Before entering the glamorous B-town, many actors and actresses picked screen names for themselves, a name that was as cool as their personality and looks. They shunned their original names in order to pursue a career in the glamour world. Enlisted below are Bollywood celebrities whose real names will completely surprise you:

1) Salman Khan's real name is Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan, which he shunned for the sake of a career in Bollywood.
2) Preity Zinta was named Preetam Singh Zinta by her parents.
3) Hrithik Roshan's real name is Hrithik Nagrath. Roshan is the name of his grandfather, which was adopted later by members of the family.
4) Legendary South Indian actor Rajnikanth was born as Shivaji Rao Gaekwad. Director K. Balachander gave him the name Rajnikanth which proved lucky for him.
5) Govinda's actual name is Govind Arun Ahuja.
6) Bollywood diva Rekha was named Bhanurekha Ganesan at her birth.
7) Reema Lamba is the real name of Mallika Sherawat. To start a new life and forget her past, she changed her name.
8) Katrina Kaif's real name is Kate Turquotte. She changed her name to enter B-town. She changed her surname as Turquotte might be difficult for her fans to remember or even pronounce.
9) Jiah Khan's actual name is Nafisa Khan. She simply changed her name because she thought that Jiah is a much sexier name than Nafisa.
10) Sunny Leone changed her name from Karenjit Kaur Vohra to Sunny Leone in order to enter the porn industry.
11) John Abraham was named Farhan Abraham, but then he changed his name which proved lucky for hm.
12) Amitabh Bachchan was named Inquilab Srivastava by his father, but on Sumitra Nandan Pant's suggestion, he changed his name to Amitabh.
13) Akshay Kumar changed his name from Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia to Akshay in order to change his career and fate.
14) Saif Ali Khan's real name is Sajid Ali Khan.
15) Dilip Kumar's real name is Muhammad Yusuf Khan, which he changed after entering the film industry.

There are few more actors who changed their real names, like Bobby Deol's real name is Vijay Singh Deol, Ajay Devgan's real name is Vishal Devgan, Sunny Deol's original name is Ajay Singh Deol, Ranveer Singh's real name is Ranveer Bhavani, Shahid Kapoor's birth name is Shahid Khattar, Jackie Shroff's real name is Jaikishan Kaku Bhai, Mithun Chakraborty is originally known as Gouranga Chakraborty.
It seems like changing one's name has become a trend in B-town and necessary for pursuing career and fame here.