Today while reading Jhumpa Lahiri’s book, The Namesake, I was really impressed by her take on pet names. She writes, “Pet names are a persistent remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people”

So I thought why not reveal to my readers what I know about the pet names of celebrities today. Lets start with one of our favorites, Salman Khan, whom the world calls Sallu,

But oh, the irony of it all. His ex€œgirlfriend Aishwarya Rai’s pet name is Gullu! Well, this Sallu€œGullu affair is now over so lets not actually talk about it!

I loved Hrithik Roshans pet name, which is Duggu, coz his daddy is called Guddu. Wow, what a lovely combination!

Anyways, lets talk now about our Bong Bombshell Bipasha Basu, whose parents love calling her Bonny. Isnt that chweet??

And how can we forget our sweet Kapoor sisters. Kareena is called Bebo and Karishma is called Lolo. When you talk about Kareena Kapoor, boyfriend Shahid has to follow. His family and friends call him Sasha, and his sweet lil bro calls him Sash bhai.

Aamir Khan is truly one of his kind, so his pet name is anything but common. His friends call him AK. Shahrukh Khan doesn’t have a specific pet name but Juhi Chawla loves calling him Lucky Ali, because she believes hes a fluke! Ahhmmmm!

Did you know that Madhuri Dixit’s pet name is Bubbly? I thought this name suited our bubbly Preity Zinta better, but anyways.

Amisha’s pet name is Sunshine, because her parents and friends felt that she was like Sunshine for them. Poor things didn’t know that this sunshine would set the sun of their life (don’t take that seriously, folks. Im just kidding).

That Govinda is called Chi Chi everyone knows, but did you know that he hates this name? The Deol bros are known by their pet names, Sunny and Bobby, but theyre otherwise known as Ajay Singh Deol and Bobby Singh Deol.

Not many know that that Bobby’s best friend, Akshay Kumars real name is Rajeev Bhatia, and he was called Raju among his friends. He adopted Akshay, aka Akki, as his screen name.

While everyone calls Sunil Shetty, Anna, Sanjay Dutt’s name is Sanju. Abhishek Bachchans pet name has to be Abhi, as Dad Amitabh is called Amit.

But the funniest and most interesting name has to be Aftab Shivdasani’s. Hes called Faff. Maybe he used to faff a lot as kid!! Jokes apart, these were just a few of your fave Bolywood stars pet names, and we will keep you posted on others too!

A lil birdie just told me that after watching the most entertaining film of the year, Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Shahrukh Khan called up Director Raj Kumar Hirani at two a.m. and told him that he was very keen on working with him.

Raj Kumar Hirani has also received such frantic calls from Rishi Kapoor, who wants his son to be part of Raju’s film. But the strangest and most amusing one is the call from SRK.

Hirani must definitely be on cloud nine after receiving call from King Khan himself! Did you know that, when he did the first part of this series, he wanted Shahrukh for the lead role, but SRK refused due to his back surgery?

Shahrukh Khan is also going to do a little cameo in Ravi Chopra’s next film titled Bhootnath. The reason this cameo is going to be very special is because he is going to play husband to his best friend Juhi Chawla!

Yes, theyll both be back again to create the magic of Yes Boss, Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman and their other films. But the lead in this film is going to be played by Ravi Chopra’s favourite, Big B.

While were talking about the Big B, Amitabh Bachchan, I hear that hes still on a signing spree. Just this morning I got the news his security has been reduced from Y to X. This Sexy Sam of Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna seems pretty cool about it.

But then he enjoyed this level of security for a very long time and hes is very happy now that all his films are being remade. In his view, ”A remake is a compliment to the original.”

We agree with you Mr. Bachchan. As they say, the Boss is always right, and we accept your verdict!

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