Vivek Oberoi

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Vivek Oberoi
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Birth name Vivek Anand Oberoi
Born September 3 1976 (1976-09-03) (age 32)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Years active 2002 – present

Vivek Anand Oberoi or Viveik Oberoi (Hindi: विवेक ओबेरोई), Tamil: விவேக் ஒபெராய்), born September 3, 1976 is an Indian Bollywood Film actor. He is the son of actor Suresh Oberoi.

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[edit] Career

Oberoi made his debut in Ram Gopal Varma's Company. The film was a critically acclaimed hit and his performance was applauded. He received Filmfare Awards in the Best Debut as well as the Best Supporting Actor category. He then starred in the action films, Road and Dum, in which his performance was appreciated.

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) with Aftab Shivdasani and Riteish Desmukh. The film in spite of negative reviews became a surprise box office hit. He also starred in the critically acclaimed film Yuva, in which he was very much appreciated for his performance. His 2005 release Kaal (2005) was also successful.

He was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage showin Tamil, Netru, Indru, Naalai.

In 2006 he appeared in Omkara an adaptation of Shakespeare's play Othello which 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. The film is supposedly Vivek's biggest hit ever.

[edit] Personal life

Oberoi was previously engaged to model Gurpreet Gill but the engagement was broken. Soon after, he dated actress Aishwarya Rai. Oberoi is active in volunteer work. He sponsored a village after the Indian Ocean Tsunami.[1] He also released Tanya Khubchandani and Sandeep Chowta's government approved anti substance abuse documentary.

[edit] Awards

[edit] Filmography

Year Film Role Director Other notes
2002 Company Chandrakant "Chandu" Nagre Ram Gopal Varma Won, Filmfare Best Debut Award &
Won, 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 E. Niwas
2003 Darna Mana Hai Amar Prawal Raman
2004 Yuva Arjun Mani Ratnam
2004 Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na Arjun Samir Karnik
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 and Final Luckee Ahmed Khan
2008 Mission Istanbul Rizwan Apoorva Lakhia filming

[edit] References

  1. ^ Vivek Oberoi to adopt Thevanampattinam The Hindu - January 2, 2005


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