Comedian actor Krishna Abhishek has shared a story related to his name. Krishna has told that her mother named her after Abhishek Bachchan as she was a big fan of Amitabh Bachchan. However, when Krishna was about to join the film industry, he changed his name to avoid any confusion. Krushna Abhishek became a part of Maniesh Paul’s podcast where he narrated the story behind his name change.
Have worked with Abhishek Bachchan
Krishna Abhishek is a special part of TV’s most popular comedy show ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’. As far as the tuning of Krishna Abhishek is concerned with Abhishek Bachchan, both of them have worked together in the 2012 film ‘Bol Bachchan’. Ajay Devgan also played an important role in this film but the pairing of Krishna and Abhishek Bachchan proved to be the most entertaining.
Named after Abhishek Bachchan
In a conversation with Maniesh Paul, Krishna Abhishek said, ‘My name is Abhishek Sharma. My mother was a big fan of Amitabh Bachchan. When I was born, he named me Abhishek after his (Amitabh Bachchan’s) son. So my name was changed to Abhishek after Abhishek Bachchan. Then Abhishek was removed from my name to Krishna, due to which Abhishek was the reason.
‘There is already an anointing’
Talking about the change in his name, Abhishek Bachchan said, “When I entered the acting world, I was told that there is already an actor by the name of Abhishek. Websites were becoming popular in those days. So when Abhishek’s name was typed, Abhishek Bachchan’s name and photos used to pop up. When I was told about this, I thought it was bound to happen, they are the Bachchan family.
changed my name like this
I was told to change my name to something else instead of Abhishek. So this is how I changed my name to Krishna Abhishek. Krishna Abhishek was married to TV actress Kashmira Shah. The two have four-year-old twins whom they have named Ryan and Krishnang. Krushna Abhishek is the brother of Aarti Sharma and Govinda seems to be her maternal uncle.