Bollywood is a strange place. Some become famous for their skills and some for controversies, some for their unique movies, and some for their real life stories. There is another unique trend in Bollywood. You might be a fan of some of these actors but there is a light chance that you do not know much about them. From North to South, a lot of actors follow this trend. Just like writers keep their pen names, actors keep their industry name. Be it because of showbiz or for numerology, no matter what the reason is we have a ton of actors with their Bollywood names. Let’s have a look at some of them and you surely might be surpirsed.

Check out the hot list of Bollywood actors and their real names.

Rekha– Bhanurekha Ganesan

Jeetendra– Ravi Kapoor

Rajnikanth– Shivaji Rao Gaikwad

Mithun Chakraborty– Gourango Chakraborty

Johny Lever– John Prakasa Rao Janumala

Anushka Shetty– Sweety Shetty

Mallika Sherawat– Reena Lamba

Sanjeev Kumar– Harihar Jethalal Jariwala

Dev Anand– Dharam Devdutt Pishorimal Anand

Dharmendra– Dharam Singh Deol

Mahima Chaudhary– Ritu Chaudhary

Rajesh Khanna– Jatin Khanna

Ajay Devgn– Vishal Veeru Devgn

Amitabh Bachchan– Inquilaab

Katrina Kaif– Katrina Turquotte

John Abraham– Farhan Abraham

Anita Hassanandani Reddy– Natassha Hassandani

Silk Smitha– Vijaylakshmi Vadlapati

Shilpa Shetty– Ashwini Shetty

Ashwini Shetty– Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia

Saif Ali Khan– Sajid Ali Khan

Jiah Khan– Nafisa Khan

Salman Khan– Abdul Rashid Salim Khan

Sunny Leone– Karenjit Kaur Vohra

Preity Zinta– Preetam Zinta Singh

Ashok Kumar– Kumudlal Kanjilal Ganguly

Mithun Chakraborty– Gouranga Chakraborty

Gaurav Chanana– Rhehan Malliek

Sunny Deol– Ajay Singh Deol

These were some of the actors with their Bollywood names. We can see why some of them have changed their names such as Preetam Zinta or Gouranga. While some of them have changed it to make it even more cooler and industry-worthy name. Which actor had the coolest name? And which one amused you the most?