New Delhi:
Shakespeare’s drama is the popular dialogue of Romeo and Juliet, which has a straightforward pattern in Hindi-‘What is kept in the name’. But the same name proved to be such beneficial for some stars that he made him a star by a name. The stars made such a change in the name that people were engulfed on the hearts of the people. The reel name became so popular that no one went to the real name. We are introducing you to such superstars of 60-70. This list includes Amitabh Bachchan to Sanjeev Kumar.
Dilip Kumar
Dilip Kumar was the top star of Hindi cinema world. Whether it is 60 era or today’s actors are convinced of their acting. The name of this big star of our industry was also not real, it was his film name. The original name was Muhammad Yusuf Khan. During one meeting, Devika Rani asked Kumar, ‘Do you want to act? And the answer came yes. Devika Rani advised to change the name of Yusuf Khan and he was named Dilip Kumar. This name also gave him a lot of popularity.
Manoj Kumar
Actor Manoj Kumar was a fan of him. Bollywood’s ‘Bharat Kumar’ is not an identity of any identity. Everyone knows that his real name was not Manoj. He himself accepted in an interview. Told that this name was inspired by Dilip Saheb’s ‘Shabnam’. Seeing this film, he changed his name from Harikrishna Giri Goswami to Manoj Kumar. Dilip Kumar’s screen name was Manoj in ‘Shabnam’.
Dev Anand
Talk of Evergreen star Dev Anand! Dev Anand, whose charm was from Bollywood to Hollywood. People were convinced of his different style. However, not many people know about the real name of this magnificent artist. The real name of the actor was ‘Dharmadev Pishorimal Anand’. He became popular in the industry in the name of Dev Anand. The housemates used to call him Chiru. As a hero Dev Anand’s first film was ‘Hum Ek Hain’ in the year 1946, which was a flop and failed to make a name. Dharmadev could not make his mark among the audience. After this, his film ‘Jiddi’ came in the year 1948, in which his name was Dev. The film was successful and he chose his reel name as real.
Sanjeev Kumar
Sanjeev Kumar was the most different story of these. Neither did anyone say to them, nor did they impress anyone, but if they felt themselves, they changed the name. His real name is Harihar Jethalal Jariwala. Born in the Gujarati family, the actor believed that his real name is not correct as an actor. In such a situation, he thought of changing the name and assuming the suggestion of director Kamal Amrohi, became Sanjeev Kumar from Harihar Jethalal Jariwala.
Amitabh Bachchan
Talk of the century superstar Big B. The story of his name change is also interesting. Amitabh’s real name is Inquilab Srivastava. His father and litterateur Harivansh Rai Bachchan changed his son’s name from Inquilab to Amitabh at the behest of Chhaywadi poet Sumitranandan Pant. This name was associated with the identity of our industry, a name whose echo is across the seven seas.