Aishwarya to Nayanthara: Stars who share the same name

“What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet,” William Shakespeare was probably unaware of normal individuals and celebrities while he wrote these lines for his play Romeo and Juliet. A name says it all. From actors adopting a screen name to a few correcting their names as per numerology, we have seen movie stars go to great lengths to make their names stand out. Let’s take a look at a few actors who share the same name and at times caused confusion because of it.

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Popular actress Nayanthara changed her birth name Diana Mariam Kurian for her cinema career. Though you may think Nayanthara is a unique name and no other actor in the world have it, you are mistaken. An actress from Malayalam, Nayanthara Chakravarthy is making her Kollywood entry with 'Gentleman 2', and the name stirred up confusion during the announcement.

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There have been several people named Aishwarya in Tamil cinema. From veteran actress Aishwarya, to Aishwarya Rajesh, and Aishwarya Rajinikanth, the list goes on. Since Aishwarya Rajesh, and Aishwarya Rajinikanth use their surnames, it helps in avoiding confusion to a certain extent. However, there is still confusion, when they are mentioned only as Aishwarya in film announcements, and fans have to wait for some time to confirm which Aishwarya it is.

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Veteran actress Padmini was famous for her Bharatanatyam dance, and she was fondly called 'Natiya Perazhagi'. While the younger actress with the same name Padmini was later called Kutty Padmini as she started her cinema journey as a child artist.

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Malavika and Malavika Mohanan are part of the Tamil cinema. As both of them are extremely popular through their performances, we cannot really blame the audience if they mistake one for another!

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Two Ravi's are more popular in Tamil cinema, one is Nizhalgal Ravi and the other is Jayam Ravi. But actors, who started their career with the biggest hits, added the name of their debut movies as a prefix to avoid confusion. Now we can’t really say “What's in a name?”, can we!

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