Vivek Oberoi’s father Suresh Oberoi calls him ‘mad’ for struggling, adjustments his identify to cover household ties

In an interview with Zoom Digital, Vivek mentioned that the dialog occurred when he was in his early 20s, and was adamant that his father wouldn’t make movies for him. But he mentioned this to him, his father mentioned, “Are you mad?” Vivek mentioned he needed to wrestle and discover his method within the trade, however his father mentioned, “Hey, how can you struggle? You are Suresh Oberoi’s son.”

And then, Vivek mentioned, he advised dropping his final identify. “I will just be Vivek Anand and I will fight. I would go door to door, I would go office-to-office. I will be standing in queues. I will go and take my portfolios, awards and certificates that I won in inter-college and national youth festivals,” he mentioned.

The actor made his debut with Ram Gopal Varma’s Company. In an earlier interview, Vivek had mentioned how tough it was to persuade the filmmaker that he may play the function of a small-time goon. After being turned down by RGV for being too ‘polished’, Vivek advised the Indian Express final yr, he ‘checked right into a slum’ for 15 days. “I went and rented a kholi, a small hut and I stayed in a slum for 15 days. It didn’t have a toilet. I had to go to ‘Sulabh Toilet’ (public toilet). I had to keep one rupee coins with me. I had to take a shower with a water drum with no plumbing. I slept on the floor with rats all around. I ate and drank locally. I saw how they drink tea, smoke bidis and eat samosas. Basically, I read all that. I recorded how they live. I wore slippers, ripped shirts, vests, tight pants and a complete mess as that character. I then went to meet Ramu,” he mentioned.

Since then he has appeared in movies like Saathiya, Yuva, Shootout at Lokhandwala, Kurbaan and Krrish 3. Recently, he appeared within the Amazon Prime Video collection Inside Edge.