Why did muslim actors adopted Hindu name?

[AmthaLal]

This thing always wonders me.
In the past, especially black and white era.
Why did muslim actors adopted Hindu names?

Dilipkumar
Madhubala
Ajit
Meenakumari
Jayant (Amjadkhan's father)


Were they ashamed to be muslims or they feared backlash from their brethren?

[krantikari]

Originally Posted by AmthaLal

This thing always wonders me.
In the past, especially black and white era.
Why did muslim actors adopted Hindu names?

Dilipkumar
Madhubala
Ajit
Meenakumari
Jayant (Amjadkhan's father)


Were they ashamed to be muslims or they feared backlash from their brethren?

No too late I hope... Dilipkumar is still alive I think.. You can still ask him.

[2gud]

Originally Posted by AmthaLal

This thing always wonders me.
In the past, especially black and white era.
Why did muslim actors adopted Hindu names?

Dilipkumar
Madhubala
Ajit
Meenakumari
Jayant (Amjadkhan's father)


Were they ashamed to be muslims or they feared backlash from their brethren?

And why do we have actors with muslim names now?

Secularism, was not as farce as it is now back then! There is a deeper meaning to my sentence, hope you could see it!

[dhurandhar]

Originally Posted by AmthaLal

This thing always wonders me.
In the past, especially black and white era.
Why did muslim actors adopted Hindu names?

Dilipkumar
Madhubala
Ajit
Meenakumari
Jayant (Amjadkhan's father)


Were they ashamed to be muslims or they feared backlash from their brethren?

Yusuf Khan was given a break in film industry by Devika Rani (yes, the same one who married the russian painter, Svyatoslav Roerich).

It was Devika Rani who gave her a filmi Hindu name

[AmthaLal]

Originally Posted by dhurandhar

Yusuf Khan was given a break in film industry by Devika Rani (yes, the same one who married the russian painter, Svyatoslav Roerich).

It was Devika Rani who gave her a filmi Hindu name

Who care who gave him hindu name?

kweschan is WHY hindu name?

And what about others.

[HarHarMahaDev]

Kya bakwaas thread hai ye!!

[lawgirl707]

waise, i think it was because majority of the filmmakers were hindu? possibly? and they thought that muslim actors with muslim names may not get as much work / recognition?

Originally Posted by HarHarMahaDev

Kya bakwaas thread hai ye!!

...aur maine socha ab tak toh teri gand phat gayi hogi... kyon? silwa di kya? is liye phir se bolna shuru.. waise mere pedicure ka kya hua? theek se baith nahin paa rahe ho toh agle hafte aa jana.

[chitrala]

Originally Posted by AmthaLal

Who care who gave him hindu name?

kweschan is WHY hindu name?

Remember it was a turbulent time..... seeds of relegious hatred were already sown... and Hindu Mahasabha/Muslim league and their ilk were encashing this hatred like never before...

Majority of cine-audience was Hindu or quasi-hindu... so for greater acceptance muslim actors changed their names (normally the protagonists of the movies happened to be a hindu..so it might be a reason as well). And the film-industry mostly comprised of Parsis and Muslims (and Bengalis)....
since Parsis were relatively safe from being targetted...they stuck to their original names.

I've heard that Dilip Kumar was offered several names since Yusuf didn't sound that good... one or two of them were muslim names but he chose Dilip.

you can see most of them didnt carry a surname either...most probably to gain acceptance across the castes.

[2gud]

Originally Posted by lawgirl707

...aur maine socha ab tak toh teri gand phat gayi hogi... kyon? silwa di kya? is liye phir se bolna shuru.. waise mere pedicure ka kya hua? theek se baith nahin paa rahe ho toh agle hafte aa jana.

wah kya gazab baat hai, firebrand woman, apni lawgirl!

rest of folks, before you say that gaali galoch sirf males ko shobha deti hain, I would say stuff that funda in your gand females should not be left in lurch when males go using the choicest of expletives... moreover the ones that lawgirl choose here are friendly type, like they say "friendly firing"

[HarHarMahaDev]

Originally Posted by lawgirl707

...aur maine socha ab tak toh teri gand phat gayi hogi... kyon? silwa di kya? is liye phir se bolna shuru.. waise mere pedicure ka kya hua? theek se baith nahin paa rahe ho toh agle hafte aa jana.

Are u talking about this post? http://www.echarcha.com/forum/showpo...6&postcount=15

I don't have the time to respond to every meaningless comment...I am way too busy, you know!

Pick a number and get in line!

[ShivSainik]

Originally Posted by lawgirl707

...aur maine socha ab tak toh teri gand phat gayi hogi... kyon? silwa di kya? is liye phir se bolna shuru.. waise mere pedicure ka kya hua? theek se baith nahin paa rahe ho toh agle hafte aa jana.

Fkkkk man You seem to have large dictionary(compared to other women) and using it in right context

[Indorie]

Originally Posted by lawgirl707

...aur maine socha ab tak toh teri gand phat gayi hogi... kyon? silwa di kya?

I am shocked.

[AmthaLal]

Originally Posted by lawgirl707

...aur maine socha ab tak toh teri gand phat gayi hogi... kyon? silwa di kya? is liye phir se bolna shuru.. waise mere pedicure ka kya hua? theek se baith nahin paa rahe ho toh agle hafte aa jana.

You go Girl!!

Isse kahte hai kandhe se kandha milaa ke chalnaa.

[chitrala]

Kya Amtha pai,

Apni hi thread derail kar rahe ho aur taaliyaan bhi peet rahe ho

It is just me or everyone thinks that cusswords sounds more obscene on a girl's lips.( no offence LG jee.. you just made me think so..)

[AmthaLal]

Originally Posted by chitrala

Kya Amtha pai,

Apni hi thread derail kar rahe ho aur taaliyaan bhi peet rahe ho

It is just me or everyone thinks that cusswords sounds more obscene on a girl's lips.( no offence LG jee.. you just made me think so..)

Yeah,
When a desi girl cuss its obscene, And white/black chic cuss....its not obscene?

Why can't we desis digest that what a man can do a woman can not do ?(except scratching balls, befor smelly replies this )

I am not saying I favor desi girls can go ahead and start cussing left and right like guys, but ...C'mon...whats so obscene when a woman cuss. Its is equally obscene wether a man swears or a woman swears.