Jul 17, 2023, 06:38 PM IST

10 funny nicknames of Bollywood celebrities 

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Alia Bhatt is popularly known as 'Aloo' as during her early days she used to be very chubby. 

Priyanka Chopra Jonas is famously referred to as PC or Mithu as she was a chatterbox but later she insisted everyone to call her 'Mimi.'

Govinda is the youngest of all his siblings, so he was given the pet name "Chi Chi," meaning "little finger" in Punjabi by her mother. 

Kareena is famously known as 'Bebo' because of her role in a movie and also her family wanted to give her a name that matched her sister's nickname 'Lolo.'

'Deepu' is the nickname of Deepika Padukone. Netizens have seen comedian Kapil Sharma calling her Deepu on the show several times. 

Varun Dhawan, the famous Bollywood actor who is set to release Bawal is popularly called 'Pappu.' His father David Dhawan gave him this nickname. 

Anushka Sharma was lovingly given the name "Nusheshwar" by her family, which her husband Virat Kohli later changed to "Nushki."

Hrithik Roshan is also called  'Duggu', the name given by his grandmother. The name is a play on his father Rakesh Roshan’s nickname, ‘Guddu.’ 

Shahid Kapoor's nickname is "Sasha," but his wife Mira calls him "Shadoo" and "Tommy," his role in the movie Udta Punjab. 

Arjun Kapoor's family and friends call him 'Fubbu' as there used to be a brand of clothing in America and they used to have clothes in big sizes.