Amitabh Bachchan: Bollywood is famous not only for its actors and actresses and their contribution to Indian cinema but also for its name game. Many stars have changed their names or their fans have given them nicknames that made them lucky. Similarly, Amitabh Bachchan, a famous actor in the history of Indian cinema, changed his surname from Srivastava to Bachchan. The actor had once revealed the secret story behind the surname change. Amitabh Bachchan is popular not only for his contribution to Indian cinema but also for reality shows like Kaun Banega Crorepati. He changed his surname much before he entered the movies. How and why did all this happen? Big B had once revealed the story behind the surname change on his own show Kaun Banega Crorepati and much before that he had also shared this story in an interview. The actor claimed that the secret of his surname change was a gift from his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan, who was a famous poet.
The Bachchan surname was a creation of his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan. He said, “You will never know what our caste is because of our surname and Babuji did it intentionally.” He then explained that his father belongs to a Kayastha family from Uttar Pradesh and married his mother who was from a Sikh family. During his school admission, the actor mentioned that he wrote Bachchan instead of writing Srivastava. He adopted his pseudonym as a surname for the first time. Along with this, Big B then said that his father did not believe in the caste system and so he decided to change his surname. The actor also said that he is very lucky that he is the first member to be born in this family and carry forward the surname Bachchan. According to reports, Amitabh Bachchan not only changed his surname but also changed his real name. According to what was revealed, his name was Inquilab; but later on, taking the advice of poet Sumitranandan Pant, Harivansh Rai Bachchan changed his name from Inquilab to Amitabh.
