A tall and lanky boy from Allahabad,Amitabh Srivastav decided to try his luck in the city of dreams, Mumbai as an actor. After several tries, he got a film, Saat Hindustani and gave it his best shot. But the movie failed miserably. The next string of movies he appeared in bombed at the box office, but he didn’t lose hope. He was determined to make it work and soon he did. He took on the surname Bachchan and Amitabh never looked back thereafterYusuf Khan shot to fame only after he changed his name to Dilip Kumar and delivered movies like Devdaas, Naya Daur and Mughal-e-Azam, that have re-defined Indian cinema. Haribhai Jarivala rechristened Sanjeev Kumar and became famous for his phenomenal acting in Khilona, Trishul and Angur. Devdutt Pishorimal Anand nee Dev Anand couldn’t have become a romantic icon with a Godly name like Devdutt? Hamid Ali Khan changed his name to become the famous villain Ajit. Our own Jitendra was actually Ravi Kapoor before donning the white shoes of filmdom. 
Johnny Lever’s real name is Badruddin Qazi. While working at Hindustan Lever, he participated in a function where his stand-up and mimicry became an instant hit and the union leader there, christened him ‘Johnny Lever’.Ashok Kumar was actually Kumud Ganguly. The diva of yesteryearsMadhubala was Mumtaz Begum. Shammi Kapoor, the naughty romantic star was born Shamsher Kapoor.
Johnny Lever’s real name is Badruddin Qazi. While working at Hindustan Lever, he participated in a function where his stand-up and mimicry became an instant hit and the union leader there, christened him ‘Johnny Lever’.Ashok Kumar was actually Kumud Ganguly. The diva of yesteryearsMadhubala was Mumtaz Begum. Shammi Kapoor, the naughty romantic star was born Shamsher Kapoor.There happen to be a number of reasons behind a name change. Most of the stars happen to change their name just because their real names are not-so-cool or catchy. Others go by numerology and phonetics. Many change their names just for the heck of it.
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