Actress Kiara reveals the reason of changing her name

MUMBAI: Kiara Advani is not her real name. Her real name was Aaliya. But Salman Khan asked her to change her first name, having two actresses with a similar name, i. e Alia Bhatt. She revealed the reason to change the name in an episode of ‘Feet Up with Stars Season 2’.

Since starting her career in 2014 with the film Fugly, she has appeared in films like M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, Machine, Lust Stories, Kalank and Telugu films like Bharat Ane Nenu and Vinaya Vidheya Rama, among others. (Agencies)