From Rajinikanth To Dhanush: We Bet You Weren’t Aware Of The Real Names Of These South Stars

1. Rajinikanth

The South’s superstar’s real name is Shivaji Rao Gaekwad. However, after he acted in the play Kurukshetra as Duryodhana, he changed his name and kept it, Rajinikanth.

2. Chiranjeevi

Chiranjeevi was born in Mogalthur. His original name is Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad. As stated in “the story pedia”, “During the early 70’s he had participated in the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi as an NCC cadet. Later in 1978, he made his acting debut with the film Punadhirallu. Prior to movies, he was also the Minister of State with independent charge for the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India.”

3. Prabhas

Prabhas was earlier known as Venkata Satyanarayana Prabhas Raju Uppalapati, however later he changed his name to ‘Prabhas’.

4. Mahesh Babu

Mahesh Babu was known as Mahesh Ghattamaneni earlier, but he later changed his stage name to Mahesh Babu.

5. Dhanush

Dhanush isn’t his real name. His real name was Venkatesh Prabhu. The actor has bagged 3 National Film Awards and 7 Filmfare Awards.