Vivek Oberoi is an
IndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n
actorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He is the son of
BollywoodBollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
actor
Suresh OberoiSuresh Oberoi is an Indian actor who is also father of Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi. He was born in Quetta, now Pakistan and is a recipient of 1987 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor...
and Yashodhara Oberoi.
Early life
Vivek attended Mayo college in Ajmer. At an actors' workshop in London he was spotted by the director of New York University who took Vivek off to New York, where he completed his Masters Degree in film acting. Vivek also worked as a script writer in India.
Career
Vivek Oberoi made his debut with
Ram Gopal VarmaRam Gopal Varma is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer...
's film
CompanyCompany is a 2002 Indian film directed by Ram Gopal Varma and written by Jaideep Sahni, starring Ajay Devgan, Mohanlal, Manisha Koirala, Vivek Oberoi,and Antara Mali. It is a fictional exposé of the Mumbai underworld, loosely based on the Indian mafia organization D-Company, known to be run by...
. He received
Filmfare AwardsThe Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India. The awards were...
for
Best Debut as well as
Best Supporting Actor. He then starred in the action films,
RoadRoad is a 2002 Bollywood Road movie, produced by Ram Gopal Varma and directed by Rajat Mukherjee, starring Vivek Oberoi, Manoj Bajpai and Antara Mali.-Synopsis:...
and
DumDum is a Bollywood action film directed by E.Nivas and produced by Ali and Karim Morani. The film stars Vivek Oberoi, Diya Mirza, Govind Namdeo and Atul Kulkarni in lead roles. Sushant Singh, Mukesh Rishi and Sheeba have important supporting roles. The film's music was penned by Sandeep Chowta,...
. In
Dum, he played the role of a man trying to become a part of Indian police but faces many troubles with a police inspector named Encounter Shankar, and finally kills him.
Next, he starred in
Saathiya (2002) directed by
Shaad Ali-Early life:Shaad Ali was born to Muzaffar Ali and Subhashini Ali née Sehgal, an Indian politician and member of the Communist Party of India ). He is thus the grandson of Azad Hind Fauj commander Lakshmi Sahgal...
. The film was a big hit at the box office and earned him a Filmfare nomination in the Best Actor category. He starred in a comedy
Masti (2004). In 2004, he also starred in
YuvaYuva , originally titled Howrah Bridge is a feature film directed by Indian director Mani Ratnam and released in 2004. Simultaneously made in Hindi and Tamil , the prime objective of the movie was to motivate educated Indian youths to enter politics.The film tells the stories of three young men...
in which his performance was well received by fans and critics.
In 2005 he acted the title character in the film
Kisna: The Warrior PoetKisna: The Warrior Poet is a Hindi film that was released in 2005, starring Vivek Oberoi , Antonia Bernath, and Isha Sharvani. The musical film is set in the British India of the tumultuous 1940s when Indian nationalists fighting for the country's independence rose up as one, urging the British Raj...
.
In 2006, he appeared in
OmkaraOmkara is a 2006 Indian film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Othello, co-written and directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. It starred Ajay Devgan, Saif Ali Khan, and Kareena Kapoor in the lead roles, supported by Vivek Oberoi, Naseeruddin Shah, and Konkona Sen Sharma with a cameo role from Bipasha Basu...
, an adaptation of Shakespeare's play
OthelloThe Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1603, and based on the Italian short story "Un Capitano Moro" by Cinthio, a disciple of Boccaccio, first published in 1565...
. He played the character of Kesu based on the character
Michael CassioMichael Cassio, or simply Cassio, is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's Othello. The source of the character is the 1565 tale "Un Capitano Moro" by Cinthio; Cassio is unnamed in Cinthio but referred to as "the squadron leader." In the play, Cassio is a young and handsome lieutenant...
in the original play. Vivek has played nuances of his character with great intellect that Gulzaar Saab, after seeing his performance congratulated him. His mannerism and behavioral aspect of his character as a Bahubali (strongman) caught in an egoistical crossfire is so believable that you can almost feel his helplessness.
In 2007, he acted as the gangster
Maya Dolas in the multi-starrer,
Shootout at LokhandwalaShootout at Lokhandwala is a 2007 Hindi feature film directed by Apoorva Lakhia. It is based upon the 1991 Lokhandwala Complex shootout, a real-life gun battle between gangsters and Mumbai Police....
. With his enunciation of the role of
Maya Dolas, the real life gangster who dared to raise his head against the D-company, bringing meanness in his eyes, twisting tongue while dialogue delivery with a brattish body language has certainly lit the screen with his bad boy antics.
