It is not a secret that Kiara Advani\u2019s birth name was Alia. Now, in a recent interview to Filmfare, the actor has revealed the reason behind changing it and what inspired the new name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy name has been Kiara since my debut in 2014. I didn\u2019t want to confuse the audience with Alia Bhatt, an established superstar. It just felt like the right thing to do to have your own identity. Why have two Alias? The name, Kiara, was inspired from Priyanka Chopra\u2019s movie Anjana Anjani, where she introduces herself as, \u2018Hi, I\u2019m Kiara.\u2019 I thought, \u2018What a beautiful name. If I have a daughter, I\u2019ll call her Kiara\u2019. But before that I needed a name for myself. So, I took it on,\u201d she said in the interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier on an episode of Voot\u2019s Feet Up with the Stars Season 2, Kiara said it was Salman Khan who advised her to change her name. \u201cAlia is my first name. Salman Khan suggested me to change it because of Alia Bhatt because there can\u2019t be two actresses with the same name in Bollywood,\u201d Kiara said. \u201cHe suggested the change, but Kiara is the name that I chose. Now even my parents have started to call me Kiara,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kiara and Alia recently starred together in Kalank. The film was a flop at the box office. But Kiara has a lot to celebrate. Her latest film Kabir Singh is now the most successful Hindi film of the year, with the box office collection of Rs 270 crore in one month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a lengthy Instagram post, Kiara thanked the team and the audience for believing in Kabir and Preeti\u2019s love story. \u201cA year ago I stepped into the shoes of Preeti, shy, demure, and basically the complete opposite of me. But I also saw her strength, conviction, her love and her passion and couldn\u2019t help but feel for the love story that you all rooted for with me,\u201d she wrote alongside a poster of the movie.The actor feels lucky to have got the opportunity to work with Shahid, who she said was her confidant and friend on the sets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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