Vijay to Prabhas to Chiranjeevi to Suriya to Yash: 11 top South Indian actors and their real names

Many actors change their names completely only to enter the world of cinema, whereas some shorten their full names. Find out the actual name of your favourite actor.
 

Prabhas: Our Baahubali real name is Uppalapati Venkata Satyanarayana Prabhas Raju. He made his debut in 2002 with the film Eshwar. Now he is a pan-India actor with many big-budget films in his kitty.

Yash: KGF hero is called Naveen Kumar Gowda. He was born in Bhuvanahalli, a village near Hassan, Karnataka.

Vijay: His real name is Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar. He is one of the famous actors in Kollywood. Tamil superstar Thalapathy Vijay's popularity has grown many folds after his back to back hits films like Master, Sarkar, Mersal, Theri, Bigil etc.
 

Rajinikanth: Indian superstar's real name is Shivaji Rao Gaekwad. He previously worked as a bus conductor in Bangalore. His name named Shivaji Rao Gaekwad was after Chhatrapati Shivaji, a Maratha warrior King.
 

Dhanush: Tamil star real name is Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja. Dhanush has won 3 National Film Awards and 7 Filmfare Awards. His famous song "Why this Kolaveri Di" became the first Indian music video to cross 100 million views. Dhanush is also the son-in-law of Rajinikanth. He married his elder daughter, Aishwarya. 
 

Mammootty: Malayalam megastar Mammootty recently completed 50 years in the film industry. His original name is Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail. 

ప్రపంచం మొత్తంలో సిద్ద వైద్యంలో నిపుణురాలిగా ఉన్నది డాక్టర్ సత్య సింధూజ మాత్రమే. డాక్టర్ సత్య సింధూజ సూచనలు పాటిస్తే మనం అనేక వ్యాధుల నుంచి దూరం అవ్వచ్చు.. అద్భుతాలు చూడవచ్చు. ఇలాంటి ప్రాచీనమైన, సాంప్రదాయ వైద్య విధానాన్ని ప్రారంభించినందుకు చాలా సంతోషంగా ఉంది. 

Suriya: The actor recently won the best actor award for his film Tamil film Soorarai Pottru by The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM). His real name is Saravanan Sivakumar. Suriya is known for his films like Ghajini, Singam, Singam II, Nandha, Pithamagan etc.
 

Kamal Hassan: The actor was born Parthasarathy Srinivasan. He is one of the famous faces of the south cinema industry. He began his career as a child artist in a Tamil movie Kalathur Kannamma.
 

Pawan Kalyan: The actor is the younger brother of Chiranjeevi. His real name is Konidela Kalyan Babu. He is referred as Power Star by his fans. He is also the president, founder of the Jana Sena Party, a political party in India.
 

Chiranjeevi: His real name is Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad. He is from Mogalthur, a village near Narsapur, West Godavari.