In 2008, Oberoi starred in a film called
Mission IstanbulMission Istaanbul is a 2008 action film starring Vivek Oberoi, Zayed Khan and Shriya Saran. The film, directed by Apoorva Lakhia, features Abhishek Bachchan in a special appearance.-Plot:...
, which was directed by
Apoorva LakhiaApoorva Lakhia is an Indian film director.Before becoming a film director, Apoorva was an assistant director for Ashutosh Gowariker's period epic film Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India and as second assistant director for the film Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love...
and produced by
Ekta KapoorEkta Jeetendra Kapoor is an Indian TV and film producer. She is the Creative Director and Joint Managing Director of Balaji Telefilms, her production company.-Biography:...
. He performed to the song
Apun Ke Saath, produced for the film by
Vikas KohliVikas Kohli is an Indian musician and producer best known for founding Fatlabs.-Fatlabs:Fatlabs is home recording studio in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, founded in 2003. Kohli is best known for his ability to work with multiple genres. Vikas has produced punk, jazz, hip-hop, soul, country, pop,...
, at the 2008
International Indian Film Academy AwardsThe International Indian Film Academy Awards, also known as the IIFA Awards are presented annually by the International Indian Film Academy to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in Bollywood, the Hindi language film industry. Instituted in 2000, the ceremony is held in...
.
In 2009 he co-starred in
KurbaanKurbaan is a Bollywood film directed by Rensil D'Silva and produced by Karan Johar. The film, set against the backdrop of global terrorism, features Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor in pivotal roles along with Vivek Oberoi, Dia Mirza, Rupinder Nagra, Om Puri and Kirron Kher...
in which his performance was appreciated.
In 2010, he appeared in
PrincePrince is a 2010 Bollywood film directed by Kookie V Gulati, produced by Kumar S Taurani and starring Vivek Oberoi and Aruna Shields in the lead roles. The film was originally titled as Prince of Thieves and then Prince It's Showtime, the latter of which is still sometimes used to refer to...
, which received a good response from the crowd. In the same year, he appeared in
Ram Gopal VarmaRam Gopal Varma is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer...
's
Rakht Charitra. Here he played the role of a south India politician Paritala Ravi.
Oberoi is slated to play the lead role in the film,
Bloody Paki, that will be directed by Shaad Ali and Shiva and produced by
Mani RatnamMani Ratnam is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. He made his directorial debut with the Kannada film Pallavi Anu Pallavi starring Anil Kapoor in 1983...
. Vivek Oberoi signed a new film 'Gyarah Challis Ki Last Metro'. Recently, Vivek has produced a film named "Watch Indian Circus". The film was screened at the 16th Busan Film Festival in Korea and won the Best Film Award from the some 300 or so odd number of films representing some 70 countries."Watch Indian Circus" is the first Indian film to win a top honor at the event which is considered as the ‘Cannes of Asia’.
Philanthropy
Vivek Oberoi was awarded the Red and White Bravery Award in 2006 for helping re-build a village which was hit severely by the Tsunami. Oberoi, at the age of 28, was in Chennai when disaster struck and assembled six truckloads of relief supplies and also adopted a tsunami-ravaged village in the
CuddaloreCuddalore is a fast growing industrial city and headquarter of Cuddalore district in the Tamil Nadu state of southern India. Located south of Pondicherry on the coast of Bay of Bengal, Cuddalore has a large number of industries which employ a great deal of the city's population.Cuddalore is known...
district of Tamil Nadu. Oberoi and his family found The Yashodhara Oberoi Foundation (YOF).
Oberoi has also made to the Forbes Asian Heroes of Philanthropy list. At the age of 34, the actor is the youngest and the only Bollywood actor to make it for his work in health, education and disaster relief. His philanthropic activities also include Project Devi, Cancer Patients Aid Association and Banyan, which works towards rehabilitating mentally challenged homeless women. In all, Vivek has donated about $3 million (Rs 30 lakh) and helped raise $ 25 million (Rs 250 lakh).
Personal life
Vivek Oberoi previously got engaged to Gurpreet Gill in 2002. However, the couple broke up after sometime.On 29 October 2010, Oberoi married Priyanka Alva, daughter of Karnataka minister
Jeevaraj AlvaJeevaraj Alva was an Indian Politician who was minister in the Government of Karnataka and Vice President of Janata Dal...
, in
BangaloreBengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
.
Activism
Oberoi serves as the
World Health OrganizationThe World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
's anti-tobacco spokesperson. He is involved with several charities in
ChennaiChennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
and
MumbaiMumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
. His work with Project Hope to bring relief to victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami earned him a Good Samaritan Award from
Rotary InternationalRotary International is an organization of service clubs known as Rotary Clubs located all over the world. The stated purpose of the organization is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help...
