Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor, Varun Dhawan: Here's how celebs got their nick names

Growing up most of us have been been given hilarious, endearing and quirky nick names as a gesture of love and affection. Similarly, our favourite B'Town celebs have also been given amusing and cute nicknames, growing up, and the fun fact is most of these names have become public. Let's take a look at these celebs on how they got their nicknames.

While Priyanka is lovingly called 'PeeCee' and 'Piggy Chops' by her fans worldwide, her father called her ‘Mithu’. Since she found it tough pronouncing her nickname as a child, she changed it to ‘Mimi’ instead. Since them, she's called Mimi by her family members. She even has the name engraved at her restaurant in New York.

Sonam's daddy dearest Anil Kapoor reportedly called her ‘Giraffe’ due to her long neck. Earlier during an interview the actress shared, "My father used to call me giraffe because I had a really long neck. Now, my family and friends call me Senior as in Senior Kapoor."

While Arjun Kapoor is pretty active giving fresh new nicknames to his co-stars and friends from the industry, the actor himself as a quirky nickname. Arjun revealed that his friends and family lovingly called him ‘Fubu’. During a talk show Arjun shared that his friends still call him by that name. Arjun also shared, "Priyanka Chopra calls me Fubu on set and I keep reminding her that you cannot call me that, at least not on the sets. It is very strange".

Reportedly, Hritik Roshan’s grandmother gave him a pet name - ‘Duggu’ as the family wanted his nickname to be similar to his father’s, 'Guddu'. Apparently when the media learnt about his pet name, they started using it to address the actor. Apparently, Hrithik, depsite being embarrassed by the same, didn't bother suggesting that the media refers to him by his real name. In an attempt to change the perception, Hrithik claimed that his fans prefer calling him as HRO.

Back in her childhood days, Anushka Sharma was nick-named ‘Nushkeshwar’. Growing up the pet name has been shortened to ‘Nushkie’, or a nickname what we hear Virat Kohli lovingly calls her by.

Reportedly, mommy Neetu Kapoor had come up with a nickname for her son Ranbir -- ‘Raymond’ Ask about the reason, since she feels he’s a complete man. Isn't that interesting?

Did you know Aishwarya was lovingly called ‘Gullu’ during her childhood, by her parents ? Well today, the world refers to her as ‘Aish’.

Growing up as a chubby child, Alia was fondly called ‘Aloo’ by her near and dear ones. However, even today the actor is still referred to as Aloo by her fans, family and well wishers. Isn't it cute?

During the lockdown, in one of the videos that he shared, Kartik revealed that he is referred to as ‘Koki’ at home. The word apparently means parantha in the Sindhi language. Our 'Punchnama' baby also added that he’s often called ‘centre shock’ because of his hairstyle.