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We love to see them on screen, we love their movies, even we love their acting. We are one of their biggest fans. But sometimes when we speak out their names, we never thought why it felt incomplete. Sometimes maybe we might have thought about their full names, but never bothered much. Well, do you know that there are many epic reasons that these stars or Celebrities dont use their surnames. Let us read about, some of them here.
Stars Who Don’t Use Their Surname
1Kajol
Yes, you are right. She is not known as only Kajol. Her actual name is Kajol Mukherjee, but she decided to drop her surname, from her name after the separation of her parents.
2Tamannaah
This lovely lady changed her name, according to some numerologicalreasons. It is slightly changed from Tamanna Bhatia to only Tamannaah.
3Rekha
This southern beauty has a very unique name. Bhanurekha Ganeshan, which is with time changed to only Rekha.
4Tabu
This Hyderabadi beauty’s real name is Tabassum Hashmi. But, when she joined Bollywood, she shortened it to Tabu, to make it more simple.
5Govinda
He used to abbreviate his real name, Govind Arun Ahuja, even before entering Bollywood. So that it can be sweet and simple.
6Asin
This Kerala beauty’s full name is, Asin Thottumkal. She dropped her surname after entering the film industry, so that everybody can remember and pronounce easily.
7Dharmendra
This legendary actor’s full name is, Dharam Singh Deol. When he entered Bollywood, he dropped his surname and name. But his daughters and sons kept their surname attached.
8Rajnikanth
This superstars real name is Shivaji Rao Gaikwad. But, after he entered the film industry, he dropped his name, and switched into Rajnikanth, and didn’t attach his surname.
9Jeetendra
His original name is Ravi Kapoor. He dropped his name and changed to Jeetendra after entering Bollywood. But his son and daughter kept their names.
10Shaan
Shaan’s actual name is Shantanu Mukherjee, he not only dropped his surname, but also shortened his name even before entering Bollywood.
11Helen
She is an Anglo-Burmese origin, and was born as Jairag Richardson. But, she decided to keep the name short, as just Helen, before entering into films.
12Irrfan
This versatile actor in Bollywood, dropped his surname name and added an extra ‘r’ to his name. He doesn’t use his official surname Khan, in his public identity. His real name is Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khan.
13Sridevi
This English-Vinglish star’s real name is Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan. But, she dropped her name as well as shortened it to Sridevi, before she entered the film industry.