.
Awards
Filmfare AwardsThe Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India. The awards were...
Winner
- 2010 - IIFA Green Global Award
Busan International Film festival - Korea
Winner
- 2011 - Audience Choice Best Film Award - Producer for Watch Indian Circus
Filmography
| Year |
Title |
Role |
Awards |
| 2002 |
CompanyCompany is a 2002 Indian film directed by Ram Gopal Varma and written by Jaideep Sahni, starring Ajay Devgan, Mohanlal, Manisha Koirala, Vivek Oberoi,and Antara Mali. It is a fictional exposé of the Mumbai underworld, loosely based on the Indian mafia organization D-Company, known to be run by...
|
Chandrakant "Chandu" Nagre |
Winner, Filmfare Best Debut Award The Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut is given at the annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films to recognise a performance by a male actor in his debut role.-1990s:*1990Salman Khan - Maine Pyar Kiya*1991Not awarded...
Winner, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor AwardThe Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role...
Winner, Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - MaleThe Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Male is chosen via a distinguished panel of judges from the film industry of India. The winners are announced in January.-Winners:-References:...
Winner, Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow - MaleThe Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow - Male is chosen by a distinguished jury as part of the annual Stardust magazine. The award honours a star that has made an impact with their acting and represents new talent....
Winner, Zee Cine Award Best Male Debut- MaleThe Zee Cine Award Best Male Debut is chosen by the jury. They give awards to the new discoveries of Bollywood where they see some potential.The winners are listed below:-...
Winner, Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role- MaleThe Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role- Male is chosen by a jury organized by Zee Entertainment Enterprises, and the winner is announced only at the ceremony.The winners are listed below:-- See also :* Zee Cine Awards* Bollywood...
Winner, Bollywood Movie Award - Best Male DebutThe winners are listed below:-...
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| 2002 |
Road Road is a 2002 Bollywood Road movie, produced by Ram Gopal Varma and directed by Rajat Mukherjee, starring Vivek Oberoi, Manoj Bajpai and Antara Mali.-Synopsis:...
|
Arvind Chauhan |
Winner, Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow - Male The Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow - Male is chosen by a distinguished jury as part of the annual Stardust magazine. The award honours a star that has made an impact with their acting and represents new talent....
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| 2002 |
Saathiya |
Aditya Sehgal |
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award The Filmfare Award for Best Actor is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The award was first given in 1954....
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| 2003 |
Dum Dum is a Bollywood action film directed by E.Nivas and produced by Ali and Karim Morani. The film stars Vivek Oberoi, Diya Mirza, Govind Namdeo and Atul Kulkarni in lead roles. Sushant Singh, Mukesh Rishi and Sheeba have important supporting roles. The film's music was penned by Sandeep Chowta,...
|
Uday Shinde |
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| 2003 |
Darna Mana Hai Darna Mana Hai is a Bollywood Anthology film, released on 25 July 2003. It was considered a unique and innovative attempt by producer Ram Gopal Varma and director Prawal Raman to provide Indian audiences with a horror film which consists of six different short stories...
|
Amar |
|
| 2004 |
Yuva Yuva , originally titled Howrah Bridge is a feature film directed by Indian director Mani Ratnam and released in 2004. Simultaneously made in Hindi and Tamil , the prime objective of the movie was to motivate educated Indian youths to enter politics.The film tells the stories of three young men...
|
Arjun |
Winner, Stardust Best Supporting Actor Award The Stardust Best Supporting Actor Award is chosen by the readers of the annual Stardust magazine. The award honours a star that has made an impact with their acting and represents new talent....
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| 2004 |
Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na |
Arjun |
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| 2004 |
Masti |
Meet Mehta |
|
| 2005 |
Kaal Kaal is a Bollywood Horror film, released in India on 29 April 2005. The movie is directed by Soham Shah, who also wrote its dialogue and screenplay. Karan Johar and Shahrukh Khan produced the movie...
|
Dev Malhotra |
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| 2005 |
Kisna |
Kisna Singh |
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| 2005 |
Deewane Huye Pagal Deewane Huye Paagal is a Bollywood romantic comedy directed by Vikram Bhatt, and written by Mangesh Kulkarni and Neeraj Vora. It starred Shahid Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Rimi Sen, Suniel Shetty and others. The film's storyline was inspired from the 1998 American film There's Something About Mary...
