Originally posted by: Rekha_ji
 
Fatima Rashid (Nargis)
Mahjabeen Bano (Meena Kumari)
Mumtaz Jehan Dehlavi (Madhubala)
Mohammed Yusuf Khan (Dilip Kumar)
Nawab Bano (Nimmi)
Those days, partition had just happened, so it was considered wise to de-Islamicize names in order to have a wider appeal.
Pre-partition, the likes of Noor Jahan and Suraiya (with very Muslim sounding names) were the biggest stars, they then transitioned over to Pakistani cinema after 1947.
Waheeda Rehman was told to change her name too but she refused, you can see her retelling the tale somewhere in this interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxc0oem83ak
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