10 Television Actors Who Changed Their Names For Unusual Reasons

This might be a shock for many of you, but Karanvir's Wikipedia page suggests that his real name was Manoj Bohra. He belongs to a traditional Marwari family from Jodhpur. According to TOI, his Nana named him Manoj but the actor wanted to make the change and kept his name, Karn Vir.
Next one on the list is Ayushmann Khurrana.

According to an article, the actress changed the spelling of her name from Mahi Vij to Mahhi Vij because a numerologist suggested this to her. We all know her for her breakthrough role of protagonist Nakusha in the television show Laagi Tujhse Lagan on Colors TV.

Just like Mahhi, Ayushmann also changed the spelling of his name from Ayushman to Ayushmann. An article by India Times suggests that he did it in the hope of getting good luck. 

Famous actress Nia changed her name from Neha. As per the information provided by her Wikipedia page, she found her name really common so she changed it.

Gauhar aka Gauahar added an extra 'a' in her name before entering the Bigg Boss house. She hoped that it will change her fate and bring some good luck. We can see the magic that a letter did for her. 

Born as Twinkle Bajpai, Tia changed her name because director Vikram Bhatt suggested her to do so. It was reported by NDTV that, the director felt Twinkle was not an apt name for her personality and there was already a Twinkle (Twinkle Khanna) in Bollywood. 

Shagun from Yeh Hai Mohabbatein was born as Natassha Hassanandani, but she changed her name to Anita. According to TOI, the actress felt Anita was a common name, and it would help her gain popularity, so she changed her name. 

Tapasya from Uttaran aka Rashami's real name is Divya Desai. Her mother changed her name after consulting a professional numerologist.

Disha from Sasural Genda Phool aka Ridhima changed her name to Ridheema Tiwari. She reported TOI that it was done to save herself from an identity crisis. She also said that recently she changed the spelling of her name to Ridheema Tiwari because of numerology related reasons. 

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