|
Narrator (Sutradhar) |
Special appearance |
| 2006 |
Home Delivery: Aapko... Ghar Tak Home Delivery: Aapko... Ghar Tak is a 2005 Bollywood film starring Vivek Oberoi, Ayesha Takia, Mahima Chaudhary, and Boman Irani in the lead roles. The film also stars Abhishek Bachchan and Riteish Deshmukh in cameos...
|
Sunny Chopra |
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| 2006 |
Pyare Mohan Pyare Mohan is a Bollywood film released in 2006. The film stars Fardeen Khan, Vivek Oberoi, Amrita Rao, Esha Deol and Boman Irani...
|
Mohan |
|
| 2006 |
Omkara Omkara is a 2006 Indian film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Othello, co-written and directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. It starred Ajay Devgan, Saif Ali Khan, and Kareena Kapoor in the lead roles, supported by Vivek Oberoi, Naseeruddin Shah, and Konkona Sen Sharma with a cameo role from Bipasha Basu...
|
Keshav "Kesu" Firangi |
Winner, Bollywood Movie Award - Best Supporting Actor The winners are listed below:-...
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| 2006 |
Naksha Naksha is a 2006 Bollywood film. The film is directed by Sachin Bajaj and stars Sunny Deol, Vivek Oberoi, Sameera Reddy and Jackie Shroff.The role of Ria was initially offered to Amrita Rao but she declined the offer as she was filming for Vivah...
|
Vicky |
|
| 2007 |
Shootout at Lokhandwala Shootout at Lokhandwala is a 2007 Hindi feature film directed by Apoorva Lakhia. It is based upon the 1991 Lokhandwala Complex shootout, a real-life gun battle between gangsters and Mumbai Police....
|
Maya Dolas |
Winner,Stardust Standout Performance of the Year
Winner, IIFA Best Villain AwardThe IIFA Best Villain Award is chosen via a worldwide poll and the winner is announced at the ceremony.The winners are listed below:-- See also :* IIFA Awards* Bollywood* Cinema of India...
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| 2007 |
Fool n Final |
Luckee |
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| 2008 |
Mission Istanbul Mission Istaanbul is a 2008 action film starring Vivek Oberoi, Zayed Khan and Shriya Saran. The film, directed by Apoorva Lakhia, features Abhishek Bachchan in a special appearance.-Plot:...
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Rizwan Khan |
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| 2009 |
Luck by Chance Luck By Chance is a 2009 Indian drama film written and directed by Zoya Akhtar. Produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, the film stars Farhan Akhtar and Konkana Sen Sharma in the lead roles...
|
Himself |
Special appearance |
| 2009 |
Kurbaan Kurbaan is a Bollywood film directed by Rensil D'Silva and produced by Karan Johar. The film, set against the backdrop of global terrorism, features Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor in pivotal roles along with Vivek Oberoi, Dia Mirza, Rupinder Nagra, Om Puri and Kirron Kher...
|
Riyaz Maasud |
|
| 2010 |
Prince Prince is a 2010 Bollywood film directed by Kookie V Gulati, produced by Kumar S Taurani and starring Vivek Oberoi and Aruna Shields in the lead roles. The film was originally titled as Prince of Thieves and then Prince It's Showtime, the latter of which is still sometimes used to refer to...
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Prince |
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| 2010 |
Rakht Charitra I |
Prathap Ravi |
Nominated, Star Screen Award for Best Villain |
| 2010 |
Rakht Charitra II |
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| 2011 |
Watch Indian Circus |
Producer of the film |
Winner,Audience Choice Best Film Award -Busan International Film festival - Korea |
| 2012 |
Krrish 2 |
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| 2012 |
Zilla Ghaziabad Zilla Ghaziabad is a Indian film currently scheduled to be released in early 2012. The plot is loosely based on a gang war between two rival groups of Satbir Gurjar and Mahender Fauji which happened in Ghaziabad. The film is directed by Anand Kumar, whose previous film was Delhii Heights...
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Dharamvir Gujjar |
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| 2013 |
Gyarah Challis Ki Last Metro Gyarah Challis Ki Last Metro is an upcoming Bollywood commercial comical thriller film witten and directed by Sanjay Khanduri. The film stars Vivek Oberoi in the lead role, and is produced by Amit Chandrra. The film is a sequel to Ek Chalis Ki Last Local, which stared Abhay Deol and Neha Dhupia in...
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| 2013 |
Bloody Paki Bloody Paki is an upcoming Hindi action film inspired by the real story of a Punjabi immigrant, set against the backdrop of the London terrorist attacks in 2005. It is directed by Shiva, while Shaad Ali is the executive producer, both of them have been assistant directors under Mani Ratnam, who...
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| 2013 |
Shootout at Wadala |
Dawood Ibrahim |
Just announced |
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