Vivek Anand Oberoi or Viveik Oberoi is a Bollywood actor. He is the son of Bollywood actor Suresh Oberoi and Yashodara.
Born Vivek Oberoi
September 3, 1976 (1976-09-03) (age 32)
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation Actor
Early life and background
Vivek Oberoi was born in Hyderabad in 1976. He graduated from Adithanar College in Thiruchendur near Tuticorin. Vivek has a Master’s Degree in film acting, from New York University.
Career
Vivek Oberoi made his debut in Ram Gopal Varma’s Company. The film was a critically acclaimed hit. He received Filmfare Awards for the Best Debut as well as the Best Supporting Actor categories. He then starred in the action films, Road and Dum.
He starred alongside Rani Mukerji in Yash Raj Films Saathiya (2002) directed by Shaad Ali. The film was critically and commercially successful and Vivek gained many accolades. He received Best Actor nominations at various award functions. He also starred in the comic film Masti (2004) along with Aftab Shivdasani and Ritesh Deshmukh “” The film was a surprise box office hit, though negatively reviewed. He also starred in the critically acclaimed film Yuva. His 2005 release Kaal (2005) was also successful.
In 2006, he appeared in Omkara an adaptation of Shakespeare’s play Othello. This movie was critically acclaimed in India as well as overseas. He played the character of Kesu based on the character Michael Cassio in the original play.
In 2007, he won acclaim for his role as the gangster Maya Dolas in the multi-starred Shootout at Lokhandwala. At first the movie seemed like an average film along with another movie Cheeni Kum but later both movies turned out to be superhits on the same day. Vivek got Star of the Year Awards for Shootout at Lokhandwala, in Stardust Awards from his father Suresh Oberoi(for first time). Vivek Oberoi was also awarded the Best Villain Award at the IIFA Awards for Shootout at Lokhandwala.
In 2008, Vivek starred in a film called Mission Istanbul which was directed by Apoorva Lakhia and produced by Ekta Kapoor. They also happened to be shooting together for the 2007 film Shootout at Lokhandwala. Vivek first film in the year 2008, Mission Istanbul was declared a flop while getting 35%-45% of viewers to watch it.
Vivek also performed the song “Apun Ke Saath” from the Mission Istanbul soundtrack, live at the 2008 IIFA awards in Bangkok. The track was produced by North American producer Vikas Kohli at Fatlabs studio.
In 2009, Vivek Oberoi had a patch up with his original mentor noted director, Ramgopal Varma. Ramgopal Varma signed Vivek Oberoi to play the role inspired on Paritala Ravi’s story in the movie Rakta Charitra with Tamil actor Surya Sivakumar who till take the role of ‘Suri’.
Filmography
Year Film Role Director Other Notes
2002 Company Chandrakant “Chandu” Nagre Ram Gopal Varma Double-Winner,Filmfare Best Debut Award & Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
2002 Road Arvind Chauhan Rajat Mukherjee
2002 Saathiya Aditya Sehgal Shaad Ali Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award
2003 Dum Uday Shinde E. Niwas
2003 Darna Mana Hai Amar Prawal Raman
2004 Yuva Arjun Mani Ratnam
2004 Kyun…! Ho Gaya Na Arjun Samir Karnik Nominated Star Screen Jodi No.1 with Aishwarya Rai
2004 Masti Meet Mehta Indra Kumar
2005 Kaal Dev Malhotra Soham
2005 Kisna Kisna Singh Subhash Ghai
2005 Deewane Huye Pagal Narrator (Sutradhar) Vikram Bhatt Special Appearance
2006 Home Delivery: Aapko… Ghar Tak Sunny Chopra Sujoy Ghosh
2006 Pyare Mohan Mohan Indra Kumar
2006 Omkara Keshav “Kesu” Firangi Vishal Bhardwaj
2006 Naksha Vicky Sachin Bajaj
2007 Shootout at Lokhandwala Maya Dolas Apoorva Lakhia
2007 Fool n Final Luckee Ahmed Khan
2008 Mission Istanbul Rizwan Khan Apoorva Lakhia
2009 Luck by Chance Himself Zoya Akhtar Special Appearance
2009 Prince – It’s Showtime Kookie Gulati Post production
2009 Qurbaan Rensil D’Silva Under Production
2010 Rakta Charitra Ram Gopal Varma Will be released as two films
