From Deepika Padukone to Anushka Sharma, these actresses did not add their husband's surname to their names after marriage

Recently, Priyanka Chopra was in the news for removing her husband Nick Jonas' surname from her name. Recently, she has been furious for calling herself Nick Jonas's wife in an article. Priyanka did not like the fact that her identity was written only as Nick's wife, while she herself is such a big star and has made a place on her own.

By the way, there are other actresses in Bollywood who do not add their husband's surname in front of their name, nor does their identity depend on their husband. They are a big personality on their own. Let's take a look at few actresses who set this trend in Bollywood...

Deepika married Ranveer Singh on November 14, 2018. Everyone thought that she would add Ranveer's surname in front of her name but it did not happen. Giving a funny answer to this, Deepika said, I would like Ranveer to change his name to Ranveer Singh Padukone. It was clear from her point that she would not change her surname.

Anushka also wants to be known not as Virat Kohli's wife but only by her name. The two got married on December 11, 2017 in Tuscany, Italy, but Anushka did not change her name nor added Virat Kohli's surname to it.

Twinkle married Akshay Kumar in 1991 but even after marriage, she is known as Twinkle Khanna because she did not add Akshay Kumar's surname to her name. During a social media chat, a user had asked Twinkle, Twinkle Khanna, why do you think you are Kumar? To this, Twinkle gave a befitting reply and wrote, Many people ask me questions about this but not like this gentleman - I am twinkle Khanna not kumar , Why should i add my husband's surname ?

Vidya married film producer Siddharth Roy Kapur in 2012. Everyone thought that she would write her name as Vidya Siddharth Roy Kapur but Vidya denied these reports and wrote, I don't know who said that I am going to change my name to Vidya Siddharth Roy Kapur but I will always be Vidya Balan. Me and Siddharth believe that he will remain Siddharth Roy Kapur and Siddharth Balan will not be Roy Kapur, so I will also remain Vidya Balan and Vidya Balan will not be Roy Kapur.

Rani married Aditya Chopra on April 21, 2014. Even after this, he did not put Aditya's surname in front of his name. Explaining the reason for this, Rani had said that she loves her name very much and she will change it only if she gets her child enrolled in a school but for the fans she will always be Rani Mukerji.