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Vivek Oberoi
Date of Birth 3 September 1976, Mumbai, India
Height 5' 10" (1.78 m)
Vivek Oberoi was born on the 3rd of September,1976 and
attended Mayo college in Ajmer. At an actors' workshop in
London he was spotted by none other than the director of
NYU who (unsurprisingly) whisked Vivek off to New York,
where he completed his Masters Degree in film acting. Back
home in India Vivek worked as scriptwriter and bought his
first car with the money he made from that.
But the charmer's big break came when noted filmmaker Ram
Gopal Varma offered Vivek a role in his gangster flick,
Company (2002). Quite an unusual entrance for a debutant
in Bollywood, because the norm for young actors is to play
good lover boys till their place in Filmdom is secure. Not
Vivek. Apparently, Ram Gopal Varma was having second
thoughts about casting Vivek in Company because he thought
Vivek looked too cute for a gangster - and told him so.
Vivek, not to be outdone, went to the slums of Mumbai and
did his homework and a couple of weeks later barged into
Varma's office dressed as Chandu the gangster, swung his
feet up on the table, and landed the contract pronto.
From there the road went uphill. Vivek's immaculate
performance in Company - in which he starred opposite
Bollywood Big Bad Boy Ajay Devgan, Miss Bolly Manisha
Koirala and the granddaddy of Malayalam Cinema, Mohanlal -
was more than enough to get the media singing Oberoi's
praises. Next in line was the psycho-thriller Road (2002)
(opposite Company co-star and co-newcomer Antara Mali),
Dum (2003) (which sank without a trace - opposite Diya
Mirza) and the next big catch, Saathiya (2002), opposite
Rani Mukherjee.
He recently got engaged to, and then broke up with
longtime girlfriend Gurpreet, and is currently linked with
Rani Mukherjee and Aishwarya Rai. Recently he got himself
into the headlines for a public outburst (i.e. press
conference) against Salman Khan.
Son of Bollywood Actor Suresh Oberoi.
Attended High School Mayo College (Ajmer).
Broke a leg while filming for a Mani Ratnam film and was
hospitalised. He needed surgery, was in intensive care and
his condition was quite serious for a couple of days.
[July 2003]
He was recently awarded a Red and White bravery award for
helping re-build a village which was hit severely by the
Tsunami and adopted immediately by him.
Is the second of four children. He has an older brother, a
younger brother and a younger sister (who is an artist).
He and his family have created the Yashodhara Oberoi
Foundation to help those in need
Abstains from smoking, drinking and doesn't drink tea or
coffee.
Has two boxers who are his like his children - Duke and
Ivy
One of his nicknames is "Rockstar"
Turned down a part in _Guru (2006/I)_ .
Personal Quotes
On turning down a role in _Guru (2006/I)_ : "The reason
why I am not doing 'Guru' is best not spoken due to my
respect for the situation. I share a fabulous relationship
with Mani Sir (Mani Ratnam), and I have great reverence
and respect for him. He still calls regularly and speaks
to me. We have our own reasons for not doing the film and
I think those reasons are intact. I will work with Mani
Sir again. As for Aishwarya (Rai) and Abhishek (Bachan), I
don't want to speak about it." (Stardust magazine,
September 2006) |
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