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Vivek Oberoi
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| Vivek Oberoi | |
| Birth name | Vivek Anand Oberoi |
| Born | September 3, 1976 (age 30) Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, India |
| Years active | 2002-2007 |
Vivek Anand Oberoi or Viveik Oberoi, (born September 3, 1976 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India), is a Bollywood actor. He is the son of actor Suresh Oberoi and is related to Shikha Uberoi and actor Akshay Oberoi.
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Viveik Oberoi was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh and attended Mayo college in Ajmer. At an actors' workshop in London he was spotted by the director of NYU, who took Oberoi to New York City to complete his Masters Degree in film acting. He then did some scriptwriting before making a break in films.
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.
His next film was with Yash Raj Films titled Saathiya (2002) and directed by Shaad Ali. The film was critically and commercially successful and he also received Best Actor nominations at various award functions. The comic film Masti (2004) was also successful and so was Kaal (2005). He was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai.
Recently he appeared in Omkara an adaptation of Shakespeare's play Othello which did not do well in India but was critically acclaimed by critics and did well overseas.
Vivek was previously engaged to model Gurpreet Gill but the engagement was broken due to unknown reasons. Soon after, Oberoi dated actress Aishwarya Rai, but the two have broken up.
Additionally, Vivek is active in volunteer work. For example, he sponsored a village afer the Indian Ocean Tsunami. He also released Tanya Khubchandani and Sandeep Chowta's government approved anti substance abuse documentary titled Dead End.
- 2003, Filmfare Best Debut Award, Company
- 2003, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award, Company
- 2003, Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Male, Company
- 2003, Zee Cine Award Best Male Debut- Male, Company
- 2003, Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role- Male, Company
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Dilruba | Announced | |
| 2007 | Dus Kahaniyaan | Pre-Production | |
| 2007 | Shootout at Lokhandwala | Don Maya Dolas | Post-production |
| 2007 | Fool and Final | Post-production | |
| 2006 | Naksha | Vicky | |
| 2006 | Omkara | Keshav "Kesu" Firangi | |
| 2006 | Pyare Mohan | Mohan | |
| 2006 | Home Delivery: Aapko... Ghar Tak | Sunny Chopra | |
| 2005 | Deewane Huye Pagal | Narrator (Sutradhar) | Special Appearance |
| 2005 | Kisna | Kisna Singh | |
| 2005 | Kaal | Dev Malhotra | |
| 2004 | Masti | Meet Mehta | |
| 2004 | Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na | Arjun | |
| 2004 | Yuva | Arjun | |
| 2003 | Darna Mana Hai | Amar | |
| 2003 | Dum | Uday | |
| 2002 | Saathiya | Aditya Sehgal | Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award |
| 2002 | Road | Arvind Chauhan | |
| 2002 | Company | Chandrakant "Chandu" Nagre | Won, Filmfare Best Debut Award & Won, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award |