The star and glamorous B-town diva Kiara Advani is making it into the headlines every now and then associated with her dreamy wedding with bae Sidharth Malhotra.
You are well aware of her cinematic journey and life by far but do you know the interesting case behind her renaming?
Kiara Advani was actually born as ALIA, however, on the advice of Bollywood’s Sultan, his name was changed to Kiara.
The main reason behind her being renamed to Alia came against the backdrop of Alia Bhatt who already made her debut before her with Karan Johar’s directorial ‘Student of the Year’.
And it was for this reason that the presence of Alia Bhatt in the industry already prompted Salman to advise Kiara to rename.
However, many of you won’t know that her name’s connection is associated with the iconic Bollywood diva the global fame Priyanka Chopra.
The inspiration behind her on-screen name ‘Kiara’ is linked to PC’s 2010 hit movie ‘Anjana Anjani’.
Kiara was born as Alia to her father Jagdeep Advani who is a Sindhi while her mother Genevieve Jaffrey Advani is a Muslim.
Kiara also has a Bollywood connection, Kiara’s mother’s stepmother Bharti Ganguly is the daughter of legendary actor Shri Ashok Kumar, while her maternal grandfather is the brother of Syyed Jaffrey.