Vivek Oberoi

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Vivek Oberoi
Oberoi in 2016
Born	Vivekanand Oberoi 3 September 1976 (age 43) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India (present-day Hyderabad, Telangana)
Alma mater	Mayo College, Ajmer
Occupation	Film actor
Years active	2002–present
Spouse(s)	Priyanka Alva (2010)
Children	2
Parent(s)	Suresh Oberoi (father)
Relatives	Akshay Oberoi (cousin)

Vivek Oberoi (born Vivek Anand Oberoi on 3 September 1976) is an Indian film actor. He made his film debut with Ram Gopal Varma‘s Company (2002) which won him two Filmfare Awards.

Oberoi was born in Hyderabad, Telangana, to a Punjabi father Suresh Oberoi, a veteran Bollywood character actor, and Yashodhara Oberoi, who is from a Tamil family.^[1]

Vivek attended Hyderabad Public School and went on to study at Mayo College, Ajmer and Mithibai College, Mumbai.^[2] At an actors’ workshop in London, he was spotted by the director of New York University who took Vivek to New York, where he completed his master’s degree in film acting.^[3] Vivek also worked as a scriptwriter in India.^[4]

Career

2002–2009

Oberoi made his debut with Ram Gopal Varma‘s film Company.^[5] He received Filmfare Awards for Best Debut as well as Best Supporting Actor. He then starred in the action films Road and Dum.

In 2002 he starred in Saathiya, directed by Shaad Ali. The film was a success at the box office and earned him a Filmfare nomination in the Best Actor category.

In 2004 he starred in the comedy Masti and Yuva, political thriller. In 2005, he played the title character in Kisna: The Warrior Poet.

In 2006, he appeared in Omkara, an adaptation of Shakespeare‘s play Othello,^[6] playing the character of Kesu, based on the character Michael Cassio in the original play. After seeing Oberoi’s performance, Gulzar congratulated him.^[7]

In 2007, he played the gangster Maya Dolas in Shootout at Lokhandwala.^[8][9]

In 2008, Oberoi starred in Mission Istanbul, directed by Apoorva Lakhia and produced by Ekta Kapoor. He performed to the song Apun Ke Saath, produced for the film by Vikas Kohli, at the 2008 International Indian Film Academy Awards.^[10]

2009–present

In 2009, Oberoi played a supporting role in the movie Kurbaan. In 2010, he appeared in Prince, which failed to receive a good response from the audience, despite initial box office success.^[11][12] In the same year, he appeared in Ram Gopal Varma‘s Rakht Charitra^[13] playing the role of the Telugu politician Paritala Ravi.^[14] Vivek Oberoi’s film Kismat Love Paisa Dilli, which released in October 2012, failed to impress the audience and was a box office failure.^[15] Vivek produced a film named Watch Indian Circus in 2011.^[16] The film was featured in the 16th Busan Film festival, winning the Audience Choice Award for Best Film from 3000 films worldwide and amongst 380 films screened. In 16 years of the history of Busan, this is the First Indian Film to win the award. The Film has already received rave reviews from international critics and reporters from Hollywood Reporter, Variety and Screen International.^[17] Oberoi has dubbed the voice of Electro in the Hindi-dubbed version of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which was released in May 2014.^[18]

Oberoi worked with YRF banner’s film Bank Chor, with Rhea Chakraborty and Riteish Deshmukh.^[19]

In 2019, Oberoi made his Malayalam Debut with Mohanlal in Prithviraj Sukumaran‘s directorial debut, Lucifer, as the main antagonist, Bobby, in which his performance as villain was well-received by critics and audience.^[20] He has featured as a talent judge for three seasons of the reality show India’s Best Dramebaaz. He portrayed the role of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in PM Narendra Modi.^[21]

Personal life

Oberoi’s full first name, Vivekanand,^[22] is based on that of the Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda; his father and grandfathers were followers of the monk.^[23] He says he dropped Anand when he joined movies out of respect for Vivekananda, as he considered it would be embarrassing romancing and dancing on screen with the name of the monk.^[23] Oberoi dated his Kyun! Ho Gaya Na… co-star Aishwarya Rai. In 2003, Oberoi claimed that Rai’s former boyfriend Salman Khan had threatened him,^[24] and Oberoi and Rai broke up not long afterwards.

On 29 October 2010, Oberoi married Priyanka Alva, daughter of Karnataka minister Jeevaraj Alva, in Bangalore. The couple have a son.^[25] and a daughter.^[26]

He credits Kareena Kapoor as his inspiration for adopting a vegetarian diet.^[27]

Vivek Oberoi’s company KARRM Infrastructure has donated 25 flats in the Thane district of Maharashtra to the families of Central Reserve Police Force officers killed in action.^{[28] [29]} In all, Vivek has donated about ₹ 3 million and helped raise ₹ 25 million.^[30]

Filmography

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Television

Dubbing roles

Awards and nominations