which is Duggu, coz his daddy is called Guddu. Wow, what a lovely combination!
Anyways, lets talk now about our Bong Bombshell Bipasha Basu, whose parents love calling her Bonny. Isnt that chweet??
And how can we forget our sweet Kapoor sisters. Kareena is called Bebo and Karishma is called Lolo. When you talk about Kareena Kapoor, Shahid has to follow. His family and friends call him Sasha, and his sweet lil bro calls him Sash bhai.
Aamir Khan is truly one of his kind, so his pet name is anything but common. His friends call him AK. Shahrukh Khan doesn't have a specific pet name but Juhi Chawla loves calling him Lucky Ali, because she believes hes a fluke! Ahhmmmm!
Did you know that Madhuri Dixit's pet name is Bubbly? I thought this name suited our bubbly Preity Zinta better, but anyways.
Amisha's pet name is Sunshine, because her parents and friends felt that she was like Sunshine for them. Poor things didn't know that this sunshine would set the sun of their life (don't take that seriously, folks. Im just kidding).
That Govinda is called Chi Chi everyone knows, but did you know that he hates this name? The Deol bros are known by their pet names, Sunny and Bobby, but theyre otherwise known as Ajay Singh Deol and Bobby Singh Deol.
Not many know that that Bobby's best friend, Akshay Kumars real name is Rajeev Bhatia, and he was called Raju among his friends. He adopted Akshay, aka Akki, as his screen name.
While everyone calls Sunil Shetty, Anna, Sanjay Dutt's name is Sanju. Abhishek Bachchans pet name has to be Abhi, as Dad Amitabh is called Amit.
But the funniest and most interesting name has to be Aftab Shivdasani's. Hes called Faff. Maybe he used to faff a lot as kid!! Jokes apart, these were just a few of your fave Bollywood stars pet nameshttp://www.connect10.com
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