April 22, 2009

Question to Vir Sanghvi

Reference: The same people? Surely not

Please answer the following questions:

1. Tamil actor ilayathalapathi Vijay’s actual name is Joseph Vijay. Why did he leave out Joseph and just have Vijay?

2. Another actor Vikram’s actual name is John Kennedy. His close friends call him Kenny. He chose to call himself Vikram, which unlike in the previous example, is not even a part of his original name. Why so?

3. There’s another actor in Tamil Nadu whose popular name is Shaam (sounds more like Shyam), but his actual name is Shamshuddin. Did he break his name only because it would be easier to call him?

4. Why did Tabu not choose to keep her actual name Tabassum Hashmi?

I don’t think you can make conclusions so soon with few data points.

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  1. It probably still is a safe route to take.

    Comment by Raaga — April 23, 2009 @ 11:56:44 AM

  2. Nadiya, Abhas, Meera Jasmine, Asin, ….Of course not that many names, but the Khans…:)
    We are on the way to better days :)

    Comment by Here it is!!!! — April 25, 2009 @ 5:35:31 AM

  3. Nadiya, Abhas, Meera Jasmine, Asin, ….Of course not that many names, but the Khans…:)
    We are on the way to better days :)

    Comment by Here it is!!!! — April 25, 2009 @ 5:38:32 AM

  4. While widely applicable or not, his point is still valid. He purports that non-Hindus can do well in India - and he’s right; that is a fundamental difference between our neighbour and ourselves.

    Comment by Rohan DSa — May 28, 2009 @ 12:52:40 AM

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