Nicknames

Lambooji. Amit. Big B.
Bebo. Lolo.
Dabboo. Chintoo. Chimpoo.
SRK. KJo.
Chichi. Sallu. Akki. Baba.
Guddu. Duggu.
VD. Chhote Nawab.
Bosky.
Kaka. Shotgun. Yusuf saab.
Joy. Boy. Toy. Oh damn! These are real names.
Bumba. Bunty.
Pancham. Sachin katta.
Rinku-di. Rina-di. Koko.
Bonnie. Piggy Chops. Tito. Gullu.
Dadamoni. Paaji.
Tiger (Updated to add). Manikda.

A really random post. Some forty nicknames of famous personalities from Indian cinema. How many can you identify? How many can you add?

Comments

Lavs said…
The ones i know are
Big B.
Bebo. Lolo.
Dabboo. Chintoo. Chimpoo.
SRK. KJo.
Chichi. Sallu. Akki. Baba.
Duggu.
Shotgun. Yusuf saab
Pancham
Piggy Chops
Dadamoni

18nos--not bad
March Hare said…
amitabh bachchan
kareena kapoor. karishma kapoor.
randhir kapoor. rishi kapoor. rajiv kapoor.
shahrukh khan. karan johar.
govinda. salmaan khan. akshay kumar. sanjay dutt.
rakesh roshan. hrithik roshan.
don't know. saif ali khan.
don't know.
don't know. shatrughan sinha. don't know.
prosenjit.
rd. sd.
sharmila tagore. aparna sen. konkona sen sharma.
don't know. priyanka chopra. don't know. don't know.
ashok kumar. dharmendra.
satyajit ray.


phew. that was a long list.
you will post the answers soon, right?
A lurker said…
Filling in what the commenter above missed -

Boksy = Meghana Gulzar
Kaka = Rajesh Khanna
Yusuf Saab = Dilip Kumar
Bunty = Kumar Gaurav
Gully = Aishwarya Rai


(Had to delurk for the first time after that one. Love reading your blog)
Anonymous said…
who on earth is VD? shakti kapoor? madhur bhandarkar?
Penguin said…
First time commenter. Couldn't resist this.

VD = Ajay Devgan?
Bonnie = Bipasha Basu
Aneela Z said…
yara, the early commentators get the worm and I dont get a chance to exhibit my film trivia...acha VD is Ajay Devgan aka Vishal Devgan.
Aneela Z said…
acha they missed sushmita sen : tito.
Anonymous said…
I can add some:

Anna -- Sunil Shetty
Tina -- Twinkle Khanna
Kads -- Kajol
Tish -- Tanisha
Sunny -- Ajay Singh Deol
Bobby -- Vijay Singh Deol

no I'm not making the last 2 up, their nicknames morphed into their screen-names gradulaay as nobody seemed to know them by their real names :)
sakthi said…
unrelated..

Happy Birthday!!

Exactly the same feeling.. he made me feel like a 10 year old...
Shampa said…
Goldie, Devsaab = vijay and dharam dev pishorimal anand

mumu = mumtaz

jubilee kumar = rajendra kumar
Sunshine said…
Jackie --> Jaykishan Shroff!
Sue said…
LOL@ at the real names!

I do know a Joy who's called Boy.