Bollywood’s all-time favorite Kareena Kapoor is always making headlines for her fashion statements and bold approach.
However, did you know that ‘Kareena’ is not the actress’s original name? Let’s know more below.
Kareena Kapoor was initially named Siddhima by her grandfather Raj Kapoor in order to rhyme with cousin Riddhima who was born six days before the actress.
Kareena was born on September 21, 1980, during the Ganpati festival, and Rishi Kapoor’s daughter, Riddhima was born on September 15 in the same year. It was earlier believed that Raj Kapoor named her granddaughters Riddhima and Siddhima inspired by the names of Riddhi and Siddhi, who are the two wives of Lord Ganpati.
However, later Babita chose to change her daughter’s name from Siddhima to Kareena. Babita was reading Leo Tolstoy’s book Anna Karenina while she was pregnant with Kareena and went on to name her after the title of the book, with a slight change in the pronunciation and spelling.
Kareena is also famous by the nickname ‘Bebo’ which she apparently got from her father to rhyme with her elder sister Karisma Kapoor’s nickname Lolo. While talking about this on a chat show, Kareena says, “My father and mother wanted some funny names for both of us, so it’s Lolo and Bebo and there’s no real meaning. It kind of rhymes. Lolo means loli, in Sindhi they say meethi loli (Sindhi sweet roti), so hers came from there, mine just happened,”
Here’s a question we all have wondered…why is Kareena’s nickname Bebo? pic.twitter.com/NaRZpYElvC
— Kareena Kapoor Khan (@KareenaK_FC) October 4, 2016
Kareena Kapoor definitely has some interesting stories behind her names, doesn’t she?