Vivek Oberoi Biography / Biodata

Vivek Oberoi biography / trivia

*     Vivek Oberoi was born on 3rd Sep 1976 in Hyderabad to Suresh Oberoi and Yashodhara Oberoi.

*    His father Suresh Oberoi is a well known Bollywood actor who worked for more than 135 films.

*    Vivek Oberoi has a younger sister named Meghna Oberoi.

*    Vivek attended ‘Mayo College’ in Ajmer and ‘Mithibai College’ in Juhu.

*    Oberoi has a Masters Degree in film acting from New York University.

*    Vivek made his acting debut with Company in 2002 alongside Mohanlal, Ajay Devgan and Manisha Koirala, he won Filmfare Best Debut award for his performance in the film.

*    The actor known for his healthy habits he neither smokes nor drinks, he doesn’t even drink tea, coffee.

*    In 2006 he was awarded “Red and White Bravery Award” for his massive contribution towards re-building Tsunami hit village in Tamil Nadu.

*    Vivek Oberoi was previously engaged to model Gurpreet Gill but the engagement was broken. Later he dated actress Aishwarya Rai but that too ended when she married Abhishek Bachchan.

*    Vivek Oberoi is married to Priyanka Alva on 29th Oct 2010 in Bangalore. The couple agve birth to a son, Vivaan Veer Oberoi on 6th Feb 2013.

*    Inspired by Kareena Kapoor he gave up non-vegetarian food and now PETA’s prominant activist.

*    In Vivek’s decade long career he worked for commercial hits like Road in 2002 alongside Antara Mali and Manoj Bajpai, Saathiya in 2002 with Rani Mukerji, Darna Mana Hai in 2003 alongside Saif Ali Khan, Nana Patekar and others, Yuva in 2004 opposite Ajay Devgn, Rani Mukerji, Abhishek Bachchan and Kareena Kapoor, Masti in 2004 alongside Ajay Devgan, Ritesh Deshmukh and Aftab Shivdasani, Kaal in 2005 with Ajay Devgan, John Abraham, Esha Deol and Lara Dutta, Omkara in 2006 with Saif Ali Khan and Ajay Devgan, Shootout at Lokhandwala in 2007 opposite Amitabh Bachchan, Suniel Shetty and Sanjay Dutt, Fool & Final with Shahid Kapoor, Sunny Deol and Ayesha Takia, Rakta Charitra in 2010.

Vivek Oberoi quotes

“People make too much of stardom and it is a myth, and if people liked me in company means they liked the character i played, but not me and at the end of the day , people like actors more than characters.”

“I share a great chemistry with Aishwarya in “Kyun Ho Gaya Na”. But haven’t I shared an equally great chemistry Rani Mukherjee in “Saathiya” and Kareena Kapoor in “Yuva”? Our chemistry seemed so real that people thought I had something to do with Rani in real life”

“There is always a demarcation between being an actor and being a star.  I don’t believe in stardom. I believe it’s a fallacy, a myth.”

“I’m not all that good. For my performance in Company out of 100 I’d award 90 marks to Ram Gopal Varma. It was his clarity of thoughts and his belief in the character that really worked for me. Nine marks I’d give the technical crew and my cast who supported me all through the film. And may be I’d take credit for the remaining one per cent.”

“I like to be with my family and friends. A good book, lip-smacking khaana, an interesting film playing on the DVD player, that’s my idea of a lovely, lazy evening.”

“Thanks to the wonderful support system provided by my father, I was never insecure about my future. I took my time to make myself into a complete product.”

“When he came to Mumbai, he had only Rs 400 in his pocket and a dream. Today he has more than 200 films behind him. I don’t know whether having him as a father is an advantage. But I’m working hard to establish my own identity.” [About his father]

“It was a dream-come-true to work with Bachchan Saab. I’ve hero-worshipped him all my life. He’s like god for me.”

About Aishwarya Rai

“Aishwarya called me on April 30 morning and said Salman had been sending her messages the previous night in which he said he was a ‘real man’ and was ‘not scared of Vivek Oberoi.’ The messages also contained threats about how he would ‘fight Vivek’ in order to prove who the ‘real man’ was. Ash wanted to know if all was well. It was then that I told her that Salman had been calling me all night, threatening and abusing me…. She is free to see whom she wants, get married, have an affair… he has no business to harass her like this.”