Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "अदा शर्मा" in Hindi language version.
Even Bollywood folks from Mumbai find it amusing that she's a Palakkad Iyer, whose parents named her Adah. That is my original name! says the actress. And her last name also raises similar aspersions about her Tamil nativity among the discerning. It doesn't seem to annoy her any more. ... I'm a Tamil Brahmin. My father hailed from Madurai and my mom's a native from Nattupura, bordering Palakkad. In our community, the father's first name becomes the surname, she says. Her last name was originally spelt as Sarma, and Adah attributes the change in spelling to years of living in Mumbai.
Even Bollywood folks from Mumbai find it amusing that she's a Palakkad Iyer, whose parents named her Adah. That is my original name! says the actress. And her last name also raises similar aspersions about her Tamil nativity among the discerning. It doesn't seem to annoy her any more. ... I'm a Tamil Brahmin. My father hailed from Madurai and my mom's a native from Nattupura, bordering Palakkad. In our community, the father's first name becomes the surname, she says. Her last name was originally spelt as Sarma, and Adah attributes the change in spelling to years of living in Mumbai.
